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It's unlikely the break will stay away and it's unlikely Roglic will put his nose in the wind before the 100 m mark. Kick finishing is applauded in running but ridiculed in cycling. The draft conundrum ( extract from Memoirs of a grand slam).
 
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It's unlikely the break will stay away and it's unlikely Roglic will put his nose in the wind before the 100 m mark. Kick finishing is applauded in running but ridiculed in cycling. The draft conundrum ( extract from Memoirs of a grand slam).
I don't really get the objection a lot of the time. If there's no reason to push the pace from a leading group, why not sit on the back and win, taking bonus seconds? He's be stupid not to.

I can see it if he's in a leading group that needs to get time, and he's not working. But that's not generally what I see people complaining about.
 
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Soudal Quickstep rides well, but still not that impressive when you see how many riders are still in that group. Far away from a proper team to support Remco in the Tour. Maybe good enough for the Giro
 
Van Gils has the most 90s haircut ever.
Even more than haircuts from the 90's?

Soudal Quickstep rides well, but still not that impressive when you see how many riders are still in that group. Far away from a proper team to support Remco in the Tour. Maybe good enough for the Giro
They would not have to make the race themselves if they went to the Tour.
 
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They would not have to make the race themselves if they went to the Tour.
I know, but let's say he's the leader, and like in the Vuelta you have a decent group of riders that attack early in the day. They keep have to work to get them back, and then he's isolated while UAE and Jumbo have 3-4 riders left.
 
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Basically an attack on the flat, not surprising that the two riders with the most raw power are the ones to get away.

UAE have the numbers behind but they're UAE.
 
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