He'll do a Padun to everybodySo you are saying that Padun will do a Landa to Landa?
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He'll do a Padun to everybodySo you are saying that Padun will do a Landa to Landa?
But Movistar chasing or Ineos and/or Movistar setting a high pace will isolate Roglic if the team rides like in stage 3. Roglic isn’t working if it’s not on the last climb if he is solo.Probably Yates. Like I said, Carapaz going will just trigger a Movistar chase, and would render isolating Roglic a pointless exercise.
I'm saying if Roglic is isolated, and Carapaz attacks, Movistar will chase Carapaz down and Roglic won't have to do anything.But Movistar chasing or Ineos and/or Movistar setting a high pace will isolate Roglic if the team rides like in stage 3. Roglic isn’t working if it’s not on the last climb if he is solo.
We said this every time about trying to with Froome isolated. The gaps are still close enough that other teams aren’t going to let a Movistar/Ineos/Landa get away. The way to break him when he is isolated is to repeatedly attack with your leaders on the last climb so Roglic has to respond.I'm saying if Roglic is isolated, and Carapaz attacks, Movistar will chase Carapaz down and Roglic won't have to do anything.
If Roglic is isolated before the final climb and the attacks start coming (from Bahrain, Ineos, Movi, whoever) then he will have to react to some of them. He already lost a Giro by not chasing a Movistar rider, he won't want to make that mistake again.
How many times did Froome get isolated? Twice? 3 times?We said this every time about trying to with Froome isolated. The gaps are still close enough that other teams aren’t going to let a Movistar/Ineos/Landa get away. The way to break him when he is isolated is to repeatedly attack with your leaders on the last climb so Roglic has to respond.
No idea but if Ineos/Movistar send one of their leaders ahead and Roglic has nobody to chase, Movistar/Ineos is chasing. Only way they’re not is if they attack together.How many times did Froome get isolated? Twice? 3 times?
Whether it’s a good race strategy or not, I’m hoping that for our entertainment value at least one team starts driving it hard from several climbs out so that we end up with multiple chasing groups. Medium-mountain stages like this can be great, and in this case there is no hard stage the next day. And I don’t think the finish climb is so daunting that fear of blowing up on a steep final climb should be a big factor. Though you never know in today’s peloton!Yes but it wasn't in the first week of a GT
Guillaume Martin in red this night, and he won't relinquish it till the end.
Guillaume Martin in red this night, and he won't relinquish it till the end.
If I was Movistar I'd decide on whether to support Mas or Lopez for GC, make the race a bit harder so that all Jumbos are dropped, send Valverde off early, then send the lesser GC rider on an attack when the field is small, and then, when Roglic has spent his enery chasing, go for a real time gain with my major GC rider.
It´s early in the race and the mountains are not difficult enough in the middle of the stage for this strategy.. perhaps on sunday..I understand the idea, but I think it's way too early in the race to make this decision. For the second and third week it makes more sense to me to keep Mas and Lopez as high as possible in GC right now.
If I was Movistar I'd decide on whether to support Mas or Lopez for GC, make the race a bit harder so that all Jumbos are dropped, send Valverde off early, then send the lesser GC rider on an attack when the field is small, and then, when Roglic has spent his enery chasing, go for a real time gain with my major GC rider.
Is that southwards drinking his bottle of red?