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The other factor is climbing. Stephane is pretty small, right? How big is Abdullah? It might be differnet once they get past Melbourne in the last third of the route
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I was thinking exactly that. That 200km lead might prove handy once the climbing starts.
However - abdullah knows these climbs well - living between radaleide and Melbourne for a while now.
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Abdullah is a big dude. About 6’ 1” and very muscular. But he’s a grinder. Mashs the big gears up the hills with ease.
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veganjoseph
Yeah, though I think Stephane has been rather strong towards the end of a race before. His position in TCR last year on the checkpoints was 16-11-10-9-9, so he might be getting a second wind at some point.