Vingegaard looked well within himself to me, and I don't think Alemda is capable of dropping him. I never saw a hint that he could be dropped. If that UAE jersey were on different shoulders, I think that would have been different, but we're talking about Almeda, not Pogacar.
I agree with you , we will never know if Almeida was capable today of getting away from Vigegaard mostly because Almeida did @20+% more work throughout the day, but especially up the final climb, did 100% of the pull. Stage 14 has to leg breakers and we shall see if all of Almeida gambling pays off.. He wrecked bottom 20 today. With some pleasant surprises like survival of Pidcock. It certainly looked like top 2_were turning over granny gear at the end and if Jonas could have jumped for the win he would have imo. The supernatural recovery both guys had to finish as fast as they did was breathtaking for me!! And seeing some of the top 10 finishers who didn't get into camera view was also awesome. There were obviously multiple riders really really digging deep to keep lost time to a minimum. Plenty of spots that if you quit pedaling you would just tip over and fall down.. Very surprised by time splits of top ten.. The peloton talent level is super, super high..
Bummed not to see Olney, Heally, Lipowitz, Remco, Roglic, few others.. Would have liked to see were they match up. Tomorrow is going to ruin lots of people.
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