Tour Down Under, Stage 6: Flick of the Elbow

With the peloton bearing down on the remnants of the break away Stephan De Bod (EF Education-EasyPost) encouraged his companions to press on.  He is giving a flick of his elbow to let the guy behind him, Gil Gelders (Soudal-Quick Step) to pull through and keep the attempt going.  Tucked onto Gelders’ wheel was Antonio Morgado (UAE Team Emirates) followed by Franck Bonnamour (Decathlon-Ag2r-Mondale).  Just to their right you can just make out Jacopo Mosca (Lidl-Trek) who has just swung off in surrender to the fast closing peloton on the outskirts of Sterling.  The town marks the start of climb of Mount Lofty.  At one point De Bod was the virtual leader of the Tour Down Under, but with five kilometers left to race, that honor had gone out the window.

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Tour Down Under, Stage 6: Not Letting Anyone Go

It was a constant escape and catch up the first climb in the opening kilometers of the final stage of the Tour Down Under. The duo of Jacopo Mosca (Lidl-Trek) and Stefan De Bod (EF Education-EasyPost) did finally manage to slip the grip of the peloton on the descent of the Windy Point climb.  As they pressed on, Gil Gelders (Soudal-Quick Step) can be seen bridging up from the peloton.  The trio was eventually joined by four more hopefuls out to the peloton.  The stage ends with three climbs up to the top of Mount Lofty, so any chance of getting an early start on the climbers had to be worth the effort.

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Tour Down Under, Stage 3: What’s the Plan?

Once Tristan Saunders’ teammate claimed the max points on offer for the King of the Mountains in the stage, it was Axel Marrault (Cofidis) asking what the plan was for the rest of the trio left off the front of the peloton.  Stefan De Bod (EF Education-EasyPost) was just getting on with the business at hand despite the conversation behind.  The group had over three minutes on the peloton, but over another 100 kilometers to race on a stage designed for the sprinters seem to indicate that these three didn’t have much hope of caring there break away all of the way to victory in Campbelltown.

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Paris Nice 2022: Losing Touch

I always feel bad painting riders slipping off the back of the peloton, seemingly having the race go away from them.  With 32 kilometers left in the stage, Ethan Hayter (Ineos-Grenadiers) was struggling to hold onto the stretching tail of the peloton.  Just ahead, Stefan De Bod (Astana Qazaqstan) wasn't fairing much better.  I did feel better (spoiler alert), when Hayter managed to finish the stage inside of the top ten.  All the more impressive since it was a mass sprint up a two kilometer rise to the line.

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