Rest day randomness: Bring back the Combined jersey!!
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MvP best 5 min power PR after the whole day of racing⌠this is pretty insane and shows how mental aspect is important on this level.
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I wanted to alert you nerds of the Watts Occurring podcast. Itâs Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe talking shop. For me itâs honestly one of the best pro cycling podcasts because you get the real insiderâs perspective.
They seem way less filtered than youâd think they would be at times. You learn amazing crap like Carapaz is nicknamed âBillyâ in the team because they already had a Richie (Porte).
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I thought their best episode was some time back when they interviewed Rohan Dennis just after he joined Ineos. They gave him a really hard time, then Rohan proceeded to talk about his OCD (like counting windows as he rode a TT). I love the way they âtake the pissâ out of each other. Itâs like being on the team bus eavesdropping
7.34 w/kg. 
Assuming he weights 75kg
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A timely reminder that people really do watch for different reasons.
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I saw him call Carapaz âBillyâ on an instagram post and assumed it was for âBilly Goatâ because of his surging climbing style. 
Iâm late to the party, why is WVA out after being quite good in the standings? And MVDP dropped because it Olympics?
Wow what a first week! Exciting to watch!
WVA was never going to contest the GC. The climbs were always going to get him and we saw that on Stage 9. As far as I know, heâs still in the race (havenât seen abandon news about him). And yes, MvDP left for the Olympics like he said he would before the Tour started.
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WvA also was saying the Tour was going to be a build for the Olympics and Roubaix after bis April bout of appendicitis set him back a bunch. He didnât come in the TdF in top form.
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Teams are here to do SOMETHING though right? I get what youâre saying, but even if theyâre not accomplishing grand goals, theyâre not here to sit in for three weeks. If UAE isnât going to sit on the front and control pace the way Sky used to, I imagine some teams are going to want to get up there and do it â if for no other reason than itâs an opportunity to get some experience doing that.
not to mention showing the sponsor(s) on telly
Iâm worried that Roubaix might get canceled again. France has massively slowed its vaccination campaign.
other teams doing stuff
Ineos will keep trying until it is futile.
The rest will ride to consolidate and maintain higher placements but lack firepower to hurt Pog and UAE. That will help UAE as others ride for 2-10th and sprint wins. UAE looked pretty good as a squad last few days but Pog will be isolated again In the mountains and that might matter. Probably not but the race has many km left, bad days happen when unexpected.
The rest of the rest will pretend that a rider three hours down on GC being allowed to go up the road matters and is heroic because they are stage hunting. Racing from the break is fun to watch too.
Green could be interesting and maybe even dots. Yellow and white just need to stay upright and not get sick. Which are always harder than it appears on TV.
The biggest question of the tour remains: what are Moviestar tactics and who is their leader? LoL
No matter what⌠fun week ahead!!
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This sentence is a bit redundant. âWhat are their tactics and who is their leaderâ is the exact same thing as just saying âMovistarâ
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On paper itâs a sprint day but there is this unclassified climb about 40k from the finish:
could be a staging area for an attack or big acceleration from Bahrain and/or BikeExchange (even DSM?)
The final is slightly sketchy with a roundabout inside 200m 
So whatâs it gonna be?
- Massive Sprint
- Solo attacker
- Group sprint from an attack at 40Km
- another scenario
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Stop Carapaz?
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And win the team prize of course.
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The third season of the doc is going to have to be called âThe Most Expected Dayâ
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What is it in that little bottle that Colbrelli was taking after the sprint?