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My prediction: 1.
Curious. Care to expand? It's not like this is his first victory in the big leagues.
My prediction: 1.
My prediction: 1.
Otherwise can't see it is credible with Ineos around him - It's a team that now has had 4 different yellow jersey winners over 8 years with multiple second places too.
I have to wonder how many Bernal will win.. He's only 22. Normally victories start late 20s...
I'm not really speculating about doping. Actually the thought never crossed my mind. I just think the race is so hard, and I never felt like Bernal was dominating this race. I do think an uninjured Pinot would have beaten him. There were contenders missing from the race and Ineos has three riders that he'd have to be better than. Will he be injured? Nobody knows. I'm no expert, but it just didn't look to me like the start of the Bernal age.
I actually don't think this year, or in fact any of last 6, 7, 8? were super interesting. There was some "drama" when people were guessing if/when Alaphilippe will break down, but in reality nothing was happening. There were no real attacks no nothing. Ok still a bit better then last 5 years, when there was not a single try to attack yellow jersey worn by any of Sky/Ineos guys, but it was nothing close to times when people were literally killing each other on climbs and descends. Maybe cycling changed, maybe Sky/Ineos is really so dominating, that you don't stand a chance and you are dead and your team long gone before you could even start attack, while Sky/Ineos still have 5 guys pushing up the mountain in insane pace, or maybe just mentality changed and you think you will win the race sucking wheel of someone 2mins infront of you in overall standing. I don't know, but honestly, these races are too boring for me to even watch them nowadays. Highlights are more then enough for me to see. Not that I would be watching 6h stage before, but at least last 30 or 40km were interesting, nowadays it's nothing there. At least for me.
@Erik Timmerman I just read somewhere week or two ago, but forgot who wrote it (all I know it was ex-pro), who said GC contenders should stop looking down at their powermeters and cycle if they want to win. Probably he was right about this, and everyone stare in those numbers and don't dare to push like they did before. It probably works, as we see much less "bad days" nowadays they we saw 10 or 15 years ago. Now almost noone, except for Richie Porte , blows up completely anymore.
Yeah some clowns do that every year. I think it's incredibly foolish to be honest..everything is great..until it isn't..then you wipe out a few pro riders..Has anyone posted this? If so, I missed it.
Mountain Bikers jumping over the Tour DeFrance
That's just crazy!
.everything is great..until it isn't..then you wipe out a few pro riders..