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Not sure how accurate it is, but freeroute reckons that the top four finishers in 2016 all did around 80-85000m climbing. Whereas this year it'll "only" be 45000ish. Was it really that much hillier?
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That would be amazing if he does that, but I rather him just finish safe and sound. This heat this year is pretty much dropping a lot of riders like flies atm.
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Skinny is flying.
And the last stage has quite a lot of reasonably quick roads on it.
He'll sleep somewhere tonight. Depending on how he's feeling, he might ride through on Monday night to close it out. If he finishes before midday UK time on Tuesday he will have beaten Kristof's time from 2016. That would be a massive achievement (Kristof did it quicker in earlier tcrs but they were acknowledged to be easier so the 2016 time of 8d 15h is the unofficial record). Obviously it's a different course and conditions but km per day and total time still means a lot.
A lot could still happen in the final stage, mechanicals, he could tire, etc. But to have Kristof's time in range at this stage is already a great achievement!