ClayDavis wrote:
UAE's team is enigmatic... on paper going in it looked like the best supporting cast Taddy's had. But they haven't looked good at all. The finale today with Majka and McNulty has been their only showing. Not sure if everyone's just keeping their powder dry but Taddy running out of domestiques on a regular basis could become a thing in the mountains. JV and Ineos might have a shot if they isolate him and keep firing their various GC guys up the road.
Doesn’t seem to matter to Pogacar. Yesterday was an extremely tough day with the average speed high and the constant chasing down of early attacks, yet he still sprinted at a level a sprinter would have struggled to match, all the while finishing looking like he’d been out for an easy Sunday morning club spin.
Some riders suffer from no support, he seems to thrive from it. Unless he has a mechanical or crash then it’s hard to see him being beat. His luck with mechanicals, and his bike handling from his MTB days make these incidents unlikely too.
Just hope there is nothing untoward in his performance. He’ll rewrite the record books in every type of race and having to expunge the record he’ll end up with would be a bigger blow for cycling than Lance.