Pogacar is the glue that keeps it all together for that team. If he's not there they ride without a purpose, and without a leader.
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Yates lost over 10 minutes yesterday . He is not leader anymore
Ciccone was swaying like D(e)an Martin, but well done by him. I thought he was going to blow up in Remco's wheel, and that Roglič would regret not being in second wheel.
Ciccone looked quite good in the 2021 Giro before he crashed out, so it's nice to see him finding some form and consistency, although it might be a bit too early.
Ciccone looked quite good in the 2021 Giro before he crashed out, so it's nice to see him finding some form and consistency, although it might be a bit too early.
He already looked really good in the 2021 Giro before that crash. Then he rushed back and did 2 stage races to somehow hold shape/built it back up for the Olympics and rode Donostia and the Vuelta afterwards (before his DNF). Last year he had to postpone his pre-Giro altitude camp because he had Bronchitis (he was on antibiotics) and was clearly not ready for the Giro, despite his stage win. He still rode the Tour afterwards and wasn't bad during the 2nd half of the race, but not in peak shape.
Bad luck and questionable choices when it came to his schedule have been a thing over the last 2 seasons and in 2020 he had Covid in late August to mess up his Giro prep...
First ineos guy 30th place. Pretty impressive.
What's the last time this happened in a WT climbers race?
EDIT: Castroviejo 23rd.
What's the last time this happened in a WT climbers race?
EDIT: Castroviejo 23rd.
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I didn't say he wasn't? + plus people mentioning giro stages, yes. but they weren't in the gc against remco and rog
Uijtdebroeks 10th and Martinez 15th today, the kids are more than alright.
I mean, at least Mas was somewhere on the GC, Yates on the other hand already lost 10min yesterday and is still riding for himself...
It's a shame, because Almeida was really strong.
I mean not as GC leader but as a protected stage winner. Like Soler. Not saying it's right.
A bit dissapointed by both Rogla and Remco, I thought they would gap the others. I am not sure if it was the gradient or Rogla had to break his cadence because of the tightness of the last curve, but that cost him the win today. In any case it was not a good showing from him, I just hope he was saving himself for the efforts to come. Well done to Ciccone.
On another note, WTF was that from Sepp, what a dumb move.
On another note, WTF was that from Sepp, what a dumb move.
Yeah my bad, I looked over Castro. I mean can you blame me, how is Castro their first guy.
In a volta a catalunya you don't have a protected stage winner when your protected GC guy is having a mechanical. That's just stupid.
On the other hand, Almeida seems to prefer climbing alone...
About UAE, I don't know if it is deliberate, but there really is no team. It's basically every rider for himself. At least there is no hierarchy between the big names. They have to fight it out on the road by themselves. It has been like that in many other races now. Funnily it really kind of suits Almeida's general style very well. He rides for nobody, nobody rides for him, he's just doing his thing and pace, whether a comet falls down or a fairy appears.
Van Eetvelt 20th not bad too. A bit behind Martinez, as expected.
They had nobody in the top-30 on GC in Itzulia in 2019, unless we're counting Pologne as a climber's race that's the last time they did at least similarly terribly.
You have to feel for the boy Almeida, the loneliest man in the peloton, this website isn't prepared for the traffic it's about to get from the nation of Portugal this May.
Yes his team was useless and the Race Leader doesn't need to attack. They have to take the jersey off him, and Remmy couldn't even finish in front of him
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According to Twitter it was a new record on the climb today. And Almeida probably even faster, depending on if his mechanical happened before or after the start of the climb.
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