stage 6 TdF, HFFMM time trial ;
24º Smith
26º Basov
I expected a better result of Basov in this time trial. Maybe he had a bad race, or maybe my expectation was too high.
stage 7 TdF, heavy climb sprint ;
11º Beck
Before this race ;
Beck had no help (besides s1), no TC bonus, no top form, to my surprise he could not challenge favorites, ánd there was a storm.
He anticipated on all this with his tactics, and that went well. I guess he could profit of some rivals who had tactical difficulties in this storm.
stage 8 TdF ;
11º Basov
Helper Macannazi used 3 EP in dh section 4, but unfortunately that was not good enough.
Now Basov was isolated in s4 and missing out the very important extra bonus for the final climb.
Despite this, a good result with a very strong 5 EP finish, because this mountain stage with 2 flat sections is not his speciality.
stage 9 TdF, flat time trial ;
26º Basov
30º Smith
Some unexpected points, and a little "mistake" with Smith because he was riding with low health what costs him a few points.
Although, not really a mistake, because very suprising that probably for the first time ever, he scores points in a flat TT with his flat skill of 41.
In this Tour de France my team scored a total of 540 points ( Basov= 419, Beck= 80, Smith= 41 ), what is for sure not impressive.
But still a little bit better as I expected with this not strong TdF selection, that had just one fully prepared cyclist, a 9-star climber.
