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Second in the under 23's though unfortunately behind Puck Pieterse.Dutch absolutely blew that. Kopecky was gone for all money with 10 km to go. Roseman-Gannon did well for 6th place, probably shouldn't have gone early though, and 11th for Steve, I mean Neve Bradbury
Eh. If they shut it down straight away or Remco went they might have been a chance.Belgium caught asleep when Pog went up the road. Most likely cost them any shot at the race, though it may not have made a difference with how he's pulling away on every climb and has trade teammate working with him.
You're basically repeating what I said but yeah we agree.Eh. If they shut it down straight away or Remco went they might have been a chance.
Except he wasn't solo, Slovenia put Tratnik in the break ensure that he wouldn't be. Of course without radios they didn't know how long Tratnik was working for him but they knew he was up the road.I know there are no radios and it’s not their usual teams but the tactics from some of these nations after Pog attacked are almost worse than the Netherlands yesterday.
They had 100km to chase him down and power in numbers. Then suddenly some start attacking and some stop helping. The worst thing any of them could do would be to get in a 2 man break with Pog, you would basically need him to crash to win. Let him ride solo while burning your teammates for as long as possible then try and bridge across to him.
He’s clearly the strongest rider but he made himself a bit vulnerable with that attack and the others immediately blew it.
It’s not easy to hold the wheel of the guy with the most explosive attack in history. Tratnik was always going to be a limited factor given he cant hold off a committed group by himself and Pog wouldn’t be able to go full gas without dropping him as well.You're basically repeating what I said but yeah we agree.
Except he wasn't solo, Slovenia put Tratnik in the break ensure that he wouldn't be. Of course without radios they didn't know how long Tratnik was working for him but they knew he was up the road.
The biggest mistake as I and ethdog have said was letting him go to begin with. Although I think 1974 Merckx or 1996 Bjarne Riis would struggle to beat him.