More fine stuff from the boys, 4th on the day was reasonable and left plenty of cushion in the GC. Thrilled to take our 2nd North American GC. Pretty sure ToA will not be number 3. Kuss has had 3 really strong MT stages in a row. Andorra next, hoping for KOM run there.
Congrats to Jura, while I understand Fab's frustrations with that horrible stage 4, not sure a race with 3 stage wins, first and second on points, the KOM jersey, 2nd on GC and 2nd on young rider can be too much of a disappointment.
Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:
Congrats to Jura, while I understand Fab's frustrations with that horrible stage 4, not sure a race with 3 stage wins, first and second on points, the KOM jersey, 2nd on GC and 2nd on young rider can be too much of a disappointment.
You're right, in the end it was a very successful race. But losing California by 14" and Vancouver by 20" still sucks (although the former still was a success, while we expected to win this one).
Most importantly, it's finally a good result in a month otherwise full of minor and major disappointments.
We've lost the TTT stage. Not that it would've mattered as even if we've won it wouldn't had been enough for Kozhatayev to reach Top 5 in GC anyway, so we have to swallow a tough pill. And given that this was the same TTT lineup as Monterrey 2nd is not quite bad given the circumstances - it was going to be either us or Jura TBH.
Congrats to UU for the win - a well deserved one. And thanks to LLS for holding us all in a huge suspense
It's actually the second time I read that about Mikkel this season
Maybe the best race of the year so far for us, with a top 5 and two top 25, as well as third in the young rider classification and the team classification. One place won in the GC thanks to the TTT is quite good.
Thanks for the reports LLS, and congrats to Jura and McCormick!
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