FinallyAfter all the gushing by Kirby and Smith about Hayter's pace, Rivera drops more people in 30 seconds than Hayter did in 30 minutes.
He has looked good in other races where it also didn't count for a result in the end.First time all season Staune-Mittet has actually looked good, shame for him it's on a stage that he won't get anything out of.
Del Toro had dom duties, Uijtdebroeks comes back from a pneumonia. It's especially Martinez i expected more of.This has been one bad race for the hypetrains, all three of Del Toro, Martinez and Uijtdebroeks will be disappointed with the way their GC has gone.
Descent in two parts....it's a long one.So Ineos' masterplan was... to have Pidcock pace the descent with Yates in third wheel?
The second part isn't technical at all, though, if you were planning on doing anything with the pace you were setting it's too late now. Especially with UAE regrouping now.Descent in two parts....it's a long one.
Spent kilojoules are still spent kilojoules. Bernal (and possibly Pidcock) probably wants a hard race.So you pace all day hard to then just stop and let everyone recover?
Ofc they are trying to win the stage? What would be the point of not trying to do that?'Go Marc! We could lose 50 UCI points if we don't win this stage'