Girmay and De Lie survived. This is their chance, but they don't really have the team to control.
I think he's taken a step back this year tbh. Granted, the Tour is raced a lot harder than the Giro, but he was getting over similar climbs fairly comfortably in 2023 and 2024, incl. in the spring.Trek knows that green guy is from their team?
First time I saw Milan he was winning some 1k murito between some climbers. I guess these longer climbs are just too hard for a big rider. Especially in week 3.
He's not really pushing the pace, mainly fake pacing and closing down attacks.Simmons working hard to drop Milan? ... High value entertainment.
I would think Tudor needs to try something..There really are too few B tier sprinters with climbing abilities that have their team trust. Milan and Merlier dropped and no team seemingly wanting to seize the opportunity.
That's was what I meant by domination!What is missing is competition
Yes! Politburo should be an allowed nick name.And this is why it was stupid for the breakaway battle to not be bigger.
Also, petition to steal the nickname "Polittburo" without getting banned plz
Wouldn't it make more sense to save your riders, drop Milan/Merlier again on Col de Tartaiguille, and then start riding? Then you only need to ride hard ~40km's instead of ~80km's.Meeh Milan group will just come back if no one starts riding full immediately
Wouldn't it make more sense to save your riders, drop Milan/Merlier again on Col de Tartaiguille, and then start riding. Then you only need to ride hard ~40km's instead of ~80km's.