Hammer Series

[deptfordmarmoset]

I quite like the TTT chase format

I thought it might be a bit more eventful. But there are 4 teams who could be very close to each other at the end of the race. That could be very interesting.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

It's now becoming a bit meh with the teams riding together

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Tao has given an enormous amount in this series. He almost singlehandedly took Sky to 3rd position in the Climb, he led Viviani out for the final Sprint, which took them to 2nd place, and he just hung on like grim death to keep ahead of Sunweb in the Chase.

 

[Lee_M]

Not sure what Marmion has been watching this weekend, but that Chase was brilliant.
3 days of different style of racing, what's not to like?

Better than 200km of tedium followed by 10 seconds of sprinting

 

[Vegan1]

I thought it was good fun, chapeau to the Sky team, those faces were a picture of pain and suffering having just gone over the line.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The no drafting rule looks to be impossible to enforce, and Sky appeared to profit by letting Sunweb take the full share of wind resistance and resting a little before the final push. I don't know how they're going to deal with that one. Drop the rule completely? Only ban really bad drafting?