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The guy calling Evenepoel a spoiled brat has his doubts.

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Huh? The last time he was anywhere near the Top 20 was 7 km before the finish. I think he was more like 70th by the time they reached the 3 km banner.
I didn't saw him but that's what he said in the interview when asked where he was at that point. He said 20-30th
 
Lol, all the crying and the salt almost has me wish Evenepoel DID in fact fake it, just to ad insult to injury. You can't make this stuff up.

Also, Roglic is injured but we don't care about that, but the fact that Evenepoel almost definitely possibly very well likely might have been able to perhaps fake that because we all know he isn't able to follow the peloton on a 400 meter bump in the road, has our utmost attention.
 
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Yeah I don’t know why the “Remco faked it” attained critical mass and established itself as the focus instead of Roglic as tragic hero with bike handling as his fatal flaw.

Edit: Not to say bad luck hasn’t had an impact. But if you can handle your bike well enough, you can overcome a lot. See: Sagan bunny hopping a fallen rider without losing a moment.
 
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Ok, then there should be no mercy for people who crash due to their own ineptitude either, 3 km rule or not.

I get your point and obviously it's impossible to enforce something like that as each situation is different. Just frustrated me to see a guy go all out and light up the stage just to gain 8 seconds on someone who chats and takes it easy for the hardest 3km of the day. The crash was his own fault for sure but it's a shame to see risk taking get punished.
 
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for any followers of american football..

DEFLATEGATE!!!
You mean the game when the only ball that was low on pressure and below the limit was the one the Colts intercepted, the Patriots put up more points in the second half with the correct balls, and that air pressure goes down when it’s colder with the next year pressure being low in all of the game balls of the Giants vs Steelers game?
 
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I get your point and obviously it's impossible to enforce something like that as each situation is different. Just frustrated me to see a guy go all out and light up the stage just to gain 8 seconds on someone who chats and takes it easy for the hardest 3km of the day. The crash was his own fault for sure but it's a shame to see risk taking get punished.
I know, I was just as frustrated as you, trust me, that's why I'm typing so much right now, to blow off steam, lol. But he didn't get punished for taking risks, he got punished for needlessly bumping into Fred Wright.
 
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I'm far away from being a Remco fan, but even I'm laughing my ass off at some of the negative comments on him. Can we now put a bigger asterisk on this Vuelta win than TGH's Giro win? :D
Offcourse not, he was in the lead and he stays in the lead. Crashes happen and are part of every race. He still has to win as well
 
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I know, he was more like 70th at that point if I had to guess, nowhere close to Roglic in any case.
Just rewinded and couldn't see him when Roglic went, their were 27-28 riders on screen. It's just what he thought were he was. Too far away indeed.
 
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