Malhao is probably too short to justify the bike change IMO100% TT bike for the flat part. Most will probably switch for the climb, except for Jonas and Primoz at least.
Malhao is probably too short to justify the bike change IMO100% TT bike for the flat part. Most will probably switch for the climb, except for Jonas and Primoz at least.
Yeah, you may be right.Malhao is probably too short to justify the bike change IMO
This Imma gonna steal for signatureDoes washed also mean clean? And does not washed mean dirty?
He talked about it on several occasions. His numbers are still the same, but whereas a few years ago they allowed him to be on the podium in the Tour de France, today, with the rising level of the peloton (see another part of the forum for details), they're no longer good enough and his objectives are slipping away. When listening to him, he seems to feel out of place with today's cycling.Why is Bardet retiring![]()
Unfortunately for you noob I'm afraid the cameras also missed it, pretty sure the commentators at one point also claimed Almeida had been dropped.I've lost Eurosport 2 on my TV and so far no VPN so I have but watched the finish on Youtube. Of course the day I missed Almeida has to do something spectacular. And tomorrow I am busy.
This noob needs ubuntu compatible vpn yesterday.
Almeida continues to be an enigma to me; at one hand he's absolutely triggered by his teammates in such a way that nothing gets him going more than a teammate up the road. But when he's at the finish line something happens. I just watched the finish again and it looks like they're trying to finish hand in hand but can't reach each other. So the same as in Suisse last year.Unfortunately for you noob I'm afraid the cameras also missed it, pretty sure the commentators at one point also claimed Almeida had been dropped.
Joao is too kind anyway, he threw away a Suisse stage last year for no reason when Yates won the GC anyway, if UAE have all been told they can race for themselves he should've sprinted for it![]()
Don't know why people are surprised, Vingegaard doesn't have an explosive acceleration that instantly splits open gaps. He prefers longer and steeper climbs, attrition style climbs.
He talked about it on several occasions. His numbers are still the same, but whereas a few years ago they allowed him to be on the podium in the Tour de France, today, with the rising level of the peloton (see another part of the forum for details), they're no longer good enough and his objectives are slipping away. When listening to him, he seems to feel out of place with today's cycling.
I suppose he also wants to enjoy a personal life.
I'll miss him. In every race he takes part in, I always hope for a big surprise, or just a beautiful moment of cycling, or a beautiful human moment, which often happens.
He said he wants to stay in the cycling world after retiring as a rider. IMO that's a good thing for cycling.
What about all the other times Vinge isn't able to follow the Pogs bombs? Come on dont be disingeniousYes, being able to follow the Pog bomb on San Luca on stage two in last year's Tour clearly proves this fact.
What about all the other times Vinge isn't able to follow the Pogs bombs? Come on dont be disingenious![]()
If he is explosive like you claim, why isn't he able to stick to Pogacars wheel everytime instead of only once? An exception doesnt make the rule. Funny how you also ruled out luck on a one time occurence 🤡You said he wasn't explosive, I found an example where he showed great explosivity. He can't have done that because of luck, ergo he is explosive.
Of course not as much as Pog but he is definitely not just a diesel grinder...
If he is explosive like you claim, why isn't he able to stick to Pogacars wheel everytime instead of only once? An exception doesnt make the rule. Funny how you also ruled out luck on a one time occurence 🤡
Aerobic fitness matters a lot during accelerations on even punchy climbs.Wtf? If you can produce the watts, you can produce the watts. How can you be lucky doing that? It's not like Niklas Märkl or Julius van den Berg sometimes at random feature at the business end on an MTF or suddenly win a bunch sprint out of nowhere.
There are plenty of other examples where Pog couldn't shed him like in the Basque opening of the '23 Tour, where everyone else was immediately dropped.
Also, maybe stop it with the clown emoji?
Aerobic fitness matters a lot during accelerations on even punchy climbs.
I am agreeing with you. But it's the single reason why this whole explosivity debate is a clown showYes, how is that contrary to what I say?
Aerobic fitness also should have mattered yesterday, so I don't really follow.