The reduction of gears of Peugeot stayed the whole day in my mind. The idea behind the reduction to 4 gears is interesting, but wasn't it Peugeot too who reduced its gears from 6 to 5 last year?? I think it would save some time, anyone knows how many times they shift on a stage? The times in the overall ranking gets closer, so maybe this will be the difference between a win or a lose!
They could also save weight with it. Or make the tranny more robust with the same weight of a 5-speed, last year many trannies broke down in general. Maybe this is the key to another year of succes, we will see...
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