Tag: Tejay Van Garderen
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Jarlinson Pantano – quite possibly the Tour de France’s greatest-ever Jarlinson
If you’re wondering what makes an appropriate day for a breakaway, it’s on stages where drafting is of least benefit. On the flat, air resistance is the main thing slowing you down, whereas on a mountain day, gravity and self-preservation come to the fore. When that’s the case, drafting plays less of a part. On…
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Bearded win for Simon Geschke and goodbye to the most famous Tejay since Hooker
Simon Geschke’s a good strong support rider and I was slightly surprised to learn that this was only his third professional win. A man with a beard as lustrous as his surely deserves more success. As is so often the case by this point in the race, Geschke got in the day’s break, attacked on…
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Yellow jersey contenders in 2014
Who’s going to win this year’s Tour de France? Probably one of these guys and most likely one of the first two. But plenty can happen over the course of a Grand Tour. Just think what you were doing three weeks ago. Okay, it was probably much the same, but you almost certainly aren’t operating…