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Yes. I think CS has plenty of slack in his plan. Last year he made loads of errors in his route, even more than he thought he had made, and still had the watts to prevail.
What is interesting, for me at least, is he doesn't use the Kristof Allagaert strategy of getting a lead at all costs and sitting on it (or increasing it).
I only fully appreciated Kristof's strategy when I saw it myself on indypac. He made a point of starting at the back of the field, then came storming through, passing me at double my speed. Even he could not have sustained that speed for long, he was sprinting to drop Mike / Jesse, etc.
frank9755
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Sure, no doubt CS the stronger rider. He has cycled around 10% further than RG to this point. If we add in RG slowing and CS going up a gear along the same roads then it isn't close is it? As long as it goes to plan for CS...