Because it doesn't work. You cannnot get the No2 GC guy into a break on a flat stage on the last day of the race. It's impossible.TonyM wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:55 pmNo I just read a short report before sleeping (very different time zone than Australia...) mentioning that Porte did not go for the time bonuses and I wondered why BMC would not have tried to get a break away with Porte or something else to get him one tiny time bonus...
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I understand the tactics of stage racing very well and agree with this statement.... But after seeing how easy Astana made it look for LL Sanchez to scoop a small bonus I couldn't help but wonder if it would've been possible. I suppose no one was looking at them to pull that move, which allowed it to work. But part of me was hoping to see BMC, being one of the strongest TTT teams, go all in for half a lap for the intermediate and nab a second for Porte.wingguy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:30 pmBecause it doesn't work. You cannnot get the No2 GC guy into a break on a flat stage on the last day of the race. It's impossible.TonyM wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:55 pmNo I just read a short report before sleeping (very different time zone than Australia...) mentioning that Porte did not go for the time bonuses and I wondered why BMC would not have tried to get a break away with Porte or something else to get him one tiny time bonus...
Seems like a good idea to lay low in comparison to last year where I think all the hype worked against him, especially at Dauphine. Only time will tell if he'll be in the same form as last year going into the Tour though, he was flying.
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So picks for the cross Worlds? I'm going for MVP in the mens, which is a safe bet, but I'm going to put my neck out and say this is the year for Katie Compton in the womans.
I think the idea is for them to ride the same frame in the TT's but of course set up for the TTing.
Might want to rewatch last years race. He rode away 2/3 times till the 5th flat tire finaly broke him. I'm all in for MvdP, even gonna be at the race itself, but in cross you never know. My second pick would have been VD Haar, but he got to much health problems.
Womens race gonna be a lot more fun to watch, every race seems to have a different winner, Cant is my first pick as well, but there is a lot of climbing in the race, so maybe a lightweight like Keough?
There's no chance at all it'll be as fast as a dedicated TT frame, but not sure they'd be challenging GT or individual TT stages?I think the idea is for them to ride the same frame in the TT's but of course set up for the TTing.
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Haven't seen it in the interview, but apparently, it was a left-handed pit (so bikes on the outside instead of inside of the pit). And I think he just made the mistake by trying to overtake Aerts there so he couldn't get to his crew, or he thought they were further away. It was on Belgium pay-tv so I couldn't watch it with Belgium commentators.