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Ryan Cousineau
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In article <[email protected]>,
Cyrus De Kline <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 16, 10:43 am, Donald Munro <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Andre wrote:
> > > Evans never attacks! But none of the other racers were helping Moreau.
> > > I agree that group could have put the Vino/Kloden/Levi/Sastre group in
> > > trouble today.
> >
> > Moreau seemed to be up for it today. I hope I'm wrong in wondering if, at
> > 36, he'll be able to recover well enough for the steeper Pyrenean climbs
> > after the TT next weekend.
>
> He forced it too much. By attacking his breakaway companions several
> times he clearly showed them that he was the strongest of the group.
> >From then on, they wouldn't cooperate anymore. Dumbass move by Moreau,
> really.
> Why should they help the guy that attacked them just before?
> It was all of them against him from this point on. Of course they
> wouldn't let him go anymore.
>
> Mayo showed them how it's done:
> Attack once. The others have to chase back.
> Make yourself disappear in the group. Play dead (you seemingly put all
> your effort into your first attack).
> Attack when nobody expects it because they think you are dead.
>
> Unfortunately for Mayo, it only works once. In the next stages he will
> also be a marked man.
Let's also give points to Mayo for another thing: not insta-tanking when
he hit the hills.
I was actually planning to write a joke post about how the schedule for
Sunday's stage was for Mayo to disappear off the back on the second Cat1
climb of the stage, and now I'm quite glad I didn't get around to it.
--
Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos
Cyrus De Kline <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 16, 10:43 am, Donald Munro <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Andre wrote:
> > > Evans never attacks! But none of the other racers were helping Moreau.
> > > I agree that group could have put the Vino/Kloden/Levi/Sastre group in
> > > trouble today.
> >
> > Moreau seemed to be up for it today. I hope I'm wrong in wondering if, at
> > 36, he'll be able to recover well enough for the steeper Pyrenean climbs
> > after the TT next weekend.
>
> He forced it too much. By attacking his breakaway companions several
> times he clearly showed them that he was the strongest of the group.
> >From then on, they wouldn't cooperate anymore. Dumbass move by Moreau,
> really.
> Why should they help the guy that attacked them just before?
> It was all of them against him from this point on. Of course they
> wouldn't let him go anymore.
>
> Mayo showed them how it's done:
> Attack once. The others have to chase back.
> Make yourself disappear in the group. Play dead (you seemingly put all
> your effort into your first attack).
> Attack when nobody expects it because they think you are dead.
>
> Unfortunately for Mayo, it only works once. In the next stages he will
> also be a marked man.
Let's also give points to Mayo for another thing: not insta-tanking when
he hit the hills.
I was actually planning to write a joke post about how the schedule for
Sunday's stage was for Mayo to disappear off the back on the second Cat1
climb of the stage, and now I'm quite glad I didn't get around to it.
--
Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos