we may just get treated to another epic tdf mano a mano battle royal between roglic and pogacar. both excel in the tt's, when the road turns up and in classics-styled scenarios.
don't think carapaz is as versatile but he's pretty close (his tt's aren't as bad as you would think) and his team keeps him in the conversation. will be interesting to see how ineos
plays things this go round. they've had a semi-surprising amount of success with stage wins (and what comes with it) in the last year taking the initiative on breakaways and forcing the issue vs their
traditional defensive, high pace so no one attacks style. semi-surprising in the fact that they actually adopted a more aggressive posture...not semi-surprising in the fact that they have some of the
most talented riders in the peloton currently within their ranks. will be interesting to see if they throw out thomas, richie, tgh, castroviejo, etc on individual flyers on multiple stages
vs keeping them all in the fold every day. bora, bahrain, dqs, astana and ef are other teams that could slide a rider into a podium place if everything goes well.
Last edited by diphthong; 06-20-21 at 04:17 AM.