Shonak wrote:
Haha BMC riders really scared there when they saw GPS comparison (OPQS to OGE).

Kiserlovski01 wrote:
OPQS just pays the consequences for losing Chavanel and Velits ( Vermote and Serry are solid riders but there definitely is a difference with the 2 riders they let go).

gravus wrote:
OPQS lost just because of rain.

Alakagom wrote:


Bullshit. It wasn't raining much first of all, and second rain doesn't make such gap.

They were superior today. Yes, the gap would be smaller for sure, but BMC would have won it anyway.

gravus wrote:


In the last kilometers OPQS on descent lost half a minute because of the rain. And they probably lost 30sec before the descent in the wind.

Ollfardh wrote:
30 seconds is a huge overestimation. But yes, you could actually see the wind increase and the rain towards the end didn't help either. How close OPQS (and Orica for that matter) could've been, we'll never know.

It's a bit unfortunate of course, but you just can't control the weather, it's a part of cycling.