It's as if by choice or by the inability to stop and reflect, everyone runs too fast towards the curve, knowing full well that the road is wetAnd just as the riders fail to stop their momentum, resulting in the crashes we witnessed in the first part of the Tour, even in their management and in the management of the teams we see choices that are worth questioning.
The Tour above all
Alaphilippe and Roglic are in our opinion two sides of the same coin and bring on the opposite side the reasoning of teams that do not take into account too many factors. The Tour de France, the blessed and damned Tour de France has returned to the center of obsessions.
We have not forgotten Patrick Lefevere's words in March 2020: "If the Tour de France is cancelled," he said, "the cycling system will collapse.". For this reason, when it comes to redrawing the 2020 calendar, theUCI He gave priority to the French. While this year, with an overall normal season, priority was given to the French by two teams who are now paying dearly for their decision.
Pogacar won the Tirreno, and here the Liège before dedicating himself to the Tour 
Van der Poel was the yellow jersey, but he rode the cross and classics season 
Van Aert, a great at the Tour, after the cross and classics: here he wins in Ghent
Pogacar won the Tirreno, and here the Liège before dedicating himself to the Tour 
Van der Poel was the yellow jersey, but he rode the cross and classics season 
Van Aert, a great at the Tour, after the cross and classics: here he wins in Ghent
Risky choices
La Jumbo Visma took Roglic off the streets, asking him (or supporting his choice) to work only and exclusively for the Tour. The Deceuninck-Quick Step he did the same thing with Alaphilippe, distracting him from the Olympics and asking him (or supporting his choice) to only run the Tour. But cycling is not an exact science and a crash, a couple of anomalous tactical situations and two days of cold were enough to send Roglic home and send Julian out of the standings, nullifying the work of their respective teams.
Maybe Alaphilippe will reevaluate the possibility of going to Tokyo and Primoz will find the legs to win the Vuelta like last year, but what price did they pay in terms of concentration and disappointment? It will be said that Deceuninck-Quick Step is playing the Cavendish card well, but let's not forget that during the Giro the same Lefevere didn't believe Mark could do wellIt will be said that Alaphilippe could win other stages. It's all good, but these are still corner saves..
In the name of fun
From the deck of this reasoning through patterns that we thought were outdated The actions of Pogacar, Van der Poel and Van Aert stand outBoys who run all year round and use a word so dear to Valverde and a few others: having fun. The best cycling is born when its protagonists, the champions, have fun. This time too, in some ways contradicting its history, Team Ineos has set a precedent, winning the Giro with a Bernal who only felt the weight and stress of the Tour and at the Giro he admitted to having rediscovered the possibility of having fun while racingThe rest may work better in some cases, but are we sure that the public and sponsors will like it equally?
