Gerade habe ich noch einmal die Zusammenfassung der letzten Etappen durch die hochgeschätze Philippa York gelesen. Sie schreibt in Bezug auf Red Bull Bora hansgrohe zum gestrigen Tag:
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It would be hard for Vingegaard to distance Pogačar but there was no reason not to try. Lipowitz and Roglič set-up the one-two tactic on Onley to hopefully profit from the Visma–Lease a Bike pace setting.
Both scenarios were from the standard section of the professional race craft manual.
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[Col de la Madeleine]At Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Lipowitz tried to follow the top two and failed and was stuck in a windy no-man's land for the last third of the Madeleine. The team had two choices: Roglič waits for him on the descent and they likely come back taking a few risks, or the white jersey wearer sits up and waits for the Onley group, which has the UAE Team Emirates-XRG helpers in it. The latter might ride in the valley, hoping they can return to help Pogačar at the beginning of the final climb.
It was a decision for the DS in the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe car to take, thus saving Lipowitz energy he would need later on Col de Loze. The worst thing they could do was leave Lipowitz to do all the descent and valley alone. If they don’t send Roglič back to help, then at a minimum, they need to talk with Team Ineos Grenadiers, who has Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) just 15 to 20 seconds in front, also alone. It’s a long pedalling descent and it’s windy, so two will be better than both being on their own.
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe made the wrong tactical choice and Roglič stays in the front group. Lipowitz struggled to catch Arensman and doesn’t wait for the Onley group.
Big mistake. He was spending energy he couldn't afford and Roglič was serving no purpose in front. Unless, of course, he sees himself overtaking the young German for that third podium place if he hangs on to Jonas and Tadej long enough.
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All except for Lipowitz, who made another error, and he set off on his own, even though he just got back and had spent too much energy already to be sure he’d survive the last climb.
Did he believe he would catch the three leaders, or was he thinking he needed a few minutes' head start before it all kicked off again on the way up to Courchevel and Col de Loze?
Whatever was going on, it was another mistake that the guys in the Red Bull team car needed to manage. Again, they apparently did nothing.
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The main action on the Col de la Loze is by elimination – ejecting riders out of the back of the GC group. Gall is dropped and Roglič is swinging, so his hopes of a third place are gone. When Vingegaard eventually accelerated, Pogačar reacted straight away, but so did Oscar Onley.
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, at one point seemingly comfortable in third and maybe looking at fourth place, they finished in disarray.
Lipowitz suffered and lost vital time and now lead Onley by just 22 seconds. Roglič – after spending all day in front – fell back to the position he was in before Mont Ventoux.
They had messed up in a big way and it was their directeur sportif who had most of the responsibility. Roglič has some part in it as he ought to have waited for Lipowitz, but really, the German would have been best to stay in the second group on the Madeleine. He definitely sealed his own fate when he was on his own at the foot of Courchevel. What they were all thinking?
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