You seem to think that an excuse for not pulling in a group should always be justified. It just has to work.
But the excuse didn't work. The other riders didn't except the excuse and view it as BS. There will be consequences for that at some point.
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You seem to think that an excuse for not pulling in a group should always be justified. It just has to work.
But the excuse didn't work. The other riders didn't except the excuse and view it as BS. There will be consequences for that at some point.
Could you please calm down and do not shout at us?Nope, today PROVES 100% that Woods excuse was pure and complete BS. Woods ONLY wanted the stage win yesterday and his BS excuse was just that because Valverde is NOT a GC threat unless Carthy is NOT a GC contender. Valverde HAS to stay up there if he can because Movistar needs the GC points. If Valverde was a GC contender he would NOT be losing 1 plus minutes PER mountain top stage and he'll likely lose more than that on Angliru as that is a bad climb for him. Woods should have either worked or stayed in the peloton yesterday.
Is Koronin still banging on about Woods? Carthy finished 5th today and is 44s down. I think it’s clear Woods had to look after his teammate’s gc situation. When he attacked solo on the final climb. And then when he got caught by a chase group. And attacked that group again to win solo.
I think Alejandro slept fine. 11th on a mountain finish that doesn’t suit him, only losing a minute and a half to the stage winner and less than a minute to most of his top 10 rivals is a pretty good return, especially combined with the nearly a minute he gained on yesterday’s stage.Something tells me someone didn't get any sleep last night.
I think Alejandro slept fine. 11th on a mountain finish that doesn’t suit him, only losing a minute and a half to the stage winner and less than a minute to most of his top 10 rivals is a pretty good return, especially combined with the nearly a minute he gained on yesterday’s stage.
With Mas and Soler still both up there in GC, I think this Vuelta is going well for Movistar, and they’re going to hopefully push for a podium in the 3rd week when I expect riders like Martin, Carthy and Chavez to fall away.
I know.I was talking about his fan girl.
He was not in the break.I did not get to watch the stage was Clement Champoussin our of the break or did he finish 10th from his own climbing prowess? Never heard of him before
I did not get to watch the stage was Clement Champoussin our of the break or did he finish 10th from his own climbing prowess? Never heard of him before