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April 6, 2019 at 10:34 am #29513
Dr Winston
Yeah….time to go climbing and rolling. Fields are getting stronger and stronger, no idea where to even start to try and unpick this one after the TT…
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Sniffer wrote:Missed the Buchmann opportnity.
In reality holding Schachmann for the day won’t be a bad decision. GC points for 3rd, must still be holding points jersey, best young rider to go with 9th on the stage and a team mate bonus.
I did consider Buchmann, but went Fuglsang and Pogacar instead. The best play would have been dropping Martinez, but I doubt many would have done that.
I never considered dropping Martinez, he was unfortunate at the end, he got left behind by the front few and dragged everybody else to the finish before they all jumped him.
Working out what to do with my 3 remaining transfers isn’t going to be easy.
KoM points stage 5
KoM points stage 5
The offical site has got Van Rensberg as coming 4th on IXUA GAINA cat1 climb.
Van Rensberg was knowhere in site, it was actually Pogacar.
They took the KoM as shown in the pic
Sanchez, Izagirre, Landa, Pogacar, Buchmann, Gaudu
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MinardiM189 wrote:Dr Winston wrote:Did he puncture?..i thought he was just called back. Looks like quite a few avoided Buchmann possibly due to confusion about how Bora would play it…or maybe already booked up wih Schachmann and Konrad. Landa was definitely the less confused pick. I’m absolutely mazed that the peleton just let Buchmann ride away from them like that….maybe, like, me, they just had him tagged a grinder on climbs and not a danger in the way he was today.I just saw him slow up and thought his back tyre looked flat but was probably wrong.
Did Astana and Sanchez think it was Muhlberger and not Buchmann until too late?
I chose Buchmann over Landa because the final climb wasn’t from the difficult direction and I thought Buchmann would hang on.
On reflection I should have dropped Martinez too.
Missed the Buchmann opportnity.
In reality holding Schachmann for the day won’t be a bad decision. GC points for 3rd, must still be holding points jersey, best young rider to go with 9th on the stage and a team mate bonus.
I did consider Buchmann, but went Fuglsang and Pogacar instead. The best play would have been dropping Martinez, but I doubt many would have done that.
Dr Winston wrote:Did he puncture?..i thought he was just called back. Looks like quite a few avoided Buchmann possibly due to confusion about how Bora would play it…or maybe already booked up wih Schachmann and Konrad. Landa was definitely the less confused pick. I’m absolutely mazed that the peleton just let Buchmann ride away from them like that….maybe, like, me, they just had him tagged a grinder on climbs and not a danger in the way he was today.I just saw him slow up and thought his back tyre looked flat but was probably wrong.
Did Astana and Sanchez think it was Muhlberger and not Buchmann until too late?
I chose Buchmann over Landa because the final climb wasn’t from the difficult direction and I thought Buchmann would hang on.
On reflection I should have dropped Martinez too.
Dr Winston
MinardiM189 wrote:Dr Winston wrote:stevemarks wrote:MinardiM189 wrote:Astana getting this wrong.They should have attacked with Fuglsang earlier.
Looks like Bora have got their tactics right as Buchmann goes solo.
Never even entered my head that he would go solo. Never seen him do that before.
I don’t think it was tactics by Bora, just bad by all the other teams letting a leading competitor ride away from them without chasing until it was too late.
I think Buchmann was just marking Sanchez and nobody followed them & Sanchez helped him get away, then had a puncture.
Did he puncture?..i thought he was just called back. Looks like quite a few avoided Buchmann possibly due to confusion about how Bora would play it…or maybe already booked up wih Schachmann and Konrad. Landa was definitely the less confused pick. I’m absolutely mazed that the peleton just let Buchmann ride away from them like that….maybe, like, me, they just had him tagged a grinder on climbs and not a danger in the way he was today.
Condor Andy
Jesus Minardi, you do make
Jesus Minardi, you do make some great decisions!
stevemarks
MinardiM189 wrote:Dr Winston wrote:Well they won’t bring back 1’30 on a climb against Buchmann. Astana have blown this.A complete mess up by Astana. Looks like bringing Buchmann in was a good decision for me but for completely different reasons.
At least it means Astana will have to go crazy tomorrow.
And there lies the difference, I don’t have Buchmann
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Dr Winston wrote:stevemarks wrote:MinardiM189 wrote:Astana getting this wrong.They should have attacked with Fuglsang earlier.
Looks like Bora have got their tactics right as Buchmann goes solo.
Never even entered my head that he would go solo. Never seen him do that before.
I don’t think it was tactics by Bora, just bad by all the other teams letting a leading competitor ride away from them without chasing until it was too late.
I think Buchmann was just marking Sanchez and nobody followed them & Sanchez helped him get away, then had a puncture.
Dr Winston wrote:Well they won’t bring back 1’30 on a climb against Buchmann. Astana have blown this.A complete mess up by Astana. Looks like bringing Buchmann in was a good decision for me but for completely different reasons.
At least it means Astana will have to go crazy tomorrow.
Dr Winston
Well they won’t bring back 1
Well they won’t bring back 1’30 on a climb against Buchmann. Astana have blown this.
Dr Winston
stevemarks wrote:MinardiM189 wrote:Astana getting this wrong.They should have attacked with Fuglsang earlier.
Looks like Bora have got their tactics right as Buchmann goes solo.
Never even entered my head that he would go solo. Never seen him do that before.
MinardiM189 wrote:Astana getting this wrong.They should have attacked with Fuglsang earlier.
Looks like Bora have got their tactics right as Buchmann goes solo.
Astana getting this wrong.
Astana getting this wrong.
They should have attacked with Fuglsang earlier.
Dr Winston
Schachmann clinging on…just
Schachmann clinging on…just..
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MinardiM189 wrote:Dr Winston wrote:Can’t see Landa…has he gone already?All the main contenders there I think.
The next climb will probably thin things down a bit.
Sanchez is an absolutely beautiful rider. Technically he is the best rider in the peleton…completely flat back, totally still, and an effortless pedal style about him. Fantastic.
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