Think you are right - not as easy to win when you are heavily marked which he rightfully will be moving forward. LFF has seen a little of that as well after his big break out year. Classics racing is so team driven these days most of these guys (Sagan, WvA, Van der Poel, etc.) should be looking to team up with another contender as I just don't think there are many more days where the strongest guy can just run everyone off their wheels. If CCC wasn't such a train wreck and GVA was willing to work with someone, he and Trentin should be a lethal combo with a shot of one of them surviving the DQS machine each race. A lot was made of Oss joining up with Sagan, and I like Oss, but he is not a threat - he's a diesel engine. Not sure these types' egos work well with team tactics, but man they could win a lot more races overall in this era if they were willing to work in pairs/small groups.
WVA actually screwed that entire chase group - no one was going to work with him except Roglic who was cooked. He needed to either pull it back himself then hope he had the legs to still win the sprint or, as it happened, grab the silver. If WVA isn't there, they work together and have a real shot at catching LFF knowing LFF's sprint will be a little blunted and after 7 hours it's a real toss up.
Not sure how calculated the timing of LFF's attack was, but he brilliantly stayed hidden all day then attacked when WVA was in the lead group. He had to know that would only help his chances as no one was going to pull WVA to the line. Just not sure if he went at the moment due to WVA being up front or if everything just fell together at the spot he marked to attack from the beginning of the race.
Not sure if Nibali just was running out of gas and wanted a little "attack" coverage, but not sure why he decided to try it on an easy part of the easier climb. They still had their entire team at that point - seems like they should have saved those same tactics for the last climb.
"It's good enough for who it's for" - Grandpa Wayne
WVA actually screwed that entire chase group - no one was going to work with him except Roglic who was cooked. He needed to either pull it back himself then hope he had the legs to still win the sprint or, as it happened, grab the silver. If WVA isn't there, they work together and have a real shot at catching LFF knowing LFF's sprint will be a little blunted and after 7 hours it's a real toss up.
Not sure how calculated the timing of LFF's attack was, but he brilliantly stayed hidden all day then attacked when WVA was in the lead group. He had to know that would only help his chances as no one was going to pull WVA to the line. Just not sure if he went at the moment due to WVA being up front or if everything just fell together at the spot he marked to attack from the beginning of the race.
Not sure if Nibali just was running out of gas and wanted a little "attack" coverage, but not sure why he decided to try it on an easy part of the easier climb. They still had their entire team at that point - seems like they should have saved those same tactics for the last climb.
"It's good enough for who it's for" - Grandpa Wayne