No spit it out!So are we in for an OPEN TOUR with many possible contenders??
Besides, did anybody else notice how the Yates are having their best GTs, when only one of them is in the race? I don't want to raise suspicions, but...
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No spit it out!So are we in for an OPEN TOUR with many possible contenders??
Besides, did anybody else notice how the Yates are having their best GTs, when only one of them is in the race? I don't want to raise suspicions, but...
Not sure the climb suits him a lot. In last years Vuelta he suffered the short and very steep climbs, was way better on the long and steady ones, expect for Los Machuchos.You guys really don't think that Pogacar will attack today?
There is a rest day tomorrow and the climb suits him a lot. A disorganized chase could put him in yellow.
There's a big difference though between Marie-Blanque 4km - at a very steady 11.5%; and Vuelta steep - regularly going over 15%. Marie-Blanque is still just a threshold effort for these guys; so the strongest guy right now should have the advantage.Not sure the climb suits him a lot. In last years Vuelta he suffered the short and very steep climbs, was way better on the long and steady ones, expect for Los Machuchos.
Pinot will win from the break.
I hope you are rightThere's a big difference though between Marie-Blanque 4km - at a very steady 11.5%; and Vuelta steep - regularly going over 15%. Marie-Blanque is still just a threshold effort for these guys; so the strongest guy right now should have the advantage.
Both Yates brothers rode in the 2018 Vuelta.So are we in for an OPEN TOUR with many possible contenders??
Besides, did anybody else notice how the Yates are having their best GTs, when only one of them is in the race? I don't want to raise suspicions, but...
Pinot will win from the break.
I watched recently the Galibier and Iseran stages from last year. Following the riders in the break to the detriment of those contesting GC is a long tradition, and the arrival to Valloire shows that. But yes, this year is reaching new levels of incompetence. Perhaps he was learning his job last year.There is a new chief of TV production on the race this year. I think he did a horror job yesterday, showing Pinot way too much and taking time to show Peters AND Zakarin just riding up the Peyresourde just when the attacks began in the favourites' group.
He also insisted on showing Peters the final two kilometres and then apparently felt the need to show all the rest of the top seven get home before we could finally get back to see the favourites and see that Roglic and Quintana had been captured again.
One of the worst TV productions I can remember from the Tour. Hopefully, he lives and learns.
I doubt so I just hope he gets fired soonThere is a new chief of TV production on the race this year. I think he did a horror job yesterday, showing Pinot way too much and taking time to show Peters AND Zakarin just riding up the Peyresourde just when the attacks began in the favourites' group.
He also insisted on showing Peters the final two kilometres and then apparently felt the need to show all the rest of the top seven get home before we could finally get back to see the favourites and see that Roglic and Quintana had been captured again.
One of the worst TV productions I can remember from the Tour. Hopefully, he lives and learns.
I know, à la professional wrestling.I think Miss Roads is hinting that it isn't only one Yates twin brother actually in the race...
There is a new chief of TV production on the race this year. I think he did a horror job yesterday, showing Pinot way too much and taking time to show Peters AND Zakarin just riding up the Peyresourde just when the attacks began in the favourites' group.
He also insisted on showing Peters the final two kilometres and then apparently felt the need to show all the rest of the top seven get home before we could finally get back to see the favourites and see that Roglic and Quintana had been captured again.
One of the worst TV productions I can remember from the Tour. Hopefully, he lives and learns.
I'm pretty sure he'll live. Killing someone for being a bad producer is a bit over the top...
They're also really different in the backstage pass. Simon says the same 3 platitudes all the time. Adam I can't even understand with the way he talksI know, à la professional wrestling.
But the fact that the one Grand Tour a Yates brother actually won was with both of them in the race kind of counters that.
Also, while they have very similar skillsets and obviously are twins, they also have very different racing mindsets. Adam is much more defensive and risk-averse than Simon, typically.
That explains a lot. Stage 1 was made all the more hectic by the fact that the cameras were all over the place. We'd see big favourites making it back on to the peloton, unaware that they had a crash or mechanical.There is a new chief of TV production on the race this year. I think he did a horror job yesterday, showing Pinot way too much and taking time to show Peters AND Zakarin just riding up the Peyresourde just when the attacks began in the favourites' group.
He also insisted on showing Peters the final two kilometres and then apparently felt the need to show all the rest of the top seven get home before we could finally get back to see the favourites and see that Roglic and Quintana had been captured again.
One of the worst TV productions I can remember from the Tour. Hopefully, he lives and learns.