Spoiler .. first leg finish ..

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 .. 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:

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 .. 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.

--
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.

--
Callas