Thanks also Shonak for the results. Great Tour of Austria by Khozhathayev, but Asmara Cup was not as great as I hoped with no Top 10 and Ratto not even scoring points.
I'm annoyed by all those shitty lower top ten finishes by Sagan. Some of the stages suited him perfect (S6 & S8) but he doesnt get the results on these stages. All those days in yellow are fine but a stage win or two along the way would be very important. Not only for the stage points but also for the point jersey which should be the next target and seeing how he couldnt collect enough easy points on those flattish-hillyish stages it will be a big task to get there.
I wonder if Sagan might be capable of using his yellow jersey bonus / "GC contender" bonus on the next stages to convert it into a top 20 final GC result as seen by some puncheurs in MG earlier. Might be interesting to follow that story as well
The big 4 already among themselves far above anyone else. Had hoped Bardet could have a say a little longer with his great performances on the hilly stages before.
Contador played it a bit too cool. How much strength he still had was sen in his burst up to Dombo. 4 secs is also veeery little, I hope we don't lose it to the bonus secs in the coming days and actually we need to get an advantage on Quint. Team strength is very good so I am glad that we should control the race now. Brilliant ttt victory by the team that gave us yellow altough gaps could have been bigger I suppose.
If Contador doesnt lose it from here on out, knockouts bold prediction comes true
Danny van.Poppel is trenching the field btw wow
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Our 2nd place in the GC had to go at some poiunt of course. Still quite a good position of Styby at the moment, and a decent result from Del Mar from the break as well. Hopefully we can somehow win from a successful break as well later this race.
Lecuisinier's overperformances had to stop at some point, now I wish De Gregorio stepped up and went in some breaks too. His schedule is literally the 3 GTs and nothing else, last year he was awesome and this year he's done nothing at all.
Thanks for the videos bikex. Hm horrible stage for us. Contador wasting power on the flat when he did all the work and then loses precious time. Hopefully he will attack at some point too Nibali with a great move to come back hard in the gc fight
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
The fight for the GC looks really exciting, hope it continues being this unsure until the last stage. Tour last year has been great and this has the potential to be even better!
Nibali with a great move to come back hard in the gc fight
