likes_bikes wrote:
McNulty wrote:
Carl Spackler wrote:
La Sporty!
He's so good.
I still think Wout sat up. It seems very obvious.
I do understand in that situation it's unusual to get caught and then have a "second effort" that prevents the pass. It was surprising, for sure. But I really think that Wout would be all-in for a Belgian win. I doubly don't think he'd have risked hauling Kooij to the line and risk setting up a Dutch win. He's got a lot of teammate loyalty, but I think also Belgian loyalty. I
think those two just cracked right as they caught LaSporty. Or I prefer to think that, anyway.
I do wonder if De Lie didn't quite sell out in bringing Wout closer. It seems unlikely that if you emptied the tank over that last kilo to close the gap you wouldn't finish just a second behind at the finish.