Carl Spackler wrote:
First test for the GC men tomorrow with a tough stage profile.
Conceivably, Ineos could go wire-to-wire with Maglia Rosa.
Should I be somewhat ashamed that I have yet to catch a glimpse of this year's Giro? So much going on, just haven't gotten around to it yet.
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trail wrote:
echappist wrote:
Also, impressive ride by M vdP. Made the peloton chase him for more than an hour and still had enough to hold it off.
That was insane. I can't remember when such a small gap was held for so long against high quality, often cooperative chasers.
I really hope Roubaix happens.
Btw, I was re-watching that stage while I was cooking. I heard that he went solo w/ about 50 km left, and was a bit surprised to see that he had already been OTF. So I had to rewind further and realized that he attacked with ~75 km left with Senechal, linked up with the front group, smashed everyone else in the group (including erstwhile breakmate Senechal) with ~50 km left, and then just soloed.
While his IAB position isn't as good as that of Hirschi Bar, it's still quite good