Weird race for the mo/hi hybrids. Beltran very disappointing while Kwiatek was very convincing. Would love to know why there was such a dissonance between the two.
That said. Congratd to ember. Love to see him win again!
As said in the pre race post. By now not even shocking to see De Bie that weak... He is just one of those weirdos with excellent stats and no performances then. It was a mistake to train him +2 by now instead of Olivier who at least performs regularly.
Seeing him attack first was good, but just the start of being dropped twice by some 79 puncheurs.
Stuyven and VdP excellent at least to compensate the points lost, at least some.
If I relegate I at least know who to drop... Every top 5 by the best puncheur on paper is already a huge success this year it seems.
Congrats ember, surely the strongest and most consistent puncheur this year it seems, even on pure puncheur stages.
Good to see Bobridge back to performing just like Koretzky after years of too much mountain value.
Wow, that was absolutely brilliant from Kwiatkowski! Very good racing too, where he was alert, part of the attacks, and even initiating an attack or two himself. These are good days for our team, coming after the big final three days in the Giro. We seem to be on a roll, which is very promising considering it's the Ardennes next, where Kwiatkowski will have new races as our clear leader.
Also a surprise, but a nice one, to see his status pre-race as not one of the few top favourites allow us to join the breakaway, this time with Larsen taking home a great result as a result from it. In general, a great, great race for us!
Thank you for your congratulations! I must say it's really cool to have the luck needed for such a win , as they're definitely quite special when you don't expect it at all
Thank you for the nice report, Abhishek, covering the key moments and kilometers of the race very well!
Obviously hoped for more than 5th from Lutsenko but with Azman and Quita getting in the top 30, I can live with this result. Thanks for the great report Abhishek and congrats ember, great month for you!
