Vinegaard needs to ease off a little bit or the skeptics among us might just start to wonder why he's that much better than everyone else in the peloton.
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Vinegaard needs to ease off a little bit or the skeptics among us might just start to wonder why he's that much better than everyone else in the peloton.
Adam4868
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Day 5 and it's over....nah time to have a rethink.Chapeau Jai Hindley deserved that,Bora rode a perfect stage, but WTF were the rest thinking letting him go ? To far to go in this race to write anyone off,Pog isnt going to give it up without a fight,hope he'll get stronger as this Tour goes on.
Cathryn
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Sigh. I can’t warm to Vingo. I am dismayed.
Supersuperleeds
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Good thing about Pog losing time is we know he will attack, whether he can break Vinegaard is another question, but it will be exciting when he tries.
GuyBoden
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cisamcgu
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So far, it's all going to plan..............................
Surely you still want Merckx to win ?
DogmaStu
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Aye, we don't know what today's effort cost Vinegaard either; whether he can sustain those attacks.
Jai Hindley rode the perfect race today for sure but I can't see him winning just yet - Bora as a team aren't as strong as JV and today he was gifted a break.
UAE were caught out by the strength in that breakaway.
Now we'll see how JV react to having to defend their lead from UAE though and it's sure to provide Pog fireworks!
Adam4868
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Tourmalet tommorow...So I guess we're going to find out.We're going to see another test of Pogi by Jumbo
Deserved the stage and the leaders Jersey, he's a quality rider.But agree that Bora are under pressure now to defend the jersey.
Jai Hindley : "Personally, I have been preparing for this Tour since May, with recognition of numerous stages and then a four-week altitude training course. I lived like a monk for two months, with only a suitcase and without seeing my family."
Jameshow
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Cathryn
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This is my favourite story so far of the TDF.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/...e-mysterious-rider-at-the-2023-tour-de-france
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/...e-mysterious-rider-at-the-2023-tour-de-france
Dogtrousers
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or some of us may just enjoy the racing for what it is, someone always points the finger , as if they cant stand anyone doing well
Adam4868
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Things that are guaranteed in the first week of the Tour...
1 It's boring all these sprint stages.
2 He must be on the gear riding like that...although he's not even in Yellow !
3 After the fist GC day....its over he's won it.
Plenty of time for anyone to blow up,have a bad day,don't like to say it but crash, illness.
It's far from a done deal
1 It's boring all these sprint stages.
2 He must be on the gear riding like that...although he's not even in Yellow !
3 After the fist GC day....its over he's won it.
Plenty of time for anyone to blow up,have a bad day,don't like to say it but crash, illness.
It's far from a done deal
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