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He said in a post-race interview he didn't know, and he's not saying this because he got beaten, he clearly wasn't bragging, more being confused.
The way he rode from the top to the finish already explained to me that he wasn't aware of this. If he knew, he would never have towed 3 jumbos all the way to the finish.
His riding in the last 5K was tactically very good if he just wanted to arrive ASAP in order to have those dropped as far as possible without caring for placings too much, but it was very bad if he wanted to sprint for the win. And it showed.
Was dropped like what? 10 meters? You are too nervous remco fanboy.
Stage win and leader's jersey I think mattered a little...
So not only a wheel sucker but a liar as well. #Liargate
The level is really low. The GC favourites couldn't even do 7 w/kg. They did less.
Interesting how Jumbo and UAE are in more or less the same position: Top domestique, perhaps unexpectedly, high on GC, with two leaders biding their time.
Remco did look somewhat the strongest today but I didn't see a reason for Roglic or Vingegaard to turn themselves inside out to try to gap him. I think that was Kuss's move; Remco didn't crack, so that was that. Did Remco really think he wasn't sprinting for the win? How is that possible?
Remco, Roglic, Vingegaard, Mas, Almeida, Ayuso all looking pretty equal today, honestly. Not sure what happens with Kuss ... he should be able to hold red until the Tourmalet stage. Although if he isn't feeling great, say, tomorrow, I could see Jumbo telling him to pull the plug and rest and recover.
Remco did look somewhat the strongest today but I didn't see a reason for Roglic or Vingegaard to turn themselves inside out to try to gap him. I think that was Kuss's move; Remco didn't crack, so that was that. Did Remco really think he wasn't sprinting for the win? How is that possible?
Remco, Roglic, Vingegaard, Mas, Almeida, Ayuso all looking pretty equal today, honestly. Not sure what happens with Kuss ... he should be able to hold red until the Tourmalet stage. Although if he isn't feeling great, say, tomorrow, I could see Jumbo telling him to pull the plug and rest and recover.
Everyone bar Roglic and Vinge were dropped and looked bad with Evenepoel setting the pace.
Lol Evenepoel wasn’t aware they were sprinting for the victory, and thought he could’ve won. Apparently he didn’t properly hear his directors.
OK...so he didn't know. That said he's racing for the best position at the finish and not worrying about the phantom rider he can't see that isn't anywhere on the GC radar. You ride to win the pack that contained all of the proximate GC riders (unless he didn't know who those guys were) because there is still bonus time unless he imagined there were 3 or more riders ahead. If he pushed a JV rider to go the front for the last km he might have had a better shot at the sprint.
He still rode an excellent stage but lost the sprint.
Wout Poels is still hanging on today - not bad by him. Tomorrow looks like it'll be a repeat of today - all together at the end.
Must be the first time Remco didn't looked around, flapping his arms and shouting for help pulling.
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remco not knowing he could have gone for the win...tactical stupidity.
remco taking a very gradual approach to pulling back Kuss...pure tactical brilliance.
as long as Kuss was in front neither Rog nor Vingo could attack him.
remco taking a very gradual approach to pulling back Kuss...pure tactical brilliance.
as long as Kuss was in front neither Rog nor Vingo could attack him.
He should give his to Kuss so the latter can down two bottles today
Why are you trying to invent something?
Remco made sure before the last curve he was in a good position, sat down on his saddle, Roglic came over him, Remco took his wheel and soft-pedalled the last 10 meters when he was sure he was in the same time as Roglic.
Remco only sprinted for not having time loss, be it in Roglic wheel or whatever wheel that guaranteed same time at the finish. Is that dumb and foolish? Yes. Because if he didn't knew if he was sprinting for the win, he should still sprint for bonus seconds e.g. if there were only 1-2 riders ahead.
In short, he rode the whole descent only for GC, not for the stage. Utterly foolish but it is what it is.
Still I prefer the situation with many GC people in the action all with a chance. Tour was a two horse race with no one else in sight, Giro was a bit better with three possible candidates till the end.
This is a race with radios. When there are no radios that might be excusable, especially on a final climb where there isn't the opportunity for the team car to give that info it's one thing, but when you can just check that with the DS, falling for that trick reflects poorly on the victim more than the perpetrator.
Big Doopie
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ah, it's okay, just delays Remco inevitably beating both merckx and pog to 50 pro wins.
bwahahaha.
You love to see it
And some tomfoolery at the end. Roglic showered Ganna
View: https://twitter.com/CyclingIsma/status/1698001721404866869
And some tomfoolery at the end. Roglic showered Ganna
View: https://twitter.com/CyclingIsma/status/1698001721404866869
Big Doopie
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no world tour in merckx time. lol. and about 4 ITTs for every GT and a TT in every week-long race.
haters always want to shift the goalposts when confronted with unpleasant facts.
haters were in awe when pog hit 50 early this season at age 24+.
haters cannot stomach remco bettering him now (despite losing an entire year of potential wins!)
bwahahaha.
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