Hindley didn’t make the breakaway by luck; it was a deliberate move (as was his attack on the final climb to win the stage). He was, however, lucky with the amount of time given to him by both UAE and Jumbo throughout the stage. Both teams were a little too preoccupied with each other and let him get too far up the road. Ultimately 30 seconds is nothing at this stage of the race (Vingegaard put 1 minute into Pogacar last night) so he’ll have to ride very well to retain the lead.
Yeah, completely agree. When I say he made it by luck I was referring more to the fact the he was a) allowed in the break, and b) given so much time because no one seemed to notice until they were too far up the road.
Considering how dominant those two guys are, I can sort of understand why they would let Hindley get in a break. They really are 100% focused on each other and nothing else. It’s not a risk I would take, though, considering he is a complete unknown at the TdF and has won a GT very recently.
Hindley didn’t make the breakaway by luck; it was a deliberate move (as was his attack on the final climb to win the stage). He was, however, lucky with the amount of time given to him by both UAE and Jumbo throughout the stage. Both teams were a little too preoccupied with each other and let him get too far up the road. Ultimately 30 seconds is nothing at this stage of the race (Vingegaard put 1 minute into Pogacar last night) so he’ll have to ride very well to retain the lead.
Yeah, completely agree. When I say he made it by luck I was referring more to the fact the he was a) allowed in the break, and b) given so much time because no one seemed to notice until they were too far up the road.
Considering how dominant those two guys are, I can sort of understand why they would let Hindley get in a break. They really are 100% focused on each other and nothing else. It’s not a risk I would take, though, considering he is a complete unknown at the TdF and has won a GT very recently.