Originally Posted by
USAZorro
No point watching before the final descent anyway. I feel the race is too forgiving of riders who have been dropped near the end, so MSR signals that it's time to figure out how to watch the other classics.
The last 40-50k may have been some of the most exciting racing I’ve ever seen.
I think having Pogi shaking up everything- throwing haymakers on all the climbs, but the climbs enough to take anyone out of contention - makes it thrilling and unpredictable.
Positioning, keeping the teams together, explosive climbing, daredevil descending, and the insane physical abilities…
after some 170 miles of racing, between climbs the lead trio/Pogi were pushing out 470+w and then 5-8 min of 6-900w+ on the climbs - and the gaps would still come down on the flats because of the charging teams behind…
And guys that were on the deck with 30k to go were able to make it back, blow up the race and stand on the podium.
Incredible.