The new timing system didn’t disappoint either in the team time trial, where the individual grade, not the block, counts – we’ll see if it applies to the rest of the races in the future – nor does Jonas Vingegaard lead a champion Jumbo and an amazing Tadej Pogacar, no winner or loser, Danish in a ‘time trial’ where the star narrows the gap to his Slovenian opponent and everything is left open for the first finish at the top. Paris-Nice , this Wednesday Lodge des Gardes.
If from now on ‘method Paris-Beautiful‘ In team time trials of the future – the Vuelta is not scheduled to start in Barcelona and there is no such stage on the Tour – cycling enthusiasts can find great days when all riders from the same squad compete together. And because when the block is the day when the work is most valuable, then that labor is cut and the star is rewarded, the one who comes alone and runs fast like him. pogakarto save a day, when the Slovenian star would have been penalized far more against an opposing team that clearly excels in this specialty if he had spent time with the team’s fifth rider, as has been done so far. giant.
Pogacar was very active in the first two stages of Paris-Nice and struggled for even the slightest bonus, as the team wanted to reach the time trial with a time advantage of the Dutch team led, yes or yes, by the Dutch team. Vingegaard was absolutely superior. However, he managed to cover even the slightest loss of time that could have pushed the overall classification far up, alone and with a magnificent finishing sprint.
Jumbo won because take revenge He also squeezed well in the last meters. However, with bonuses and a pogakar Faster on arrivals, assuming they always go together from here to the end, 11 seconds that Vingegaard now has in front pogakar perceived as insufficient. And above all, for the audience’s blessing, the winner of the Tour have to attackor at least try it against a Slovenian opponent.
another danish, Magnus Cort NielsenHe was the first in the general classification for his team. EF, also made a great time trial. Now the whole mountain is left: two finishes at the summit, another goal after the descent, a day of apparent calm on Thursday and the last sentence on Sunday in the surrounding mountains Beautiful. However, for the sake of the show and the bike, let the new experience of the team time trial be repeated in the future.