After not sprinting for any yesterday, that's what I meant about his GT campaigns lacking logic, it's like they just decide what to do on the morning of every stage.
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Groves must be delighted to see his leadout hitting the front 172 km too early
But indeed quite interesting that large breaks on flat stages simply do not exist anymore. If I look back to the TdFs of my childhood, you had them on each and every stage. I really wonder what the purpose of large parts of the peloton is if they don’t even try that. No GC rider, no sprinter, not going for a break. Just surviving 3 weeks? After all 1-2 of those breaks out of 100 for sure still worked…
Gouvenou threatening the sprinters saying we won't have them any more, pretty funny stuff.
View: https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/1944355416923586700
View: https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/1944355416923586700
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Didn't he say last year that he is aiming to reduce the sprint stages as they are boring?
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In my opinion they should increase the prize money for the most combative rider.
Pog should do an attack UAE style and join his buddy Mathieu upfront.
Detraining is a real issue.
Detraining is a real issue.
What did he actually say? Saw it on Eurosport, don’t speak French and the translation in German Europsport seemed shaky…
- Feb 20, 2010
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Gouvenou puts a pan-flat stage offering no hope of outcome other than a sprint on a key audience day, knowing that it has now been several years - well over a decade in fact - since teams allowed breakaways enough leeway for them to lend tension to the chase.
Gouvenou when key audience day flat stage goes to a sprint: #shockedpikachuface
Saying effectively that they have reduced absolute sprint stages by adding obstacles and will continue to do so if they carry on being so processional.
Probably could've done that before designing this weekends stages.
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That Alpecin director sounds like he'd rather be anywhere else at the moment than being yelled at by Jens Voigt in full moto gp gear.
Don't think this was part of the plan
Don't think this was part of the plan
If they sit up after the intermediate sprint they will probably be quite refreshed by the end of the stage!
On the other hand, why would they ride at a tempo where they are 3:40 up already? 1 min would be enough to be sure you get the points…
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I didn't ignore it, I think calling it merely "ok" is exactly proving the point I was making before.
Comparing this to first weeks of the 1990's or 2000's and it's just a whole different event. Yet people refuse to compliment the organisers for that because there is a flat stage on a Sunday.
- Aug 3, 2015
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Sure, but you can only like this attitude towards the sprinters if you like interesting bike racing.
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He says teams used to depend on invites to take part in the TdF but because of the current system they're automatically selected, ergo there's a stranglehold by a whole bunch of sprint teams on the race and they stifle the entertainment. He said they're chopping off the branch they're sitting upon, basically, i.e. talking about limiting the number of sprint stages in the future to five or six.
He's not happy with yesterday's stage. I can only assume Alpecin and MvdP's behavior today is a sort of prank based on that criticism yesterday, i.e. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED (the Gladiator movie quote).
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Going out for a ride now.
When I come back, I would like to see MVDP take yellow and Rickaert the stage. Also, peloton in pieces after echelons. While we're at it, Almeida miraculously cured and a pony.
When I come back, I would like to see MVDP take yellow and Rickaert the stage. Also, peloton in pieces after echelons. While we're at it, Almeida miraculously cured and a pony.
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