1 Jul | 1st stage | 182 km | Bilbao - Bilbao | Hilly | Results

  • slowburn@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I haven’t been keeping up on much pre-tour coverage this year, are there any big storylines to pay attention to? Or just kinda expecting Vingegaard and Pogacar to be the favorites for GC again?

    • ryrybang@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yes, but Pog is a bit of an unknown since he’s coming back from an injury and maybe hasn’t trained enough. UAE brought Yates in as co-captain. So a bit of uncertainty on UAE.

      • slowburn@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Ooo interesting! Thanks for the insight, didn’t know Yates was brought in. It’ll be fun to see how that plays out

      • Writerly Gal@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Yates said in the interview after the race that Pogacar was king. I guess that means he’s going to support Pog instead of ride for his own classification from now on.

        • julietOscarEcho
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          1 year ago

          I think for now the best thing he can do for pog’s race is to be a legit GC threat. That he and the team are contradicting each other is really interesting. They’re either surprisingly strategically naive or playing a canny game. My money’s on the latter.

          • Writerly Gal@lemm.ee
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            1 year ago

            I think they are all playing a game. Pogi complaining about his hand at the start and then finishing third two days in a row is an example of that too. Or how he sprinted away from Jonas for bonus seconds.

            I think they as a team are like cats playing with mice this tour and I love it!