" Once the work was done and Jaksche's jersey was safe, CSC stepped aside as the opportunists in the group readied for a final sprint. It wasn't to be, however, as Horillo put in one enormous acceleration and powered his way to the line with a small but sufficient gap over the rest with 300 metres to go. In the saddle with his hands on the tops of the handlebars, he used pure power to reach the line rather than an outright sprint."
In the saddle with his hands on the tops! I love this, like he's just out on a weekend cruise. Class.
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" Once the work was done and Jaksche's jersey was safe, CSC stepped aside as the opportunists in the group readied for a final sprint. It wasn't to be, however, as Horillo put in one enormous acceleration and powered his way to the line with a small but sufficient gap over the rest with 300 metres to go. In the saddle with his hands on the tops of the handlebars, he used pure power to reach the line rather than an outright sprint."
In the saddle with his hands on the tops! I love this, like he's just out on a weekend cruise. Class.
Dave
Nice to see an individual rider figure up a nice little strategy on his own. Since this was a circuit, he saw that final right-hand turn on the prior lap and devised his plan -- be at the front into that turn and hit the afterburner coming out of it. Worked like a charm. But that entire lead pack was absolutely FLYING almost all day! Shoot, the OLN coverage came on for a 90 minute live show and there were only 20 minutes of racing left!
