Nurse I think someone's having a seizure up there
Agree.. real American Style presenter.When the MC speaks English, I think he sounds like he should be presenting WWF.
Or maybe monster trucks
You must be mistaken. Laporte isn't there.And there he is. The Greatest.
Things we learned: Alaphilippe can speak French quite well
Huh? I think I figured that out quite a while ago... like... when he first started making himself notable.
You're joking, right?
Perhaps. But can he say "Comment allez-vous?" as fluently as Tadej?Things we learned: Alaphilippe can speak French quite well.
I wouldn't bet on Pogacar losing time in potential echelons (barring mechanicals/crashes). His own ability to seemingly always be in the right spot at the right time + Wellens in great form should be enough to keep him in front.To make the race even more exciting, there's enough wind to create echelons. Same goes for Sunday. I wouldn't be surprised if any of Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Pogacar or Roglic would already lose time. With Visma's team they could really break up the race, and if they are lucky put some time in Pogacar. Since UAE brought mostly climbers.
I mean, echelons are still possible, but a combination of wind speed and direction that is just enough in the desert, or Zeeland, or De Moeren is absolutely not going to cut it here. The thing is that I'm seeing wildly differing wind forecasts, so difficult to say what we're going to get this weekend.But sadly @Devil's Elbow said there are not that many open roads on stage 1 so I don't know if we should get our hopes up for potential echelon action.
What about the 2nd stage? There's even more chance of high wind, is the road more open there?I mean, echelons are still possible, but a combination of wind speed and direction that is just enough in the desert, or Zeeland, or De Moeren is absolutely not going to cut it here. The thing is that I'm seeing wildly differing wind forecasts, so difficult to say what we're going to get this weekend.
They're heading west most of the day, so it's going to be a block headwind until they turn north at the intermediate sprint. After that, there are two not overly long, but exposed plateau sections right before and after the first cat. 3, although the wind needs to turn southwest rather than west for the angle to really work. The problem is that strong wind from the west on Sunday also means a big headwind on both of the final KOMs.What about the 2nd stage? There's even more chance of high wind, is the road more open there?