• xohshoo@lemmy.worldM
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      10 months ago

      Bad legs, then when he saw he would drop out of contention intentionally lost more time and ride easy to be allowed up the road for stages

      • julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works
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        10 months ago

        “His tank was empty”. This is understandable, I’ve seen tonnes of leaders blow up towards the end of a grand tour. But none of them immediately bounced back to dominating the very next day.

        This wasn’t him missing the last few % or whatever, he got dropped from a 50+ peloton on the first climb, he had nothing yesterday. Can you remember any comeback ride remotely comparable?