Volta a Catalunya - Spoilers

[mididoctors]

Jonas waiting to get out the tailwind...starts working

 

[mididoctors]

That was ridiculous

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Godon wins, Remco crashes at the death.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Jonas not working

He doesn’t do himself any favours. Fortune not favours the brave and all that.

 

[rich p]

He doesn’t do himself any favours. Fortune not favours the brave and all that.

It made an ugly spectacle.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

It made an ugly spectacle.

Bit harsh maybe?

First he makes the bridge across - an all out effort. Then he does a small amount of work when it looks like they might stay away. Then his team car tells him it's like 15 seconds and he should give it up so he does, then they're back out to 25" again and Remco crashes. It was Remco's project, his first mission was to shadow and neutralise the threat, there was little reason for him to invest much more than that and he didn't. Big mountains the next few days, no point in burning yourself for a few seconds the day before

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Bit harsh maybe?

First he makes the bridge across - an all out effort. Then he does a small amount of work when it looks like they might stay away. Then his team car tells him it's like 15 seconds and he should give it up so he does, then they're back out to 25" again and Remco crashes. It was Remco's project, his first mission was to shadow and neutralise the threat, there was little reason for him to invest much more than that and he didn't. Big mountains the next few days, no point in burning yourself for a few seconds the day before

He did say at interview that he sat up after Remco crashed as he didn’t want to take advantage.
Whether or not he would have won, had he not, who knows?

 

[rich p]

Bit harsh maybe?

First he makes the bridge across - an all out effort. Then he does a small amount of work when it looks like they might stay away. Then his team car tells him it's like 15 seconds and he should give it up so he does, then they're back out to 25" again and Remco crashes. It was Remco's project, his first mission was to shadow and neutralise the threat, there was little reason for him to invest much more than that and he didn't. Big mountains the next few days, no point in burning yourself for a few seconds the day before

Hmmm, possibly!
I found it an uncomfortable watch though. His mindset is more cautious.

 

[mididoctors]

Maybe he could not come through

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Hmmm, possibly!
I found it an uncomfortable watch though. His mindset is more cautious.

More cautious, or more long term maybe? He's going to attempt a Giro-Tour double this year, so going off-piste here might be a longer term mistake.

Anyway, I can see why people didn't like it, but it wasn't his move, he just covered it. Remco would have been well within his rights to stop working as well (in a slightly less drastic fashion...), or to try and drop him. This wasn't some leech on the morning's break, this was a direct competitor that attacked.

 

[Webbo2]

More cautious, or more long term maybe? He's going to attempt a Giro-Tour double this year, so going off-piste here might be a longer term mistake.

Anyway, I can see why people didn't like it, but it wasn't his move, he just covered it. Remco would have been well within his rights to stop working as well (in a slightly less drastic fashion...), or to try and drop him. This wasn't some leech on the morning's break, this was a direct competitor that attacked.

Watching it I thought around 3K to go Remco appeared to sit up and then the camera panned to bunch. When it went back to Remco he was on it again.

 

[mididoctors]

Why did he crash

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Why did he crash

Was just getting onto his drops and hit a pothole he didn't see, lost his bars (his own description)

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Tomorrow's stage butchered due to high winds
https://www.domestiquecycling.com/e...orce-major-route-change-in-catalunya-stage-4/

Should have looked like this, but the'll finish at Camprodon