Originally Posted by
MinnMan
Afterwards, they said that th plan was for Remco to make along-range attack. If the attack didn't stick, WVA would get a free ride from the other chasers, and then go for the sprint finish.
had a feeling that's what they were going to do and it worked to near perfection. thought remco might give it a go with 40-50 kms left like he did in the recent san sebastian klasikoa but the peloton was approx 2 mins back at the time. altho remco ended up going a little later, the peloton never got much closer.
i will admit to enjoying watching the big names like wva, tadej, remco going out on the attack from long range. occasionally backfires
(see pogacar 2022 tdf) but is exciting nonetheless. a refreshing change from the main guys seemingly only going in the last three to five kms
(especially uphill) for the last two decades. the young punks are racing to win vs racing not to lose.