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- Win 33% of the stages with 16% of the riders? Big ask, but I recognize that Belgium normally pulls more than their weight; so I'll give Gilbert the benefit of the doubt. But I'm still sceptical of that claim.
- Jasper Philipsen is no longer Jasper Disaster - 2023 (and 2024 too) showed that. And anyway, I'm sure that that that nickname came from Philipsen's failed sprints, chiefly in 2022, when he celebrated, having won the sprint from the bunch, unaware that Van Aert had gone up the road to win the stage.
- Just had a thought... would Skjelmose be a good leader for Uno-X Mobility... not that I think he'll leave... obviously Uno-X Mobility would have to be promoted
- Also, why are there so many riders named Matthew and related names, in different languages? It is disproportionately common
- I do get the impression that Skjelmose and Milan (both 24 years old) aren't besties
- Mattias is not getting what he wants... he wanted to go to the Giro... nope, Tour instead. OK, at least some climbing support for the Tour... nope, you're here on your own
- At La Vuelta, Skjelmose beat Lipowitz, though I would say that Lipowitz slightly better than Skjelmose now.
- LiDL-TREK are not taking Mattias Skjelmose seriously. 5th at La Vuelta, best young rider, they should have at least brought one other climber to help him, even though Skjelmose isn't at 100%.
- The first big mountain stage and it's adios Remco.
- Other than in a TT, there are always major crashes in the first stage of the TdF. It's a given.
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