A shame that no one lower down the GC was willing to attack on Stage 3 and 4.
They tried multiple times yesterday (and once on stage 3 too). I think you overestimate that parcours. Lotto just controlled it easily.
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A shame that no one lower down the GC was willing to attack on Stage 3 and 4.
I guess. Finding climbs equal to the hills of Vejle is quite a challenge.They tried multiple times yesterday (and once on stage 3 too). I think you overestimate that parcours. Lotto just controlled it easily.
I guess the beauty of this race is that the strongest rider doesn't always win. It's like Strade Bianche in which a wide variety of riders got a chance of winning.I'm not sure Cort is going to get as big a chance of winning the GC in later editions as he had this time. He is in great shape, a guy like Fisher Black isn't, and even De Lie may not be at 100 percent. You have to be sharp to win small stage races, and Cort wasn't sharp. As I mentioned earlier this week, the team may have let him make too many of the tactical decisions. There was no Kristoff or similar experienced rider to question Cort's views.
Maybe Cort avoided intermediate sprints to be sharp for final sprints. Who knows.
De Lie deserving winner of course.