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T of California - SPOILERS
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"A slow boiler..."
translation - boring until today
translation - boring until today
mjr
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What are the time bonuses?
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Sky burn out too early?
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Seems like it. They did all the work, only for Alaphilippe to say 'merci beaucoup' and ride into the race lead.
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Mon dieu!
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Watching the last few km again, I was struck by how courageous Sagan's ride was - he's not a climber but he almost looked like one there. Second things was that Henao is still not quite at the level he was before his break. You would have put money on him to take that stage.
The good thing is that this is all going to make tomorrow's stage fascinating rather than a procession. If Sagan can get even a few bonus seconds tomorrow he could still win, so EQS are going to have to send men up the road to try to mop up the opportunities before he can get them. But Sagan could still win this in the final sprint.
The Tour of California turns out interesting! Who wudda thunk it?
The good thing is that this is all going to make tomorrow's stage fascinating rather than a procession. If Sagan can get even a few bonus seconds tomorrow he could still win, so EQS are going to have to send men up the road to try to mop up the opportunities before he can get them. But Sagan could still win this in the final sprint.
The Tour of California turns out interesting! Who wudda thunk it?
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Good to see Tao Geoghegan Hart put in a decent ride. Only a couple of mins down on Alaphilippe.
He came third in the espoirs LBL last month - his blog post on the race is a good read...
http://taogeogheganhart.blogspot.nl/2015_05_01_archive.html
He writes about Aussie Freddy who I think must be Freddy Ovett (Steve Ovett's son).
He came third in the espoirs LBL last month - his blog post on the race is a good read...
http://taogeogheganhart.blogspot.nl/2015_05_01_archive.html
He writes about Aussie Freddy who I think must be Freddy Ovett (Steve Ovett's son).
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Nice. He's not your average pro-cyclist, is he? That piece reminds me of The Rider...
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It's a cracking piece of writing - really gives you a feel for the dynamics of a peloton. And, yes, reminiscent of The Rider.
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Cav!
And Sagan gets GC.
And Sagan gets GC.
The overall couldn't been decided by a tighter margin. Only the photo revealed that Sagan got up on the line to finish in the much needed 3rd spot. Great desperation from Sagan. His performance yesterday was nothing but brave and heroic. Delighted for him that he managed to pull it off today. Well deserved. Was the most consistent rider over the eight stages.
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By a tyre or less, with quite some confusion in the Quickstep team after the finish. If ever there was a time for Quickstep to forgo a Cavendish win and try to place two in the sprint, that was it, wasn't it?
