I think it is a Enzo Ferrari quote. In this beginning of the season pippo seems to be cursed by the second place, he raced so well but MVDP was just untachable
Does Ineos/Sky do simillar films in previous year, when Kwiato do hard work for other Guys, even when he was in better condition and wins some of races. For me its drama.
Pippo, if you would have worked to chase down MVDP, you would have had a chance at 1st, instead of playing poker and not pulling only to attack at the end.
Absolute nonsense, Pippo was hanging on for dear life in the descent and after that there are only two kilometers left. If you think these three guys would have been able to catch MVDP in these two kilometers you completely underestimate the guys power. He was not only the strongest in the last bit of the Poggio, he also had had the most energy left in the descent and on the flat.
He was losing two or three bike lengths to van Aert on each corner on the descent, then having to sprint to get back to his wheel. By the time they got to the bottom of the Poggio, Ganna was cooked, and needed to wait behind van Aert and Pogacar to recover a bit before launching his attack. Van der Poel was always going to win once he’d got a gap.
