TdS stage 3 ;
4º Ibarrola on 0:00"
7º Miorlin ( free role )
Excellent results.
To my surprise helpers Basov and Nyheim were not good enough, and Ibarrola had to do it on his own the whole race.
I guess he did not need helpers in this stage, so a good decision that Miorlin could score some points extra in a free role.
TdS stage 4 ;
72º Ibarrola on 1:37"
He was not suited for this stage, and his helpers were not good enough to help in s1 ;
still, he did pretty well in this stage without sprint- and hills icon.
At the moment Ibarrola is
8th GC on 1:19" and as teamcaptain he can win time in the final stage. Probably a lot of time.
But the nr6 GC is already on 0:33", and Ibarrola has to overtake at least 5 rivals to get a podiumplace
if he can close the big time gap.
A very uncertain situation with too many rivals who are far ahead. Most likely one or a few are good in stage 5 too.
Sometimes a difficult game, because what to do now ? Try to get that podiumplace anyway or go for stage result with one of my climbers.
And it is even difficult who to pick as teamcaptain if I go for a stage result.
None of my climbers are favorites, however, Basov and Nyheim can challenge favorites, and Miorlin can not (as usual ).
But Miorlin his secret weapon is active ( 2 weather icons ), and Nyheim has 1 active weather icon, but extreme low experience.
And Basov is the CFF record holder in this stage ( I remember he achieved that as not-favorite )
Difficult. Or go for a good stage result with Ibarrola to try to get on the podium despite he is far behind in the GC at the moment ?
It can be possible, but a GC result outside the podium is not good enough to me, then I rather have one of my climbers as teamcaptain.
