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I took a bit of a risk today
I took a bit of a risk today
and praying the break makes it.But you are doing very well
But you are doing very well in Spanish Riders only competition
I entered, picked a team and forgot to edit it.
Penelope Pitstop in EF
Penelope Pitstop in EF colours
Ready for the breakaway lottery ?
So many top riders not concerned with GC race it will make it difficult for the regular breakaway riders.
Carapaz is probably the best
Carapaz is probably the best ‘racer’ out there and the team are set up to race like that, they do things differently.
Yates could quite easily drop out of GC again on stage 13 along with others.
The next 3 stages will see other riders moving back up GC from the break.
Sort of like ‘Wacky Races’.
Oh God !! And I thought it
Oh God !! And I thought it was a disasterous stage for me.
UAE say Tiberi had heat stroke and DNF.
Riders should be taught to recognize the symptoms, heat stroke can be very dangerous if you carry on when you are overheating.
I thought O’Connor would struggle with the heat but it looked like he coped with it better than most, Roglic looked as though he was struggling.
Yates, Vine & Soler in the
Yates, Vine & Soler in the break, they could get Yates back in GC contention & win the stage.
Decathlon handing the red jersey to Gaudu at a rival French team !!
Although very early days in this stage yet.
When he doesn’t crash he
When he doesn’t crash he usually wins.
I think the team are riding more protectively of him in this race and keeping him much nearer the front all the time and surrounding him.
I see Almeida is a DNS. Hopefully UAE try something to get a rider back up in GC contention.
Soler and Vine were way down
Soler and Vine were way down today, it could be that several UAE riders are ill.
Soler is certainly in my thoughts for the next few stages, maybe even tomorrow but if there is a risk of illness through the team…….
I like Tiberi, he has
I like Tiberi, he has consistently improved over the last couple of years.
I didn’t pick him for my purist because he has had very bad days early in races and then has to play catch up. But this time it looks like he had his bad day in Vuelta a Burgos.
It will be interesting to see what UAE do now. Del Toro is their top rider on GC 1 minute off the top 10, with Sivakov 30 seconds further back.
I guess Almeida was ill today.
I think you may be taking the
I think you may be taking the lead after this stage, despite O’Connor.
Choosing Almeida was a disaster for me. Zero points and another transfer wasted when I take him out for tomorrow.
Schmid did too much work early in the stage and faded, Tejada most combative for me.
O’Connor quite possibly out of the top ten by the finish of tomorrows stage. Today he made the same mistake he made in the Giro – trying to follow a faster rider and going into the red.
Interesting to see you have
Interesting to see you have kept Vacek in.
I was originally planning the same but I read/heard that he didn’t sprint on stage 5 because he wasn’t well. I wish I hadn’t heard/read that now.
You also have a lot of confidence in O’Connor.
Unlucky with Groves, I was
Unlucky with Groves, I was planning to bring him back in but it meant using 2 transfers. I was lucky to get van Eetvelt in for Kron, only just beating the deadline.
I wasted a few transfers the last few stages, I lost Kron and I Schmid crashed yesterday too, nothing from Narvaez either.
Vacek a star again and Kung too.
I thought it would be touch and go for Groves, he came 3rd in the Giro last year after a similar climb near the finish but with longer to get back on.
It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. I think Roglic will go for it, he was after bonus seconds today. Although they may want to save energy for Stage 9.
Risky move today, I left most
Risky move today, I left most sprinters out.
If the top teams really
If the top teams really attack they could take the 5 minutes back on stage 9 alone.
Get riders up the road and attack 1st time up ‘Alto de Hazallanas’
Hopefully it will make it a
Hopefully it will make it a more interesting race.
and praying the break makes it.