Tour de France 2021

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miro_o in reply to @Jim/

I see your point. Perhaps Ineos held more back as a team. Carapaz certainly wasted energy.

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Jim/ in reply to @miro_o

I think the thing that’s so weird about Movistar is that it’s not at all clear why they were doing it.
I see why Carapaz attacked (Pog isolated, chance get some time back) it was a gamble that didn’t pay off. I just don’t know what prompted Movistar to start pulling. Apart from it being a very Movistar thing to do obv.

Didn’t they also chase down Carapaz in the final stage of the Vuelta last year too?

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deleted in reply to @Jim/

Because they didn't want Mas to lose time to Carapaz, who they are in battle with for minor GC places.

If Ineos wanted to launch Carapaz, they should have hammered the climbs in the finale and made it more selective.
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miro_o in reply to @Jim/

Mas was in the Podge group.

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