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I haven't been on this forum for as long as some, but I can't remember ever seeing polls in GT stage threads. I can start adding them if enough people are interested, though.
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Please don't. Dedicated poll threads are great, but super annoying to have them in race threads.
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Yep,something we hoped that would not return from the Giro - replacement är Simone Petilli who should be doing the Deutschland Tour and was at the Giro.
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/gerben-thijssen-out-of-vuelta-a-espana-after-positive-covid-test
Edit - add - Olivera withdrew from UAE with "illness", hope it was not Covid.
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What's so annoying about it? Honest question, because I remember that I also proposed this during the Giro, and you were also very much against it, but I never understood why. Does it take in too much space in the beginning when you open the thread?
Obviously not a popular opinion I see, but I love a TTT.
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In my opinion a poll doesn't really add anything interesting, but it can devolve into posts about "why is x rider in the poll and why is y rider not in the poll". Plus they're extra work to add so more work on the guys that put in the effort to make threads.
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I don't even really love a ttt but I can enjoy them every once in a while.
It's just that an evening ttt is so quintessentially Vuelta to me. It's a tradition.
I love TTT's, however they should not be on such a technical course - The course chosen for the L'Avenir was perfect.
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I also think that the course is too technical for a TTT.
I think its between Jumbo and Ineos. Having a rider like Ganna will help Ineos a lot but Jumbo has the best group of riders so I think they will beat them by a few seconds.
Quick-Step, Movistar, UAE and Bora to lose around 20 seconds.
I think its between Jumbo and Ineos. Having a rider like Ganna will help Ineos a lot but Jumbo has the best group of riders so I think they will beat them by a few seconds.
Quick-Step, Movistar, UAE and Bora to lose around 20 seconds.
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Looks like the rain will come in at 7pm at the latest now, that combined with this being done in the evening means we will have either a complete mess or a neutralised waste of time.
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Even a full cancellation would be better than a neutralisation, IMO. We all know that Jumbo or Ineos would win normally, we also know that neither will try in a wet, neutralised TTT, so it would make the stage win lose all meaning anyway.
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Of course, the most farcical option of all would be to decide to neutralise this when the first teams are already on the road. And I wouldn't rule that out entirely.
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Why would the stage loose meaning if certain teams don't wanna take the risks?
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Because it means the winner wins thanks to the neutralisation first, and their own quality second.
why neutralize it? Riding in the rain is a part of cycling
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Not because of rain, but they did just that in the 2015 Vuelta TTT. Between that and neutralising the Champs-Élysées for two drops of rain at the Tour last month, the precedent is unfortunately there.
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No it isn't. The Champs-Élysées neutralisation is only because it's the last stage of the Tour and there is an understanding that the race is decided by then.
The 2015 TTT was a bizarre parcours including riding on the beach (almost). This is just asphalt.
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