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See? This is Stannard in his pomp, animating the race from a long way out, attacking, working at the front and then outsprinting motherfucking GVA no less. Next year he laid waste to Quickstep’s finest. The year after that he podiumed at Paris-Roubaix after causing the race-winning selection on the last few cobbles. He looked a future winner that day, and down-playing his achievements is just blinkered. Sky is just built around Froome and possibly Thomas, and stage racing and the Tour its priority. I mean just look at Viviani unleashed this season, he is smashing it:
https://twitter.com/quickstepteam/status/977958885788192768?s=21
Jimmy_Fingers
That’s an issue with your memory more than it is with Stannard’s ride.
It was a good race with a high quality group - EBH, Terpstra, Vanmarcke, GVA and Stannard - making the race winning move. The last two got away in the closing stages to contest the win.
This is worth a watch to remind people how the race was won;
https://youtu.be/lcjBUU-lgXc