Benv wrote:
grumpier.mike wrote:
Also nice to see new faces in the front group. Benoot, Stuyven, Jules.
Jules? Who's that?
this guy?
Ron_Burgundy wrote:
Stuyven is going to win some big races, he caused the key split in OHN. I watched OHN again as I only saw the last 20k, wow Sagan literally pulled for 50k. As contador says style is more important than winning. It's like 2011 roubaix, I remember that race for Cancellara riding through the entire field, making the cobbles look like he was riding on glass.ugh, you meant really/almost/etc, but certainly not literally.
SailorSam wrote:
The Moto's played a part. But a bigger issue was that the chasers only had 3.5 BMC guys pulling and 15odd passengers. The leaders were working very well together and you could argue that pretty much all of them were simply stronger than the 3 poor BMC chaps who did the lion's share of the chase (with GvA only doing quick turns in hopes of saving some.juice for the presumed catch).
this. BMC's mistake was not having GvA sitting on Sagan's wheel. One's gotta anticipate the moves as opposed to pulling in the hope that the gap could be closed. GvA should have stuck to Sagan the way he stuck to Fuglsang's wheel at the Olympic Road Race.