IIRC the gap never was under 38". Remco clearly got a lot of help to come back because he was riding behind his teammates and cars.Sure, he got dropped fair and square, but without Remco's two mechanicals the Belgian team would've kept riding and kept it much closer – Healy and co got it to 30 seconds at one point. Hard to know how much impetus the chase lost without the Belgians (and without Van Wilder) but it looked like a lot.
The fact it was a bad decision is shown, to me, by Pogacar storming the cobbled climb every time he goes up it – as everyone knew would happen. He is obviously the strongest rider in the race, and he is obviously the strongest rider since Merckx, but he got away with a tactical error.
GOLFSays a lot about how exciting the race isn't that the past few pages are >50% Pogacar fanboys.
And this was literally the two of them doing combined maybe 10-15% of the pulling in a 5 man group..They converted being in G2 and fighting for 2nd position into not even a top 10 spot because they did way too much work.
No, I appreciate them going for broke. They were probably hoping for a Skjelmose in Amstel situation, and I'd rather that than the usual Strade Bianche 'we give up' approach.They converted being in G2 and fighting for 2nd position into not even a top 10 spot because they did way too much work.
Pidders? You literally quoted me on saying he likely wont finish top 10Who is?
not sure Roglic will care, and Pidcock must be done. He may make it, unless Tejada comes back from behindSeixas narrowly going to miss the top-10 by the looks, missing out on a chance to set a near unbreakable record.
Pidders? You literally quoted me on saying he likely wont finish top 10
Pidcock had his nose in the wind for like 2 minutes combined between the group forming and him dropping.They converted being in G2 and fighting for 2nd position into not even a top 10 spot because they did way too much work.
Its called live timingOh, I hadn't seen the shot of him finishing.
I'm not talking about the help Remco got, but the help the chase group didn't get because of him being behind. Without his second mechanical there is a real chance Belgium would've continued hammering it until it got to 30s; as it was, Remco ended up behind, the chase lost impetus, and Healy and co buried themselves for a bit of gain. That was the luck – I don't think Evenepoel is any more tired than he would've been, but he would've been closer for when he attacked.IIRC the gap never was under 38". Remco clearly got a lot of help to come back because he was riding behind his teammates and cars.
It wasn't a tactical mistake because he doesn't have a team to control.
Yeah, and just projecting.Where are all the “insecure” Pog fans? Sounds like jealousy to me.