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Originally Posted by r_mutt
the gap in question is formed up and over the top of the Muur. Fabs is sitting down and putting an enormous gap on an. on-form Boonen who is standing up and powering at his limit. Once Tom goes over the top, you can see the gap is to Cancellara tremendous- all in about 1 minute. watch the video.
do I believe he had a motor that year? considering that he had at least 2 bike changes for no obvious reason that race, yes I do.
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To be more accurate, the bulk of that gap is formed when Spartacus rails the downhill on the backside, even though he did open a nice healthy advantage on the hill itself. Arguably the best descender in the peloton could totally open a 200m gap on a guy still trying to crest the hill.
It ain't as if the muur opens up to a pancake flat plateau. Faboo is going downhill.