All of this stuff about Pogacar not having team mates, Cadel won a tour with barely even flat support lol and Pog is a lot stronger
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Very true. They're not riding for yellow.JV get a lot of flak on here but Ineos are doing a very good job of riding conservatively and hiding for the entire tour.
UAE at 3 riders left with 75km of the stage to do with nearly half of that uphill
They have lost a bit of time (not much, but still) to the breakaway since the climb started.Galibier isolated is hard enough to do what you want to accomplish for Jumbo. Besides, its not a super slow tempo in the bunch either
Sure, but I have seen Ineos pace climbs like this considerably slower. I actually still have nightmares about that stuff.They have lost a bit of time (not much, but still) to the breakaway since the climb started.
Because the full ascent is 1½ hour. They would only have Benoot to do Télégraphe, better to concentrate their effort on Galibier (which is plenty hard on its own). And the bigger the gap to the break, the easier Van Aert can pace himself when he waits.Why would you not set a decent pace up Télégraphe if the plan was to isolate Pogacar and attack on Galibier?
Yes, and how many times did another team end up blowing up the race early when Ineos was setting that kind of pace into the second half of the stage?Sure, but I have seen Ineos pace climbs like this considerably slower. I actually still have nightmares about that stuff.
Peak Stannard climbing > Kuss.How on earth did that team terrorize us for almost a decade...
Exactly.Because the full ascent is 1½ hour. They would only have Benoot to do Télégraph, better to concentrate their effort on Galibier (which is plenty hard on its own). And the bigger the gap to the break, the easier Van Aert can pace himself when he waits.
As expected. He should only have done the Giro, rest up, and take it from there.Mathieu DNF![]()
Or Lemond in 89, but it's a different game now.All of this stuff about Pogacar not having team mates, Cadel won a tour with barely even flat support lol and Pog is a lot stronger