Because Sky were giving the impression that they were totally fine with Valverde riding as far away as he wanted. They don't think he's a threat to Froome for the win, but he may well be a threat to someone else's place on the podium.
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Kind of embarrassing for Nibali if he’s already racing for a podium position, and not the win, halfway through the race.wingguy wrote:Because Sky were giving the impression that they were totally fine with Valverde riding as far away as he wanted. They don't think he's a threat to Froome for the win, but he may well be a threat to someone else's place on the podium.
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I bet it was that indeed!
Half of the Tour only and they ride already like this
Where is the attacking NIbali?
Valverde will probably suck wheel and refuse to work.TonyM wrote:What if Dumoulin (with Andersen) joins Valverde (Soler) before the final climb? That would be VERY good!
Edit: Valverde shaking his head, refusing to come through.
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Not sure if Valverde didn't want to pull or just couldn't ?LeDuke wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:07 pmValverde will probably suck wheel and refuse to work.TonyM wrote:What if Dumoulin (with Andersen) joins Valverde (Soler) before the final climb? That would be VERY good!
Edit: Valverde shaking his head, refusing to come through.
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Edit: Valverde could not - he now can not follow Dumoulin.
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Behold! Kwiatko will now destroy the peloton
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Not Kwiato but SKY.
Sky will win the TdF etc.... No question.
The (real) race is after Sky....
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