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Pantani Attacks said:It's Sagan so far. Considering he's so prominent in the sprints too, it's him by miles so far.
Bernie's eyesore said:G running away with this at the moment, will be interesting to see if he can keep it up in the mountains.
you have to be joking. Without sagan contador would already have lost this tourBernie's eyesore said:G running away with this at the moment, will be interesting to see if he can keep it up in the mountains.
Bernie's eyesore said:People must be watching a different race to me. Sagan cost Contador 4 seconds on stage 2 by going for the win rather than helping Contador. Not saying it wasn't right for him to go for the win but that hardly makes him a great domestique.
Bernie's eyesore said:People must be watching a different race to me. Sagan cost Contador 4 seconds on stage 2 by going for the win rather than helping Contador. Not saying it wasn't right for him to go for the win but that hardly makes him a great domestique.
rm7 said:The worst one today must be Valverde. He only rode for himself today, and only helped Quintana at the end when he realised he couldn't win the stage.
Bernie's eyesore said:People must be watching a different race to me. Sagan cost Contador 4 seconds on stage 2 by going for the win rather than helping Contador. Not saying it wasn't right for him to go for the win but that hardly makes him a great domestique.
Miburo said:Bernie's eyesore said:People must be watching a different race to me. Sagan cost Contador 4 seconds on stage 2 by going for the win rather than helping Contador. Not saying it wasn't right for him to go for the win but that hardly makes him a great domestique.
Lol, sure bro. Go look back at this stage, check the second section again. You'll see sagan closes a crucial gap with contador in his wheel.
Not to mention what he did after the last section and then almost won the sprint.
Mr.White said:Bernie's eyesore said:People must be watching a different race to me. Sagan cost Contador 4 seconds on stage 2 by going for the win rather than helping Contador. Not saying it wasn't right for him to go for the win but that hardly makes him a great domestique.
Definitely a different race! I for example saw that Sagan closed that gap in the crosswinds that could cost Contador minutes, and again today saw Sagan guiding Contador whole day across the pave, and again closing the most dangerous move with Froome, Nibali, TJVG and Valverde ahead. But then again, you saw that 4 seconds...
Because he and a teammate overcooked a corner.Flamin said:Sagan was super strong today no doubt, but people here are being pretty opportunistic because they saw him closing a small gap on the cobbles and then take a super pull after the last pavé secteur. But why was Contador positioned badly on both occasions in the first place? That didn't happen to Froomey. Heck, Contador started the last secteur almost dead last.
I'd say Thomas was at least as impressive, constantly fighting to stay near the front and sheltering Froome from the wind for the last 45k.
Flamin said:Sagan was super strong today no doubt, but people here are being pretty opportunistic because they saw him closing a small gap on the cobbles and then take a super pull after the last pavé secteur. But why was Contador positioned badly on both occasions in the first place? That didn't happen to Froomey. Heck, Contador started the last secteur almost dead last.
I'd say Thomas was at least as impressive, constantly fighting to stay near the front and sheltering Froome from the wind for the last 45k.
Indeed, and Sagan must've looked around for Contador like 100 times and even went back to get him on his wheel at some point, there were 3 Tinkoff at the front + Sagan, but Contador wasn't in his wheel, heck he wasn't even in the camera shot so he was way way back, and Sagan was looking around and dropped back to get him.l.Harm said:Contador was on Sagan's wheel several times... he was leading him through the sections.
rm7 said:The worst one today must be Valverde. He only rode for himself today, and only helped Quintana at the end when he realised he couldn't win the stage.
Flamin said:Mr.White said:Bernie's eyesore said:People must be watching a different race to me. Sagan cost Contador 4 seconds on stage 2 by going for the win rather than helping Contador. Not saying it wasn't right for him to go for the win but that hardly makes him a great domestique.
Definitely a different race! I for example saw that Sagan closed that gap in the crosswinds that could cost Contador minutes, and again today saw Sagan guiding Contador whole day across the pave, and again closing the most dangerous move with Froome, Nibali, TJVG and Valverde ahead. But then again, you saw that 4 seconds...
Don't make stuff up. Sagan was chilling in the middle/at the back of the pack for quite some time actually.
LaFlorecita said:Because he and a teammate overcooked a corner.Flamin said:Sagan was super strong today no doubt, but people here are being pretty opportunistic because they saw him closing a small gap on the cobbles and then take a super pull after the last pavé secteur. But why was Contador positioned badly on both occasions in the first place? That didn't happen to Froomey. Heck, Contador started the last secteur almost dead last.
I'd say Thomas was at least as impressive, constantly fighting to stay near the front and sheltering Froome from the wind for the last 45k.
Sagan prevented a loss of minutes on stage 2, and again today. Contador would have been in Pinot's position without Sagan.