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13-04-2025 21:40
13-04-2025 21:26
12-04-2025 22:41
+3
12-04-2025 20:37
12-04-2025 20:26
+1
18-03-2025 19:49
23-01-2024 21:01
23-01-2024 20:55
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heinz
It was definitely exciting but not the greatest race in my opinion. Mechanicals had a lot to do with the result and the race was basically decided by a crash. It was a weird start with not that much drive and fight to form the breakaway and team tactics and moves were pretty weak or non-existent at all.13-04-2025 21:40
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heinz
So, in the end Martin got real time on the line and actually drop a place in the GC. the spirit of the 3km rule is to save riders that are afected by crashes or mechanicals when these events are not their fault. Some cases where the rider is to "blame" are, for pragmatical reasons, i guess, also covered by the rule. But when you are on the attack in a rolling terrain and you crash, alone, it doesn't make much sense to apply the rule, even if you are in the last km. It's completely different from the situation where there's a big crash in the bunch in the last kms and you get stuck behind fallen riders, for example.13-04-2025 21:26
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heinz
Martin would not have climbed a few places in the GC. every point counts in the relegation battle.12-04-2025 22:41
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heinz
Didn't like to see Kopecky and Wiebes attacking after a big crash in the leading group. Poetic justice in the end. Ferrand-Prevot hit the deck in that same crash. And in Catalunya UAE also increased the pace at the front of the bunch when some of the favourites went down. No bad karma in this case though.12-04-2025 20:37
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heinz
How about Martin being given Aranburu's time? Was this a flat stage? The 3k rule in this case did more harm than good.12-04-2025 20:26
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heinz
What about Astana? Tejada was pretty impressive in PN and Fortunato too, he had a solid ride on the only real mountain stage of 2025 TA. And there's also Ulissi.18-03-2025 19:49
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heinz
https://federacioncolombianadeciclismo.com/las-principales-figuras-del-ciclismo-colombiano-competiran-en-los-campeonatos-nacionales-de-ruta-2024/ Esteban Chaves (Education EF Easypost), Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), Rigoberto Urán (Education EF Easypost), Sergio Higuita (Bora Hansgrohe), Daniel Martínez (Bora Hansgrohe), Brandon Rivera (Ineos Grenadiers), Einer Rubio (Movistar Team), Iván Ramiro Sosa (Movistar Team), Harold Tejada (Astana), Santiago Umba (Astana) y Jesús David Peña (Team Jayco AlUla), serán los corredores nacionales de los equipos World Tour, que estarán presentes en el certamen nacional, que tendrá en competencia en la categoría élite masculina a 135 corredores.23-01-2024 21:01
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heinz
No Tejada or Umba?23-01-2024 20:55