The only flaw I saw with JV tactics is that they shouldn't have pushed so hard on the descent and up the base of the final climb, otherwise what they did made perfect sense. This #insight is all #hindsight isn't it? If it's 8am on the JV bus yesterday what would be the tactics suggested instead to 1) distance Jai and the other low-rent GC contenders further and 2) do some damage to Pog? I don't see how JV's tactics were bad. All those attacks during Stage 11 from last year's TdF was what it took to crack an on-form Pog, and I don't see this as much different.
Pog also looked like he didnt have the firepower to do what he did yesterday, poor preparation and an injury, then falling behind when hindley won the stage. So its understandable they planned to really make him crack. Has he got the base to keep it up?
The only flaw I saw with JV tactics is that they shouldn't have pushed so hard on the descent and up the base of the final climb, otherwise what they did made perfect sense. This #insight is all #hindsight isn't it? If it's 8am on the JV bus yesterday what would be the tactics suggested instead to 1) distance Jai and the other low-rent GC contenders further and 2) do some damage to Pog? I don't see how JV's tactics were bad. All those attacks during Stage 11 from last year's TdF was what it took to crack an on-form Pog, and I don't see this as much different.