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I am going to assume that there is a virus in the peloton!!!
Would be nice if the Volta organisers ever think to do mountain stages that don't finish at ski resorts, considering that all but two Catalonian stations big enough to host make for terrible MTFs.O'Connor was great, but this was the least selective La Molina Volta stage ever I think
No clear favorite, so no hierarchy.Surprisingly aggressive racing given the climb and the size of the peloton.
Still early in his career, but showing potential.What was Valverde doing? Is he getting old?
He'll hear from Horner later.Cycling clown of the day goes to Marcus Soler, for trying to bridge a 22 second gap solo instead of pacing for his teammate, who ended up coming second.
Well done Marc!![]()
He could just be ill, the elderly are more vulnerable to diseases after all.What was Valverde doing? Is he getting old?
They certainly have the WTF movistar tactics down.Is UAE pretending to be Movistar in this race with multiple leaders? :O
Maybe this is the reason every race Almeida is in they don't work as a team. I have wondered, as they are completely chaotic!UAE are so used to having Pogacar in races like this that they have forgotten how to do tactics.
Soler pacing Pog us just Soler thinking hes attacking and Pog thinking Soler is pacingCycling clown of the day goes to Marcus Soler, for trying to bridge a 22 second gap solo instead of pacing for his teammate, who ended up coming second.
Well done Marc!![]()
I'm enjoying the UAE version of Soler so far.
Yates dropped! Looks ill.
Yes that's why I say they must be partying or something. It's just way too much illness for it to be a coincidence, even if they have been isolated before in their bubbles this is quite extreme.I can't recall a start to a season where so many riders are ill - You often have illnesses that hit one team or isolated cases spread among teams BUT this year illness seems to have spread to many parts of the peleton.
Yates was ill after P/N and obviously has not recovered - Also Matthews was puking during the stage so there could be a bug in the team.
They rejected it because Soler is already a big TV star and wanted to be paid accordingly, but Netflix refused.Can it be that UAE reject the TDF Netflix series because they want one that contains themselves only?
His profile picture explains a lot. Taken moments before it went wrong.
Yeah I think Matthews talked about it in his interview after stage 1, but also said Yates was getting better.Oh, didn't know that.
