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ultyguy wrote:Total agree, KW, I think it's going to be a wide open race. I reckon Sagan sees something in it too....
The biggest problem Sagan would have is that he almost certainly won't have any teammates to help chase at the end should there be a small group close ahead. Any nobody is going to work to take him to the line.
His form this week suggests that his climbing is reasonable at the moment, though. And if he is up there, it should make for some exciting racing.
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MattSoutherden wrote:ultyguy wrote:Total agree, KW, I think it's going to be a wide open race. I reckon Sagan sees something in it too....
The biggest problem Sagan would have is that he almost certainly won't have any teammates to help chase at the end should there be a small group close ahead. Any nobody is going to work to take him to the line.
His form this week suggests that his climbing is reasonable at the moment, though. And if he is up there, it should make for some exciting racing.
Pretty sure he will have plenty of Cannondale riders to help.
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Haha, for sure. I think there's going to be a lot of honorary Slovaks riding in Firenze.
Worlds RR is notorious for it.
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I know that often riders from the 'smaller' nations have often ridden in support of their trade team paymasters. Does it often happen with riders from the big nations being selected and then riding for their trade team?
I don't see anyone on the Cannondale roster than might be riding the worlds and is both good enough to be there with 2 laps to go, and not riding for Italy.
I don't see anyone on the Cannondale roster than might be riding the worlds and is both good enough to be there with 2 laps to go, and not riding for Italy.