Soudal and Bora team directors: "Guys we need to be very attentive here. Keep our leaders at the front."
Meanwhile, "the guys":
Meanwhile, "the guys":

Reasonable 13th for Markl today!!!!How the *** has Niklas Märkl been selected for the tour![]()
concussion protocols followed for Ganna & Bissegger
Vercher - injured shoulder
Nys - Bruises
O'connor - right knee injury
Van Den Berg - right hip injury
Wow, Yateses.
concussion protocols followed for Ganna & Bissegger
Vercher - injured shoulder
Nys - Bruises
O'connor - right knee injury
Van Den Berg - right hip injury
Bora DS: 'look lads, if theres a crosswind, just stick with Remco - these Belgians are masters at riding in crosswinds. You'll be fine'Soudal and Bora team directors: "Guys we need to be very attentive here. Keep our leaders at the front."
Meanwhile, "the guys":
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Yeah, but that is of little concern to their teams. They have one job, and contending for the win ain't it.Both Yates already minutes down
Yes but Pogacar better not be overconfident. Last time he was like that was Granon 2022.Pogacar is over the top confident for good reason
Gasparotto was actually frustrated and said that the boys where sleeping when it happened, they all knew that this section would be dangerous.Bora DS: 'look lads, if theres a crosswind, just stick with Remco - these Belgians are masters at riding in crosswinds. You'll be fine'
How true, how true.Yes but Pogacar better not be overconfident. Last time he was like that was Granon 2022.
I can't help wondering whether rolling over on the radio is, in some cases if not necessarily this one, a cause of injuries to the back. I can't believe that something less bulky cannot be found.So Ganna seems to have a concussion and lower back pain, but nothing broken.
That's quite worrying in that it seems the concussion assessment is not to be trusted.
No Ganna no Bernal..and lots riding on Rodriguez doing something, anything. And new kit looks good with new big oil sponsor possibilities.. For Ganna to drop had to be a really super hard decision for him.. See him in the Vuelta!!!!Huh? I read it simply as he didn't show sign of concussion at first, but since those signs sometimes only develope later, everyone involved knew they needed to keep an eye on him.
Then, when he did start showing signs of concussion, he was promptly pulled from the race.
Pogacar was just fine. He kept close tabs on the JV guys but Matteo and others drilled it through the ridiculous amounts of traffic furniture from about 17km, in. You could see Primoz and guys front and center at 18km, a couple of turns later they were scattered by going different routes around traffic islands. That left Primoz and another Bora trying to work with a QS rider. Somewhere Remco tried to bridge with 2 teammates and they blew up and settled back in the group. There was literally no collective effort to chase; just overworked individuals while JV's guys were doing a TTT seconds ahead of them. We can blame the Bora team but the chaos after they got split up in traffic furniture were to blame as much as their positioning.This is amazing few weeks in a row, little Jonas jumping, creating chaos on the flats, finishing with sprinters and putting @39 seconds into two grand tour winners on a flat road..? Who would have predicted that ?
Not saying that they need an extra small green jersey, but the little Danish dynamo is inserting himself in new places. Pogacar is over the top confident for good reason, but Vingegaard gave him something to pay attention to..
They called it was Samuel Watson on German Eurosport, but looking at the result sheet it might have been Axel Laurance rather!?Who was the rider who's rear deraileur fell off?
They called it was Samuel Watson on German Eurosport, but looking at the result sheet it might have been Axel Laurance rather!?
I disagree about the GC. Remco and Primoz's times are big surprises. They will be on the back foot in the GC battle. Remco will have to press all the harder in the TT!The worst thing about today's stage is that neither Milan nor Merlier made it to the front group. In terms of GC, nothing really important happened. (emphasis mine)
Well then it certainly wasn't him because the rider whose deraileur fell off was wearing an Ineos jersey if I remember correctly!?They should be quite easy to tell apart:
Watson is the one with the British bands around his torso.