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Placing my bets on Anyone-but-Matthews
Cort was probably completely dead due to the last 2 days, he finished outside of the top 100 today.
Cort does not like to contest large bunch finishes. This is the more likely explanation for why he finished outside the top 100. He doesn’t enjoy fighting for position in large groups. This is also why he doesn’t do as well in the classics as his other traits suggest he might.Cort was probably completely dead due to the last 2 days, he finished outside of the top 100 today.
yeah. but he never intented to sprint (based on his interview at the start), same as in stage 8.Cort was probably completely dead due to the last 2 days, he finished outside of the top 100 today.
I wondered about that, too. It seemed like the gaps up front were one or two seconds.No 3 seconds rule in effect today?
No 3 seconds rule in effect today?
If I'm counting the groups right, the main peloton is the group from 13th to 51st and the two riders in 11th and 12th had a gap that was less than 3''.I guess they regarded those first riders basically as a late breakaway, instead of part of the peloton. 3s rule only applies for the "main peloton" (=largest group)
yeah, but the 3s rule only applies "from the first rider of the main peloton to cross the line to the last rider of the main peloton to cross the line" and "if the first rider of the peloton is more than 1 second behind the rider/group finishing ahead, the peloton is given a new time."If I'm counting the groups right, the main peloton is the group from 13th to 51st and the two riders in 11th and 12th had a gap that was less than 3''.
yeah, no idea. If it's interpreted like today, the rule doesn't make much sense indeed, because GC riders would still need to go full out.So when does the peloton have to split in different groups for the "main peloton" to be the whole peloton and not just a subset of it?
If the split (resulting in a 2'' gap) only happened in the last 500 m, would that be within the "main peloton" or between the "main peloton" and the leading group?
The gap only happened because Bernal took that right hand turn like *** and Pidcock then closed the gap with Bernal on his wheel.Hard to figure out whether it is was a strictly correct interpretation of the rules to give time gaps in that finish but morally Bernal deserves to gain a time gap for putting in the energy to stay up front and continue pushing on as the splits became apparent.
It would seem to make sense to look at the composition of the peloton at the 3 km mark to later apply the 3 second rule. If gaps less than 3 seconds in that group are applied to give subsequently different groups from the peloton different times, that would seem to go against the purpose of the 3 second rule, which, like the 3 km rule, is supposed to take some of the pressure off of GC guys so that they and their teams are not pushing to be up front with the sprinters in the harrowing final few kilometers.yeah, no idea. If it's interpreted like today, the rule doesn't make much change indeed, because GC riders would still need to go full out.
On the other hand, I also think Bernal (or whoever else it would have been) deserves to get a better time in a case like this.
Jakobsen proper saltmineHahaha Jakobsen telling Senechal: "Congrats but if you don't look back you're no leadout"
View: https://twitter.com/lavuelta/status/1431292721436708867?s=19
Lol this looked really bad on him.Hahaha Jakobsen telling Senechal: "Congrats but if you don't look back you're no leadout"
View: https://twitter.com/lavuelta/status/1431292721436708867?s=19
I don't understand what is the problem here?Considering that Jakobsen told Senechal to go for it, I doubt he was actually angry about it.
First thing you say in person to a teammate after he's had the biggest win of his career, with the camera on you, and it's basically criticism when he himself just couldn't hold the wheel.I don't understand what is the problem here?
What was he complaining about? that he should have slowed down after his leader lost the wheel?First thing you say in person to a teammate after he's had the biggest win of his career, with the camera on you, and it's basically criticism when he himself just couldn't hold the wheel.