Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var 2022 (February 18-20)

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repre

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Devil's Elbow said:
Normally you'd expect at least one of Bouhanni and Sagan to be somewhat competitive but when one of them is nowhere in the sprint and the other is nowhere in general there's not much you can do.
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Bouhanni is level below Ewan and Sagan is old, disinterested and went to Total, so he is done
 
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Samamba said:
True, still has Tirreno to do some sprinting. And indeed, he seems to be focussing on the climbing aspect right now. I remember he said before this season that he basically never trains sprinting cause it comes naturally.

Bouhanni was incredibly dissapointing there tho.
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Bouhanni was totally boxed in by Turgis early sprint.
 
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Netserk said:
As I saw it, when Turgis went there wasn't really any space for Bouhanni before it was over.
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Yeah realized it after seeing replay, looks like he didn't really sprint.

repre said:
Bouhanni is level below Ewan and Sagan is old, disinterested and went to Total, so he is done
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Looks like there's still people who massively underrate the effect of Covid if you actually get pretty sick from it.
Sagan missed 14 days of training in what might be the most important training month of the year.
 
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Devil's Elbow

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repre said:
Bouhanni is level below Ewan and Sagan is old, disinterested and went to Total, so he is done
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Bouhanni not being as good as Ewan ≠ there are no good sprinters at this race. Sagan is definitely washed up but you'd expect him to get over an easy climb at the very least...
 
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I don't understand how Sagan is a disappointment. The guy wouldn't be competitive even without catching covid and not training for 2 weeks. He just doesn't have it in him anymore to compete at the top even if he had perfect winter preparation. People need to move on.
 
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RE Sagan: I don't think that he is as 'washed up' as he's getting tagged for in this tread. He switched teams, had SC2, and really never was a pure field sprinter (although he had some moments).
 
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Samamba said:
Yeah realized it after seeing replay, looks like he didn't really sprint.



Looks like there's still people who massively underrate the effect of Covid if you actually get pretty sick from it.
Sagan missed 14 days of training in what might be the most important training month of the year.
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Sagan is riding as he has Covid 2 weeks ago for like 3 years now... dude is just a lazy ass. And i'm a fan of Sagan, but he doesn't like cycling anymore. Such a massive talent, so sad...
 
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repre said:
Bouhanni is level below Ewan and Sagan is old, disinterested and went to Total, so he is done
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To be fair this year looks like Total suddenly started to resuscitate corpses á la Quick-Step, just think of Boasson Hagen in Besseges and Oss in Saudi Arabia, and a lot of other riders, even barely known ones, stepped up so theoretically moving there is not as bad as could have looked until last year, unless Sagan just went there to take a last paycheck and he isn't even interested in trying to perform at a decent level.
 
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Nirvana said:
To be fair this year looks like Total suddenly started to resuscitate corpses á la Quick-Step, just think of Boasson Hagen in Besseges and Oss in Saudi Arabia, and a lot of other riders, even barely known ones, stepped up so theoretically moving there is not as bad as could have looked until last year, unless Sagan just went there to take a last paycheck and he isn't even interested in trying to perform at a decent level.
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Let's wait a bit to make a conclusions about the team, maybe they forced their preparation in contrast with slow start for the most top riders in peloton. I guess Sagan will be good, cause his talent level is so high, but he won't resurrect for his old form. I'm still disappointed in him, cause with certain level of professionalism he could still be top rider, he is not that old...
 
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Yes, it is the first race. The fear is that he will be playing catch-up trying to get into form for the next few weeks but by that time most of the spring and classics might have gone by. Unless he magically finds it all of a sudden. Which needs to happen quite fast in time for some important races.

Or he will have to hope he is in great form once the Tour comes. If he has the desire and motivation. Another question that needs to be answered.

I like Sagan. Hope he gets it together.
 
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I hope Nairo Quintana wins the stages today and tomorrow, and also the GC.

I‘ve always liked Nairo: in the past, because he was the second-best GT GC rider for few years (behind Froome). And he was (and still is) a great person.
Nowadays, I like him because he chose Arkea as his new team: a team without winning mentality, which cannot pay their riders much money. I like Nairo and Arkea, somehow.
And, finally, Nairo has this entertaining factor: he attacks as soon as he‘s able to. And his face looks A LOT older than his 32 years of age… :)
 
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Ewan destroying everyone in a descent, interesting

Not sure LTS is realizing that red Columbian isn't riding for their team cause they're just leading him out.
 
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