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Tour Down Under 2025 - Men's (Jan. 21-26)

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Don't see how team tactics allow for a Vine victory (and he hasn't looked great either). Think the sprinty types, like Narvaez, should be the favourites with the headwind. Narvaez wins the race if he wins the stage, even if Romo is not gapped. I expect FFB and Onley to be good as well.
Solid enough prediction for the top 3 if I'm allowed to toot my own horn, though it was probably the lowest-odds podium one could pick. I guess team tactics didn't come into play regarding Vine, he just didn't have it at all.
 
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i've enjoyed this more than i thoght i would...
first Jayco combo from far..
Ineos made it fun..
Romo-Bananito going for the all in..
and Narvaez with a relative controled(!?) win..
did Pog has ever had a better gregario in Narvaez to make the Poggio as hard as possible for the others favorits??
 
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Good opportunity for a team to take a win off UAE. Narvaez perfectly timed sprint spoiled that possibility. Romo must have figured he couldn’t out sprint Narvaez or Plapp so took the gamble and attacked at the bottom. Still a strong ride by him. Plapp maybe suffered by being caught out in the 2nd group when the peloton split. Used up energy to bridge across. That’s racing.
 
Romo... Maybe it wasn't as stupid as it seemed. He couldn't have beaten Narváez in the sprint. But a solo from the bottom was probably a bit much.
With the splits before the climb, I think he'd have pulled it off if Plapp wasn't Plapp.

It annoyed me greatly just how well they served it for Narvaez, even opening a gap for him in the sprint well in advance of the turn (Romo did well to move up beside him so that he had to wait for Plapp to open a gap along the barriers).