Tour de Pologne 2023 (July 29th - August 4th)

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Sep 20, 2017
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You'd think UAE have better ways of using their numbers than drilling it with a five-man train when Bahrain are down to Mohoric and Caruso.
 
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Maybe. But I also think this is a spot where some other team will always chase.
Depends. If Ineos joined in too, I'm not sure which team has the firepower. I don't think pacing ahead of a finish that doesn't suit Almeida that well is a great play in any case...
 
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May 10, 2015
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Crashed out of Liège and needed a bit of time to get going again after that.

Crash wasn't the problem, he got sick afterwards, struggled with getting into form (partly due to his own fault according to himself) so missed Tour. Now preparing for Vuelta. Had a flat just before last climb yesterday so that's why he was nowhere.
 
Sep 20, 2017
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Weird finish. 500m super steep, then 400m flat to the line. Downhill till the last km too and then a double left turn. Placement going to be incredibly important.
It's actually a false flat uphill from 2.1k to 0.9k to go, but the final 900 metres are pretty narrow and have a 120° turn into them so positioning will still be critical.
 
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It's actually a false flat uphill from 2.1k to 0.9k to go, but the final 900 metres are pretty narrow and have a 120° turn into them so positioning will still be critical.

I checked, ok, but its small already, so if youre not at the front with 2km to go, you have a problem too.
 
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God this Tour is bad, once again. What was this finish. Impossible to make a difference, and just all about placement. Parcours like 5 years ago was so much better, all these stages with enough hills but they put them in the beginning of the stage.
 
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The fact that it was a ridiculous finish might save Majka in this instance. There's a case to be made that there wasn't really a line to take for him.
 
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Jul 10, 2014
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Local crowd will be excited for a home winner

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There is no street view there... So Majka is probably the only one who might've actually seen the finish. Not like teams recon Tour de Pologne stages.
They've done this finish before. It's not some unique finish.