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Vuelta - Most overestimated riders
Sep
14
12:31
Here's the top-6 of most overestimated riders in this Vuelta (some of them dropped out already), as per number of total stars/votes received from predictors at procyclingstats.com vs their actual points score in all stages (all of them actually scored ZERO):
Coquard FRA 4480
De Gendt BEL 879
Higuita COL 868
Mollema 733
Caruso 664
Fraile 488
Some of other clearly underperforming riders (at least vs people's expectations) include:
JP.Lopez, Menten, Hofstetter, Tiberi, G.Thomas, Lazkano, Almeida, Gregoire,
Coquard FRA 4480
De Gendt BEL 879
Higuita COL 868
Mollema 733
Caruso 664
Fraile 488
Some of other clearly underperforming riders (at least vs people's expectations) include:
JP.Lopez, Menten, Hofstetter, Tiberi, G.Thomas, Lazkano, Almeida, Gregoire,
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Sep
14
12:42
An interesting observation: Except for the zero-scorers, the worst ratio of points scored to predictors votes received pre-stage belongs to... Roglić, Vingegaard and Groves.
Which means that the Big Ones are much more human than everyone thinks and simply cannot win everything they theoretically could...
Today is a big day for Sepp Kuss where his fate will ultimately be decided. It had seemed for many days that he would win GC (because of the combined: top form and Jumbo-Visma's decision as they are controlling the race 110%) but with every stage it shows more and more likely that Vingegaard has a different opinion. There's just under half a minute advantage for Kuss left and today is the final big mountains stage of Vuelta.
Which means that the Big Ones are much more human than everyone thinks and simply cannot win everything they theoretically could...
Today is a big day for Sepp Kuss where his fate will ultimately be decided. It had seemed for many days that he would win GC (because of the combined: top form and Jumbo-Visma's decision as they are controlling the race 110%) but with every stage it shows more and more likely that Vingegaard has a different opinion. There's just under half a minute advantage for Kuss left and today is the final big mountains stage of Vuelta.
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Sep
14
17:58
Kuss looks to have secured himself a first Grand Tour victory today. That is unless anything unpredictable happens in the final three stages.
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Sep
14
18:45
Well deserved after so long as a domestic (whatever it is in French !!)
Sorry .
Sorry .
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Sep
14
18:56
1. Personne employée pour le service, l'entretien d'une maison, d'un établissement (terme vieilli remplacé aujourd'hui par employé de maison, gens de maison).
2. Péjoratif. Personne aux ordres de quelqu'un ; valet, larbin : Je ne suis pas votre domestique.
3. Chef militaire byzantin commandant un régiment de la garde impériale. (Le domestique des murs était le chef de la défense de Constantinople ; le domestique des optimates était le stratège le plus ancien d'Asie ; le domestique des jeux était l'intendant des jeux publics.)
And 'Je ne suis pas votre domestique' said Sepp Kuss to his teammates indeed this time round.
2. Péjoratif. Personne aux ordres de quelqu'un ; valet, larbin : Je ne suis pas votre domestique.
3. Chef militaire byzantin commandant un régiment de la garde impériale. (Le domestique des murs était le chef de la défense de Constantinople ; le domestique des optimates était le stratège le plus ancien d'Asie ; le domestique des jeux était l'intendant des jeux publics.)
And 'Je ne suis pas votre domestique' said Sepp Kuss to his teammates indeed this time round.
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