THE COLD-BLOODED KILLERS
THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE TOUR have been great. Exciting racing, and major mental games. As one winner admitted...
... I did it kind of dirty.
All's fair in love and racing.
Today we saw Victor C make the final selection.
All three racers in the winning break were rotating,
But, one guy, Victor, was playing up his normal look of...
... Shift, this hurts! Not sure I can make it.
He just has that look on his face,
and in his body language,
all the time.
Which means we expect it,
and think it's normal.
Here's the dirty part.
He actually had great legs, and was feigning exhaustion...
... to lull the other two into not worrying about him.
One guy attacks,
one guy covers,
Victor wins.
The previous day the Yellow Jersey did what some have called a greedy, unnecessary, stupid move...
... the kind of thing that turns the public against a rider.
He didn't care about that.
In a post race interview he said...
... I'm not even sure why I do those attacks.
How did he keep a straight face saying that?
When he attacked second-placed Jonas,
he stood up and sprinted away,
sat down and looked back...
... let Jonas catch up, then dropped him for good.
In my opinion, that wasn't to gain the 10 seconds, that was...
... a calculated, psychological blow.
The kind of thing that he hopes will discourage Jonas the next two massive climbing stages.
Actually, I think it was for this year's race,
and all future races.
Some might claim Doing it dirty, I'd say...
... it's what cold blooded killers do to their competitors.
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