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1 Jul | 1st stage | 182 km | Bilbao - Bilbao | Hilly | Results

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[–] ryrybang 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes, but Pog is a bit of an unknown since he's coming back from an injury and maybe hasn't trained enough. UAE brought Yates in as co-captain. So a bit of uncertainty on UAE.

[–] slowburn 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ooo interesting! Thanks for the insight, didn’t know Yates was brought in. It’ll be fun to see how that plays out

[–] Krob 3 points 1 year ago

Played out pretty well so far

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yates said in the interview after the race that Pogacar was king. I guess that means he's going to support Pog instead of ride for his own classification from now on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think for now the best thing he can do for pog's race is to be a legit GC threat. That he and the team are contradicting each other is really interesting. They're either surprisingly strategically naive or playing a canny game. My money's on the latter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think they are all playing a game. Pogi complaining about his hand at the start and then finishing third two days in a row is an example of that too. Or how he sprinted away from Jonas for bonus seconds.

I think they as a team are like cats playing with mice this tour and I love it!