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Long Chase, Short Road GW23-5
All during the race I have had trouble identifying which rider was whom, I am quite sure I wasn't the only one struggling with the race numbers hidden under various jackets and rain capes. So I can't say which of the Israel Premier Tech riders was leading the chase (unsuccessfully) of the escapeing duo, but he was being aided by Daniel McLay (Arkea Samsic), Alexis Renard (Cofidis) and Rasmus Tiller (Uno-X). It was awful nice of Uno-X to give Tiller Norwegian Champion's jacket and vest along with his champion's jersey. I don't know which of the Bora-Hansgrohe riders is looking back to see if any help was forth coming. With 14 kilometers left to race, it is very unlikely the couple of seconds they were pulling back were going to get them to the leaders in time, thus the title, "Long Chase, Short Road."