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Tour of the Alps 2021 (April 19th-23rd)

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What are you keeping your eye on during the Tour of the Alps?

  • who's going to win

    Votes: 15 25.9%
  • a youngster or outsider the thread-starter didn't even know existed

    Votes: 11 19.0%
  • the scenery

    Votes: 22 37.9%
  • who's in form for the Giro

    Votes: 22 37.9%
  • whether Anton Palzer is the new LeMond

    Votes: 17 29.3%
  • whether Bernal's back is good

    Votes: 11 19.0%
  • whether Pinot's back is good

    Votes: 15 25.9%
  • whether Hindley will have to wait for Bardet when he's in for a podium

    Votes: 9 15.5%
  • whether Hindley will have to put on a rain jacket

    Votes: 15 25.9%
  • your girl/boyfriend/Netflix

    Votes: 9 15.5%

  • Total voters
    58
  • Poll closed .
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Froome should supposedly have one job in this race: work for Dan Martin.

He's not exactly doing very well in that regard. I get the impression some "fans" ask for special dispensation from critique with regards to his performances, i.e. because he was injured or whatnot.

All I see is a very sad sight to be honest, i.e. a GT multi-winner rolling around like a continental pro rider. The poster above is right about one thing: he's a multi-millionaire. So why publicly aim so high (Tour de France 2021, which is his de-facto stated ambition) when he's totally incapable of delivering anywhere near that promise? He could have just sailed into the sunset (or taken a lesser contract with lesser goals just for the joy of racing) but nope, it's apparently all about getting in shape for a fifth Tour.

Is it funny or sad? Champions should know when enough is enough.
 
I see Ineos is back to choo choo climbing even when it makes zero sense whatsoever. They had 4 riders up in GC and they destroyed themselves.
odd tactics indeed, especially as Sivakov's shape was unsure after the crash yesterday, and tomorrow's stage would have offered a great chance to attack Greenedge from far out with Martinez and/or Sosa. Now they are too far back anyway, and all left on stake for them is a potential stage win
 
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I see Ineos is back to choo choo climbing even when it makes zero sense whatsoever. They had 4 riders up in GC and they destroyed themselves.

From my point of view Ineos actually did a very old fashioned trick: set a tempo which they hoped was fast enough to prevent attacks & slow enough to preserve Sivakov.

It's not unusual for a team to control a group for their leader on a climb when he's nowhere near the best or good enough to respond to attacks. They like to send rivals to sleep. Hugh Carthy blew that away though so we got a good race.
 

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