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Rollthedice said:
jaylew said:
Pointless. He has no chance on this parcours.
I'd love to be proven wrong, however. Anything but a bunch sprint, please!
Well, he made it to the podium in 2012.
Sure, but at least the route included La Manie then and the sprinters were a bit more softened. If I recall, they went hard there and Cancellara was even dropped before making it in the final move.
I don't actually discount the possibility of him being in a winning move but I give him close to zero chance of actually winning. He's a worse sprinter than anyone he'd be in a group with and he doesn't have the power to stay away solo, ala Canc. It's just not a race he can win given the parcours, imo.
Granted that doesn't mean there aren't good reasons for him to participate. Sounds like the team and the sponsors wanted him there so he'll definitely give it his all as he always does. I certainly don't expect him to be completely anonymous as it's not in his nature but honestly, it's not a race in which he should have a team at his disposal.