Ducrot suggested earlier this weekend that all of Movistar always rides Valverde's spare bikes lol"You're in the train until the end, to ride Tom's spare bike."
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Ducrot suggested earlier this weekend that all of Movistar always rides Valverde's spare bikes lol"You're in the train until the end, to ride Tom's spare bike."
They organise the breaks in a whattsapp group in the morning.Start. 10 seconds later we have the break.
Start. 10 seconds later we have the break.
De Gendt in 3rd position in the peloton.
I think that's the first time in years I have seen him, not either in the break or at the back of the peloton.
don't understand why he's in front of the bunch, he should have with the attackers, why should he ride to bring them back? orders from the team car? for not having made the attack?
I think he was at the front of the peloton a lot, often chasing breakaways for his main sprinter, be it Ewan or Greipel, in the last several years?De Gendt in 3rd position in the peloton.
I think that's the first time in years I have seen him, not either in the break or at the back of the peloton.
Today’s daily newspaper Le Parisien wonders if a famous sentence from French Emperor Napoleon will apply to Julian Alaphilippe: “If I cross Sisteron, nobody will stop me until Paris.” Napoleon made that statement on his way back from Elba island to reconquer power in the capital of France in March 1815 and he made it.
i put a tenner on vuilhermoz x 401 lol, and polit 5 bucks x 201 before the start. i am crossing my fingers.
Today’s daily newspaper Le Parisien wonders if a famous sentence from French Emperor Napoleon will apply to Julian Alaphilippe: “If I cross Sisteron, nobody will stop me until Paris.” Napoleon made that statement on his way back from Elba island to reconquer power in the capital of France in March 1815 and he made it.