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Between the portico and the trees, I think San Luca should be sheltered enough for it not to matter much.As I wisely posted in the stage 1 thread, 11-12km/h head/cross wind predicted for San Luca
San Luca is Rogla territory. And Mas too if he's in good shape.if pogacar won't able to make the difference by digging a gap it will be a failure, however if Jonas is able to resist and not lose seconds it will be a great victory
As I wisely posted in the stage 1 thread, 11-12km/h head/cross wind predicted for San Luca
Emirates will push hard in Cote san luca, but I wouldn't be surprised if Visma will push hard during all stage until the final climbs.
Curious how the finale will go today. Will the winder play a party poper? Will a group gather together? Will anyone be able to get away?
No, but the high KJ thing is a long process.Why would Visma do it? Hard tempo all day long doesn't necessarily fit Van Aert, who has a good shot from a selected group today. You don't think they will apply kJ strategy to launch Vingo on San Luca, do you?![]()
No, but the high KJ thing is a long process.
The pace was fine even if wasn't super high on that part of the race, and in the end the stage was super hard for everybody looking at what they had to spend.Like yesterday's JV legendary pacing, right?
The pace was fine even if wasn't super high on that part of the race, and in the end the stage was super hard for everybody looking at what they had to spend.
40.2 km/h in a stage with almost 4000 vertical meters is a really good pacing.Sure they were spent, but mostly because of the heat and length, not because of very high pacing.
40.2 km/h in a stage with almost 4000 vertical meters is a really good pacing.
They wanted the stage if other teams helped him, they didn’t wanted to do the work alone. If there was a fail in this stage, then we can start by the EF fail, then by the Emirates fail by burying 4 riders, and we can end by the lidl and Visma fail by losing the stage by 5 s.It's a decent speed but associating it with Visma's kJ strategy is ridiculous, they didn't even pace for most of the stage and UAE's interval was definitely stronger. Being too slow on final climbs actually cost Visma the stage victory.