It's cool to see Skjelmose did so well in the Tour after he's been a source of so much frustration earlier in the race (and the season). I hope someday one of my own talents will have a similar race, guessing how satisfying this must be!
Very very special race for you, huge moment in team history and in MSJ's young career. I know what an awesome feeling a big breakthrough race is like that for a home-grown talent, and even if it was ahead of my guy I definitely enjoyed watching it
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Fantastic tour for you. Wouldnt be the biggest surprise if he would get further days in yellow a couple years down the line
I think Skjelmose obviously has a lot of work to do before he is a legitimate yellow jersey contender, but this year very encouraging. It seems like his low stamina is not as big of an issue in the mountains as I anticipated if we stick to races with shorter stages. He can end up in the conversation if we invest enough.
It's cool to see Skjelmose did so well in the Tour after he's been a source of so much frustration earlier in the race (and the season). I hope someday one of my own talents will have a similar race, guessing how satisfying this must be!
Yes, it has definitely been up and down all year, but this high is worth it! Besides hunting white jerseys, I planned his calendar a bit to fill Kamna's old hilly TT stage race role, and it turns out that's not something he can really do in this version. But, he's instead a more adequate stage racer than I imagined when the AI actually chooses to care about him, which is obviously preferred. Evenpoel and Plapp are better in those hilly TT races anyway.
Still, like Carthy last year, it's clear his points are gonna be inflated from one amazing race this year, so I could expect a step back from him even with significant training. The time losses in the first week were very discouraging, we just came out right in the end.
Skjelmose having the race of his life so far and putting the relegation doubts away for the season must be a great feeling!
Yup, I legitimately couldn't believe how much he scored in the end by holding white and yellow for all those days. Suddenly I'm wishing I made a team standings top 10 goal again instead of punting it with "Win PT." And strangely, I'm now very nervous for the top 10 Vuelta goal when I thought I would have no chance of a top 10 at the TDF!
Very very special race for you, huge moment in team history and in MSJ's young career. I know what an awesome feeling a big breakthrough race is like that for a home-grown talent, and even if it was ahead of my guy I definitely enjoyed watching it
I think Skjelmose and Olivier ended up having pretty similar races in a lot of ways, it's just that Skjelmose actually getting into yellow from his break helped him stay in position in the peloton in the second half and ultimately sneak into the top 5. But some very fun battles!
Indeed, very cool to have a homegrown leader doing stuff like this. Really never had it in all my 13 years in the game until now. Just feels like he was meant to thrive in Carlsberg green.
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