Kamyshev
Italo doing very well in both of the triple header races reported by Shonak, not so much at the Mount Fuji. Nice to have the points and U25 jersey after 3 stages. I doubt Kamyshev can keep it with no real suited stage for him anyomre, though. Will watch the video now.
First 3 stages of Tour of Mount Fuji are now posted.
Nice victory for De la Cruz. He sorta slept through il Giro but this makes up for it. Verona in Top 15 is okay, maybe he can redeem himself with a Top 10 for this disastrous Giro that he dared to pull off.
Looks like Froome has this in the bag but Bardet aggressive may turn the table on a strong day.
Thanks!
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Wow Quintana totally killing it, I was very happy to have two riders in contention there. Boily even was the last one to see Quintana before he took off. Nairito punishing the other riders who have thought that they could surprise them with a long range attack.
The last stage worsens Italo's overall result with Boily dropping 12 spots in GC after fighting so hard the day before. Kozhatayev's podium is still much more than what I could've asked for. 2 Kazakhs for me on 2 podiums of the tripple header so far.
Thanks for the results and video Shonak.
Bouhanni underwhelming, Martin good enough, especially a nice result in that insane stage. Also Gougeard fifth in a time trial is nice for his development!
Bikex wrote:
The last stage worsens Italo's overall result with Boily dropping 12 spots in GC after fighting so hard the day before.
The entire Italo team dropped back after Kozha crashed, so Boily sacrificed himself for Kozha here, and he was very much needed because Kozha barely made the connection back inside the peloton. There was action really on every day.
@Ollfardh: No I don't think that Goos crashed but ofc I could have missed it. Stage 5 was an attrition sufferfeast, and if you were bad positioned the chances of getting screwed over, were high, because you had to fight so long & hard to get back.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
^ Agree. Real hard to tell if someone crashes due to big swings in form. Look at VDB - second best stats, puts in great attacks on the penultimate stage - finishes outside the top 10. Is what it is. Poor scoring for us in the other two races so really need Froome to continue his great show of strength and take home this title - the ideal stage to come for him - long and mountainous.
Also, I need in on that secret some of you guys have where you can get 2/3 in the top 10. Jeannesson and De Clercq are good but too far down in the GC for them - notwithstanding their supporting CF.
Shame to still be 6th where it counts in the rankings, a poor showing in Jurrasaine not helping
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Wow what a hat full of great racing and an emotional rollercoaster.
Deutschland
Curse you Kittel for spoiling Smith's breakaway win by a couple of meters, nice 2nd though.
Guatemala
Looking forward to another Coppel versus Spilak battle but Spilak crashes
Coppel 2nd after stage 4
Coppel beaten by his domestique on stage 5, drops to 10th
Gouault wins stage 6
Quintana awesome!
Fuji
Bardet looking good for a podium and we are winning young riders and team
Thanks again to Shonak & Bikex for the great reports
Kwiatek crashing was a shame, but at least he was ready to go all or nothing on stage 5, and make attack after attack on stage 5, which is great to see the team does in these situations.
Nice start on De Gendt's favourite terrain in MTTs but looks like his attacking back fired on stage 3.
Yes! A stage win is all I wanted from Guatemala and I got it from Malori as well as 2 3rd places by Vorobyev of whom I'm very impressed about the consistency. Quintana just on another level, wow.
Fuji then, Cataldo good but not amazing, a top 10 at the end would make a difference between an average race for us and a satisfying one!
And top 10 achieved, all in all a solid enough triple header for us! And if that's solid for us, how good must it be for Croatia winning 2/3 races even beating Froome with Uran?!
Wow, De Gendt still going with these massive over performances! Can't believe he decided to join the morning break and pulled a 4th place in the GC out of it.
costed us many points with break...
