To be fair, the Eurosport commentary team were speculating that he might have lost power, and none of them rated him for today.
To be fair to them, he normally takes a few stages to get warmed up, I think this is the earliest he's ever won a Tour stage.
I do wonder if this idea that he's lost power was a bit of a ruse mentioned to the press by Sky to make the other sprinters think they have a chance and put their teams to work.
To be fair to them, he normally takes a few stages to get warmed up, I think this is the earliest he's ever won a Tour stage.
I do wonder if this idea that he's lost power was a bit of a ruse mentioned to the press by Sky to make the other sprinters think they have a chance and put their teams to work.