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After what has happened to her I can't even blame her. That gory footage from the Imola crash is nasty.
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They could’ve dropped Kopecky for good and with Vos in the group.
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Oh my god it's like watching 18yo remco again, yes I will just lead out the best sprinter in the race for a win, i won't try anything at all except to be in the first group .
in any case Dygert rode a strong. she'll have her day, and I'll be there to witness it
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Can anyone explain the Dutch tactics here?!
What a disasterclass once again.
They were in control for most of the race and ended up with just 5th... Mind-blowing
What a disasterclass once again.
They were in control for most of the race and ended up with just 5th... Mind-blowing
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she lost by a bike length, Kopecky to strong even if Chloe didn't chase so much
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This was really dumb from Vollering, should have forced Kopecky do chunk of the work or risk letting ELB go away for good. And then she was the one closing down Roseman-Gannons early attack and to cap it all off led out the final sprint as well. With all the talk of internal rift at SD Worx , she was for some reason hell bent on making sure Kopecky won this race.
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What an absolute sh*tshow. In retrospect I'm now just really sad ELB didn't take it with that attack. Would have been the most satisfying outcome imo.
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The Dutch tactics were: everyone is riding for Vollering, nobody else is allowed to win. And if someone is in position to win, Vollering will personally make sure they aren't anymore.
Vollering is just not smart. What she needs is a coach who is. But the current national coach for the Dutch has delivered disasterclass after disasterclass, even if they still managed to win quite a few times despite of that. Luckily this was her final race as national coach.
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Vollering has zero racing brains for closing that gap all the way herself for Kopecky.
Sorry, I don't dislike her, but her tactics are that bad!
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Instead we got the only outcome I wanted less. Well, Deignan notwithstanding of course.
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I'm glad I was able to jinx itOK so watched the first thrilling 90k, but time is up here.
I don't expect it to be as nail-biting for the final 65k..
Every moment where you think: go, Demi, go, this is the moment! ... she doesn't.
And every moment where you think: don't go to the front, it's useless ... she does.
And every moment where you think: don't go to the front, it's useless ... she does.
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TBF, with so many big names (and egos) and no team radios it's hard to improvise and Vollering is just sooo bad at race tactics, teenage Remco style.
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