He was literally burying himself with the finish line in sight, with the front 5 already finished. That was most irregular, to say the least.
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and i have news for you, dear friend:
absolutely NO ONE is arguing that.
the question is why bettiol clearly helped pog against his own teammates.
not sure i have anything against stuyven's ride. initially he wanted to catch the break to contest the win. and trek has absolutely no GC intentions. bettiol is a completely different thing.
Strange for a rider of his experience with the pave.Crashed in a corner, while sitting close to the front, just before the peloton entered the 1st (or perhaps it was the 2nd?) pave sector.
ed. A bit slow on the draw
Was thinking of you in that moment. I resisted on the 67-1Still can’t believe Taco lost
Is Stuyven going to ride next year for UAE?Why would a guy pull to take 6th, especially one with his palmares? Just rest up and save your matches for another stage.
Is Stuyven going to ride next year for UAE?
Tbf it could be the difference between 6th and 7th place in the final GC for Powless.
Thomas crashed at the same time as Roglic and then had to ride the rest of the stage on a damaged bike. Yates and Martinez aren’t exactly cobbled specialists. Ganna is injured. The only surprise was Van Baarle not being called back to help the chase.
it was waaaaaaaay more than that.
And BoJo is likely to quit after he dislocated his shoulder?Hectic afternoon of trying to follow the racing and the collapse of the government simultaneously. At one stage I was convinced that the junior minister for pork futures had a puncture, and that Geraint Thomas was resigning for the sake of the country.
Maybe earlier in the stage, but the moment we're all talking about (around 28 k from the line I believe) was a bit more than 20 seconds (20 seconds on camera).
EBH really played that bad. The only rider he needed to mark was Powerless, who would have to ride for the yellow jersey no matter what. He would have been by far the fastest.
Bettiol is Boris, Pog is Starmer.What rider is BOJO and what politician is Pogi?