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Seriously though, stages like this are an abomination. They're just glorified tourism commercials until the last 5k until everyone awakens for a few minutes.
And no, sprinters don't need their days. That's what track racing is for.
And no, sprinters don't need their days. That's what track racing is for.
Once you knew there wasn´t any significant wind, you could have done something useful with your time.
People can and do just watch the sprint. I don't watch any sprint stages and haven't for years. The issue is those stages account for almost a third of the Tour which is a bit crap.
Quickfix for the Tour organizers: Put more King of the Mountains sprints into the stages. That will increase the chances of teams wanting to go in breakaways.
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You don't think Milan, Kooij, and Merlier can at least claim to be faster than Girmay? I'd say Kooij is the only one who isn't obviously faster!
Merlier and Philipsen meanwhile are 5 v 4 this season for when both have contested sprints; Milan and Philipsen have rarely gone H2H, but they are like 2-2 in sprints. Both clearly faster than the second fastest guy here (who was also briefly at the Giro, lest we forget). We have Ackermann coming top six repeatedly here!
Peloton: <sniffles>
Mom: Peloton, what's wrong baby? Why are you crying?
Peloton: ...dirty...we had to ride on dirty roads...it was hard and bad
Mom: You rode on "dirty" roads...do you mean dirt roads?
Peloton: ...yeah, I guess...there were ROCKS sometimes...
Mom: Rocks, huh...did anyone get hurt on the rocks?
Peloton: ...well...no...but someone was hurt on the hard road...
Mom: Are you okay?
Peloton: ...yeah...but my feelings are hurt...I feel like I was a circus animal or something...
Mom: What kind of circus animal?
Peloton: ...probably a marsupial or something
Mom: You had a pouch?
Peloton: ...three of them...on our back...
Mom: That sounds like a hard day, Peloton!! <Dad from the other room: HTFU, son!!!> Now now, Peloton, don't you listen to your father. You make sure you go tell the manager about having to be a marsupial...and make sure to ride real real slow the day after tomorrow, we wouldn't want you to feel like a marsupial anymore...mmkay?
Peloton: OKAY MOMMY!!! I'LL TELL THE MANAGER NOW...AND RIDE REAL SLOW, JUST LIKE YOU SAID!!!
Mom: Good boy, Peloton, good boy.
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@ChewbaccaDefense
A bit more respect should in my opinion still be in place here. As after all this guys shave their balls for you, the fan. Day in day out.
A bit more respect should in my opinion still be in place here. As after all this guys shave their balls for you, the fan. Day in day out.
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What are we complaining about a boring flat stage in the Tour? LOL. We are at stage 10. Most years we have five flat stages by now. Great Tour so far.
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They shave their balls? And did I need to know this detail?
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Let me guess that you have this opinion because the stage didn't suit Primoz Roglic.
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Probably more because there are still no collarbone protectors even on the gravel, which in turn would suit Primoz Roglic.
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No. I already said that two days back, Rogla is good on gravel and i have no issues if he decides to ride Strade Bianche again in the future. On a GT though, there should be no place for gravel. The reason being it's a lottery, when it comes to punctures and mehanicals and as such it shouldn't have such big influence on the outcome, when it comes to general classification. It's not justifiable.
Again no, i explained on multiple occasion Rogla is a good bike handler. It's due to crashes and especially injuries pandemic ongoing in the pro peloton, that needs to get addressed. Obviously not by fans, as fans would instead rather make the peloton ride cobbles today. Riders are now starting to change their opinion, valuing their own safety, and teams are starting to back them. Likely due to huge amount of money lately being introduced into pro peloton. For teams it has just become economically unsustainable, to have their superstars injured. So finally they are now pressing on governing bodies, such as UCI, to do something. Fans will be fans, often having a knee jerk reaction about it. And that is more or less about it. Fans will be fine, once riders will be fine, less injured.
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I am anxious for the day where the riders will use airbags.
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