Off-topic when gliding through Loir-et-Cher.. Time well spent is reading the book of Pierre-Henri Closterman; Le Grand Cirque. It's a true story of young French fighter pilot in ww2, he was 19 when he went in and 25 when the war ended. Superb storytelling that is easy to read, kinda sad but happy ending. No modern tech jets not yet, you just grab your Hawker Hurricane, Spitfire, or that 2400 hp gasoline Tempest and try to win the game.
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Borderline. Perhaps it will be too weak to cause splits, but with the direction it has and the roads they'll ride, I still think Visma will try to split the bunch.
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What happened to those rear cameras on the bikes? I found the clips interesting.
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I'll definitely put this on my long-term reading list. A French pilot in the RAF: sounds really interesting.
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Philipsen à la Philipsen.
EDIT: From above, he did nothing wrong.
EDIT: From above, he did nothing wrong.
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Note to riders: Do not try to pass Phillipsen between him and the barriers. He will make things dangerous.
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Why were the commentators making an issue of whether the peloton catches part of the break before the split point. Being one place ahead of Girmay gets Philipsen one point advantage over him whether that is 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, or 15th/16th.
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No. 3 points between 1st and 2nd.
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No? He gets three points advantage if he wins the sprint, only two if he finishes third and one if he‘s 15th.
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At the moment it looks best from 98km's from the finish to 62km's before the finish. But that's a long way out from the actual finish, so not sure if they'll go for it.
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Vingegaard changing his bike now, having forgotten this morning that he was still on Tratnik's bike.
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Results of Sprint | Romorantin-Lanthenay (57.1 km).
| Rnk. | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOOSSENS Kobe | 20 |
| 2 | VANHOUCKE Harm | 17 |
| 3 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | 15 |
| 4 | GIRMAY Biniam | 13 |
| 5 | GAVIRIA Fernando | 11 |
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Must have felt better, upon reflection. And Jan was willing to lease his bike.
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Forgot Tratnik's bike didn't have a motor.
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