I thought she might just go for a "ride tempo until everybody drops" technique but I think she's concluded that it's too soon for that to work, hence the trackstanding and them letting Lucinda Brand, who is over an hour down, go forth. However, NFB kinda needs her too.Fair play to Gigante for trying but this is looking a bit fruitless. Is she planning to just pull at the front VDB style?
I thought she might just go for a "ride tempo until everybody drops" technique but I think she's concluded that it's too soon for that to work, hence the trackstanding and them letting Lucinda Brand, who is over an hour down, go forth. However, NFB kinda needs her too.
Now she's lost Vallières-Mill she's on her own, but she is a demon descender, so if she can stay at a reasonable distance she can at least catch some of the group ahead, especially as there are some suspect descenders in the group.Rider in pink team jersey is having to come back from behind during a long solo over Joux Plane at the front, but sadly no equalities of Sastre, Cunego, Moreau or Pereiro
Let PFP chase it ffs
She will attack downhill.Surely Demi vollering has been saving all her energy for a big attack any minute now right ?
Great tactic to put time into multi discipline world champion and MTB superstar Paulin ferrand prevotShe will attack downhill.
I do not believe she expects to get the 3 minutes on PFP. She needs around 40 seconds on Gigante. Downhill attack is much more fruitful for that. PFP hasn't been descending great so far, but I think Vollering's concern is Gigante and/or not losing out to Niewiadoma as she is a strong descender, and then it's "if I drop PFP and gain some opportunity against her, it's bonus".Surely Demi vollering has been saving all her energy for a big attack any minute now right ?
Did you miss her getting distanced by 30" on the first descent of the day?Great tactic to put time into multi discipline world champion and MTB superstar Paulin ferrand prevot
I mean, maybe Demi can convince them to go so slow that 100 riders come back and PFP can be out of position, but otherwise I don‘t think she‘s struggling on the descents.Did you miss her getting distanced by 30" on the first descent of the day?
It may have been a one-off borne out of other circumstances, but she did get dropped on the descent.
Doesn't mean we pretend it didn't happen. Is lightning likely to strike twice? No. But it doesn't mean that testing it out isn't a valid strategy.I mean, maybe Demi can convince them to go so slow that 100 riders come back and PFP can be out of position, but otherwise I don‘t think she‘s struggling on the descents.
Did you miss her getting distanced by 30" on the first descent of the day?
It may have been a one-off borne out of other circumstances, but she did get dropped on the descent.