That's not what he is saying, Brommers. He is saying he wanted to try to win the Giro the same way he won the TdF last year: arriving under-cooked, and building into it such that by week 3 he was close to his peak. Frankly, with 2 three week tours in close succession, what other strategy is there?
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You reckon? Or maybe professional sportsmen get asked stupid uninformed bland questions every day of the week about an extremely dull subject. Turning the pedals of a bike for 6 or 7 hours, day after day, is never going to produce insightful or interesting monologues from the participants.
mjr
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Actually being asked questions would be a step forwards. Ned's admitted that he often resorted to doing the equivalent of "so that was a race?" which is barely a question so the racer can say whatever they want. I guess the alternative is what I've seen at least one Eurosport interviewer do and ask them actual real questions about the events of the stage and the exhausted competitor flounder as they try to remember something they either didn't see that closely or reacted to on instinct... and maybe if they do that too often, the press officers will try to steer their team's racers away from the scary interviewer in future. It's understandable if there's a bit of a race to the bland at the moment.
smutchin
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One of the things I've always liked about Cav is his ability to give an astute, interesting analysis of a race in post-race interviews. It's a shame that he should be so rare in this respect - not just in cycling but in professional sport generally.
It certainly would help if interviewers asked more interesting questions.
It certainly would help if interviewers asked more interesting questions.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
Neilands and Martin off the front of the peloton with a minute gap. Surprised not to see a bigger breakaway group today though.
Even more surprising is that Chaves is over two minutes behind the peloton. No idea why. Viviani is in the same group as him.
155km to go, though, so plenty of time for it all to change.
Even more surprising is that Chaves is over two minutes behind the peloton. No idea why. Viviani is in the same group as him.
155km to go, though, so plenty of time for it all to change.
Cross post! Great minds and all. I doubt this'll be a direct problem for Yates today, but it might make it more difficult for him later in the week if Chaves has cracked.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
He's losing a lot of time now. After a great first week for Mitchelton-Scott, this is suddenly not looking so good.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
Mohoric takes it - too strong for Denz in the sprint, even leading from the front. Bennett leads the chasing bunch over the line.
Bit of an odd stage that. Got to feel sorry for Chaves. Tom Dumoulin took a late offroad excursion but seems to be OK and didn't lose any time.
Bit of an odd stage that. Got to feel sorry for Chaves. Tom Dumoulin took a late offroad excursion but seems to be OK and didn't lose any time.
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
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Clever stuff by Yates to take the intermediate sprint and gain a few seconds
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brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
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Today's stage looks very interesting - second intermediate 'sprint' is a the top of a climb, similar to yesterday where Yates got bonus seconds. Also some pavé on a steep section about 5km from the finish. It could turn out to be one of this year's most exciting stages.
