It really was!
Gonna watch women’s later today. Such beautiful conditions for the race today.
Women’s was great.
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It was!
Happy to have this race to watch in the big gap between cross and Flanders/roubaix
There’s so many good races between now and then!
Trofeo Alfredo Binda, MSR, Gent Wevelgem
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I really only like the one day races. I don’t have the attention span to follow the mini-tours.
But you’re right, still several more.
I wish Tro Bro Leon was earlier in the year. I hate having to wait until May for it
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did Tro Bro get moved to later in the season? I feel like it used to be March/April
I think it did a couple of years ago. But I only found it a couple years ago so I’m unsure about before then.
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I love the Paris-Nice style TTT rules format. So much more room to specialize and refine the strategies, but of course not enough gains there to make it worth it. Should be its own sport like Keirin.
Basically they can run the perfect lead out.
Or it’s a 20 mile term sprint.
Add in the changing terrain and you have the opportunity to tune the team makeup, the portions particular riders lead or follow on, and when people burn themselves out. It’s an interesting problem to solve.
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i have always struggled with the one week tours. love one day races. love grand tours. it’s the one week stuff i have never paid attention to.
I watch tdf for the strategy and teamwork. Watching the others just feels like watching people ride bikes better than I can.
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Both races today were quite good. Kinda love how you really only have to tune in for last 25k. Woke up and men were still at 55k. That gave me time to watch the last bit of the women before switch back for the good stuff of the men.
I thought the women’s race was only OK, it ended up being quite straightforward due to the Wiebes/Kopecky combo going over Poggio with the leaders. Stoked to see Ruegg on the podium though. On the other hand, the men’s race was absolutely sensational.
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While true for finding out the end result, part of the fun of MSR is that its so long and nothing’s really happening, except that the pace is ever so slightly ratcheting faster and faster and the anticipation keeps building, so by the time you get to that last 25-30k, you’re on the edge of your seat
Neilson MF Powless
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Absolute blunder by the beehive. Powless is such a champ, played it absolutely perfectly.
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I just can’t believe Visma made no effort to drop powless out of that group or send one of the three off the front.
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I can only think that all four of them knew Wout was the only person that was going to be allowed to win from Visma. So Powless wasn’t going to try to chase either of the others. Whenever Wout moved to the middle of the front, Powless forced himself back onto his wheel. They could have done more to constantly mix things up so at least he couldnt just sit on the back.
That makes total sense, and likely the visma strategy. It works when Wout is on top form, they let hubris get the better of them
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