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That's surprisingly strong from Jorgenson. Vingegaard seems to be in great shape, but I wonder if he's peaking too early.
If he can find another two percent before the TdF I expect he will win, maybe even convincingly. In a way I hope so, I would be disconcerted if Pog can ride a spring like this and still dominate in the tour.
We shall know more after 1 or 2 mountain days, I suppose.
Pogatchar didn't look wonderful on the attacks of the the first day compared to the others: he always need a little bit of delay to catch up, he never initiated any move, and his relays were sort of fake. However, given the circumstances of the finish, he still won 😆
Poole has apparently fallen during the time trial. Does this mean that Bardet will be forced to play GC now, as he is now 45 seconds ahead of the following Picnic riders?
Next day, during the first mountain stage, Poole apparently abandoned and all other Picnic riders including Bardet finished 13 minutes and more behind... So, it will be all for breakaways in the last two stages. Or nothing at all.