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In the Giro Pogacar said he wanted him to go for the win one stage, and Majkas response was to pull for Pogacar rather than attack himself. Pogacar won the stage of course.
In the Giro Pogacar said he wanted him to go for the win one stage, and Majkas response was to pull for Pogacar rather than attack himself. Pogacar won the stage of course.
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Yeah Majka, Sepp, Kelderman all seem to thrive from being the one making others thrive.
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"Ask Before You Win or How to Share the Pie 101" - UAE rider mandatory training as of 2024.
Supersedes previous training "Rock, Paper, Scissors and Other Even Less Reliable Ways to Gift A Stage".
Not exactly the same, but I think Pogačar also tried to set up Soler and Almeida for stage wins in Catalunya? And seemed really happy about Adam Yates' yellow jersey in the 2023 TdF.
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Pog and Majka in tour of Slovenia gives me that vibe. Pog can afford it.
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Yates probably has no idea that there's a fierce rivalry going on. Almeida has a fierce rivalry with anyone not named Almeida.
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That sounds much more accurate! I don't get a cunning vibe from Yates at all. Almeida though I'm not sure of. I think his biggest rival could very well be named Joao Pedro Almeida.Yates probably has no idea that there's a fierce rivalry going on. Almeida has a fierce rivalry with anyone not named Almeida.
Or even his power meter
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Did somebody noticed something in the face of Bernal when he came in at the finish line? He looked fresh, or relatively fresh. Watch it again. I went looking for his interview after the race and He said that He is only defending the podium and he was marking Skjelmose. So no more risks for him. He is done. Hopefully he will do a good time trial tomorrow and to an altitude camp.
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So thats why Ineos pulled all day.. just to defend against Skjelmose? Seems a bit weird, I'd have expected the plan was to try to win the stage, but I guess they did try that (kinda), but he just didnt have the legs when the real attacks started.
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Honestly, Bernal is looking good for a Tour podium.
The bottom of the climb is not the same. In the TT, they are not doing the loop to the salt mines and the wineyard mur of Antagnes. The first 4k are flat. It is exacltly the same as the 2022 Romandie final TT (maybe 100m less, depending on the placement of the start ramp and finishing line)
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2022/stage-5
Vlasov won. Geschke surprise 2nd. Mäder 3rd.
"Favorite" Rohan Diva Dennis totally imploded.
The wide roads are steeper than they look with long streches of 10-11%.
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| * del TORO ROMERO Isaac UAE TEAM EMIRATES | 16:00:00 |
| * SANCHEZ MAYO Pelayo MOVISTAR TEAM | 16:01:00 |
| KELDERMAN Wilco TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | 16:03:00 |
| GALL Felix DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM | 16:05:00 |
| * ONLEY Edgar Oscar TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL | 16:07:00 |
| * PIDCOCK Thomas INEOS GRENADIERS | 16:09:00 |
| MAS NICOLAU Enric MOVISTAR TEAM | 16:11:00 |
| * RICCITELLO Matthew ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH | 16:13:00 |
| * SKJELMOSE Skjelmose Mattias LIDL-TREK | 16:15:00 |
| BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley INEOS GRENADIERS | 16:17:00 |
| GONCALVES ALMEIDA Joao Pedro UAE TEAM EMIRATES | 16:19:00 |
| YATES Adam Richard UAE TEAM EMIRATES | 16:21:00 |
TOP 7 GC riders start with TT bike in women's race and they all change bike hundreds meters after timepoint 1.
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Really? I think there's prolly 7-8 riders off the top of my head with bigger chances: Pog, Almeida, Yates, Carlos, Roglic, Remco and Jonas.
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It's weird that they don't switch to a road bike with tri-bars.
EDIT: But then again, in 2018 neither Rogla nor Bernal rode with tri-bars.
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I would add Jorgenson and Ayuso. I know, Jorgenson is unknown for 3 weeks races, but that kinda applies for Bernal (after his back problems and injury) as well. Heck, I even rate Hindley very high.
Perhaps a more comfortable position can give the rider a better climbing performance than a more aggressive position, at least for women.
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The pacing would be super interesting and important. Vollering is 28s faster than anyone else, just only 3.2k from timepoint 2 to finish.
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