Spoiler .. first leg finish ..

Paul - censored said:

What a great finish .. good sprint, little damage to anyone.

It always beats me how the field time their run to catch the breakaways with
only one or two k's to go .. and it must be just a little dis-heartening to
be caught so close to home ... 😉

Good moves from the Yellow jersey through the day to keep hold of it too ..
😉

I've seen two-man breakaways caught simply because they start faffing in
the last km about who will lead out the sprint. They seem to think
they're doing a match sprint on the velodrome, and before they know it
the peloton has eaten them up.

Zog The Undeniable typed:

Quoted message said:

Paul - censored said:

What a great finish .. good sprint, little damage to anyone.

It always beats me how the field time their run to catch the breakaways
with only one or two k's to go .. and it must be just a little
dis-heartening to be caught so close to home ... 😉

Good moves from the Yellow jersey through the day to keep hold of it too
.. 😉

I've seen two-man breakaways caught simply because they start faffing in
the last km about who will lead out the sprint. They seem to think
they're doing a match sprint on the velodrome, and before they know it
the peloton has eaten them up.

Yes, seen that before. I think todays were trying to stay away, just simply
got caught.

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Paul ...

(8(|) ... Homer Rocks

Quoted message said:

What a great finish .. good sprint, little damage to anyone.

It always beats me how the field time their run to catch the breakaways with
only one or two k's to go ..

I think it's because the field have plenty of spare power available -
but it's work to use it, so they only turn it on for the shortest
necessary time.

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Callas