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Do you remember the first Pyrenees stage last year, like, at all?These flat starts always work out the same. Takes an hour for and underwhelming break to go that has no shot to do anything.
De Lie as well, but he might of course be a tad biased. I agree the gap required a daredevil to move through, but we've seen sprinters move through smaller gaps time after time. I still think it was an unfortunate incident, because Capiot wasn't aware of the riders on his left side. Leadout riders shouldn't be drifting sideways, but just let up straight and let riders pass them when their vision lets them.I disagree. But Eisel shares your view, for example. Just think the way he went in with the shoulder was absolutely unnecessarily rough and Capiot really didn't move a lot, rather van Gils seeing a gap where there never was one.
I heard Vervaeke is sick.Vervaeke, Van Aert, Soler have been lingering at the back
Do you remember the first Pyrenees stage last year, like, at all?
That's the point. ASO wants the GC riders to win the MTF, I think.These flat starts always work out the same. Takes an hour for and underwhelming break to go that has no shot to do anything.
For what exactly though? I guess just being in the race, and maybe the point competition?Good Lotto setup.
Yes, but it's not only "here". I even read a big news site claiming that Pogacar suffered "a big collapse" the other day when he was beaten by Vingegaard. It's so inaccurate that it's silly.Lots of people here sounding like Pogacar has lost the Tour already when he hasn't even been dropped once yet. He's the biggest favorite to win the stage today.
Well, we haven't yet had any real hard high mountain stages. On the hardest stage so far Vinge won.Lots of people here sounding like Pogacar has lost the Tour already when he hasn't even been dropped once yet. He's the biggest favorite to win the stage today.
You do remember 95-100 % of last years first Pyrenees stage?When I say always I round upwards from ~95%.
Plus that was less flat than this is
I thought the second Lotto rider might have been Vanhoucke.Yeah but without their climber lmao
I don’t remember what I did yesterday morningDo you remember the first Pyrenees stage last year, like, at all?
If they had chosen more rolling terrain south of Pau, it would have been more alike.Do you remember the first Pyrenees stage last year, like, at all?