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Not necessarily.
@skinny is still racing to beat his time from last year
Sure, but I have to confess that that doesn't interest me at all--mainly because the parcours is completely different. I'm sure it's comparable in some way, but not directly enough for my taste.
and, as with Bjorn today, all it would take is a bad day or mechanical and everything is back on again.
Yes, obviously, but while I find it entertaining and thrilling to follow a close race, and want skinny to win, I don't want him to suffer any such event. It doesn't keep me on the edge of my seat to wonder if something like that is going to happen.
It's still a major challenge just to finish this race for @skinny and it's definitely not a sure thing that he's won it!
I agree, but for the time time being it's definitely taken the sting out of the race at the front (for me).
The best scenario is when there are a couple of very close competitors, as skinny would undoubtedly agree, too. Right now, that's not the case.
Oliver Schick-
I agree it's better as a spectacle to have a close race, but it never happens that way! And in a way that's a good thing.
The chances of two or more riders being equally matched, with no drafting, after 7 or 8 days is very small.
And if they were close, the pressure to ride themselves into the ground to get an edge would keep building. So, as a rider, I'm kind of pleased that it's not close at the front now so that there isn't too much extra pressure on them. The later stages of these races are weird as a drug trip and highly emotional already!
frank9755
Not necessarily.
@skinny is still racing to beat his time from last year and, as with Bjorn today, all it would take is a bad day or mechanical and everything is back on again.
It's still a major challenge just to finish this race for @skinny and it's definitely not a sure thing that he's won it!