Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 9: Troyes > Troyes, 199.0 km

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May 3, 2015
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Have to say FDJ overpromised and underdelivers a lot. Gaudu, Martinez, Gregoire - all highly regarded. And in the end Madouas is the strongest. Weird.
 
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The podium belongs to UAE, Visma, and Soudal.

INEOS should be riding for 4th and doing away with Roglic
I think that's very very premature. SQS should be very worried about roglic. The terrain so far has mostly been to Remco's advantage, and he is often great in week 1. Come the multi mountain days in week 3 you would like as much time on roglic as you can get.
 
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Jul 3, 2022
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Visma, Ineos & Quick-Step all worked to keep the gap versus Rog. UAE didn't.

I respect that.
I'm no expert, but I thought the object of the race was to beat your opponents.

If Rog had a mechanical, the leaders might slow down. But otherwise. . .
 
Jul 16, 2015
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Ineos and QS commited a rider way too late, Visma was also not full out rotation pacing. UAE had Ayuso behind and Pogacar simply isn't worried enough about Roglic, if Vingegaard is behind he puts the hammer down, Ayuso being there or not.

Pog isn't worried about Rog... but apparently Vinge is. Okay.

The truth is Andrej Hauptman in the UAE car didn't take advantage of the situation.
 
May 10, 2015
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This just gonna be a sprint in the end. Intermarché will start riding after the hills, Alpecin will maybe too if they don't believe Vermeersch can win.

Gap is getting smaller and smaller.
 
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Pog isn't worried about Rog... but apparently Vinge is. Okay.

The truth is Andrej Hauptman in the UAE car didn't take advantage of the situation.
Vinge doesn't know for sure if he is riding for first or podium yet given his crash. So I think that does make sense.
 
Oct 30, 2023
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Have to say FDJ overpromised and underdelivers a lot. Gaudu, Martinez, Gregoire - all highly regarded. And in the end Madouas is the strongest. Weird.
I thought Lenny was a late addition and not really prepared? Otherwise I might count gregoire as curiously absent so far