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That said Wout seems to be on his own mystical tour at the mo. Maybe they’ll spring something on a less assuming day.
Wout sometimes looks like if he said "fuck it" and pushed on he could win the tour on his own.
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I don't really get Wout's strategy. He rides all year for Jumbo, sacrifices himself during the Tour for Vingo (which must take its toll) then gets stick from the Belgians for under-performing during the classics, which he said he wanted to be a 'big fish' in. All while riding cross and going for it in the national and world championships in between.
As @thegreatbelow said he completely emptied himself yesterday (Ultimately for what? So Pog could sit on Jumbo's wheels, conserve energy then successfully attack Vingo?) but I don't think he's going quite as well as he was last year anyway (and his results support this).
It seems obvious to this armchair DS that he's spreading himself too thinly, but is it him? Is he one of those people that overcommits and tries to do everything? Or is it Jumbo? And if so why is he going with a strategy which sacrifices his own personal success? Money? Or because he sort of managed to do that successfully last year?
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Hmm it wasn’t so long ago that 1-2 ing Jonas, was being touted with Yates and Pog.
It’s a fair point on the wins but Yates was almost by accident. The day before I don’t recall offering much support to Pogacar either.
As for their others Almeida doesn’t seem viable as a domestique or team rider. That’s not a criticism btw.
That said Wout seems to be on his own mystical tour at the mo. Maybe they’ll spring something on a less assuming day.