Considering they have Ballerini there, wonder will DQS actually go and work if the gap is low. He'd be one of the favourites in that front group.
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I really like how Trek has approached this Tour.Recap of the front group:
Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma)
Julien Bernard, Jasper Stuvyen, Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo)
Davide Ballerini (DQS)
Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe)
Christophe Laporte (Cofidis)
Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Fenix)
Michael Valgren, Jonas Rutsch (EF Education-Nippo)
Elie Gesbert (Arkea-Samsic)
Casper Pedersen (DSM)
Brent Van Moer (Lotto-Soudal)
Ion Izagirre (Astana)
Simon Clarke, Max Walscheid (Qhubeka-NextHash)
Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies)
Franck Bonnamour (B&B-KTM)
Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert)
Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious)
Trek has looked really good so far, Politt now knows how to finish this off, several other candidates for a victory in the group.
The peloton is now losing time at a much quicker rate, this is pretty much over -- well done, breakaway.
I think they were on the limit. Stuyven really put the hammer down there.Big fail by those 6 that dropped from the big chase group. Golden Greg, the two Astana riders and 3 Movistar...
I refuse to believe Valverde, Cortina, Fraile and Greg were on the limit already there. The Movi guys didn't even pace much in the group before the selection. And at this point the peloton were only like 20s behind, so to me it looked like they gave up.I think they were on the limit. Stuyven really put the hammer down there.
"It is in the history of Movistar"Big fail by those 6 that dropped from the big chase group. Golden Greg, the two Astana riders and 3 Movistar...
The Movistar riders were told to stay together.Big fail by those 6 that dropped from the big chase group. Golden Greg, the two Astana riders and 3 Movistar...
Easier to film them for the Netflix documentary's director.The Movistar riders were told to stay together.
It's you, man.I do something else for a moment and now it's 7 minutes suddenly, wtf?
He's won on the Champs before...No chance for birthday boy Greipel then...
No chance for birthday boy Greipel then...
They are not worried about the break they are riding against each other for the King of the Movistar classificationThe Movistar riders were told to stay together.
I think ISN were mostly riding to protect Froome's 144th place against Walscheid