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Not sure if it was just the close proximity of the camera, but that crash towards the end sounded like one of the hardest so far. Hope there are no serious injuries.
Yeah, we usually don't get the sound, so it had a greater impression of reality this time. Pure sound of bikes crashing (and no holler at all). The Jayco guy at the back crashed without being touched by anyone, just thanks to his disc brakes.
I don't understand what Evenepoel expected to do. He had managed to reach the flamme rouge ahead, by pacing the group on his own terms. This was a tipping point with the slope getting easier after that, so I thought he would attack there as this the exact type of effort where he shines usually when others need a bit of rest. But no, he waited for the sprint. Is this another case of him falsely believing he's got a sprint? I thought he would finally have understood he hasn't any.