Rafal Majka discussion thread

[Red Rick]

Since he's holding his own pretty good in the Giro so far, and since he derails the Contador quite frequently, I think he deserves his own thread. I might change the title when people agree about a nickname

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I think Majka will make a huge jump in the coming mountain stages. He's even a serious podium candidate for me

 

[Le Baroudeur]

In before LaFlo...

Above all it's great to see him finally ride as leader in the Giro after his unfortunate injury last year... A definite Saxo-Tinkoff fan favourite since he joined, and (fingers crossed) with luck and hard work a future GC star of the team.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I like him. Bjarne will make him a serious gt contender in the coming years

 

[The Hitch]

I always said he was overrated.

He proved me wrong. His performance on Tuesday was better i think than anything even his biggest believers could have predicted.

Poland can get a pretty awessome team for worlds with Kwiatkowski some sort of an ardennes specialist now, Majka flying away from Scarponi on mtfs and niemiec casually pulling the very same scarponi and of course has a top 4 from Lombardy a few years back.

 

[Red Rick]

In his first GT as a GC rider, I think it would be great if he didn't collapse in the 3rd week

 

[Ruudz0r]

I think he wont have the consistency yet. He might have trouble with 2 mountainstages in a row.

 

[ThirdWorld]

Man... bee is very cut cut for a real cyclist like Majka... come on.. he deserve some thing more Hard like him!

What does he atack? the flowers?? come on hehehehe

 

[hfer07]

So far so good, but He has to achieve more than just a good day though..
His job for Contador last year was impeccable- the talent is there to glow on his own. best wishes to him

 

[Hugo87]

This performance by Majka in Il Giro was a surprise for me, I thought Betancur would get the maglia bianca easily but now will be a epic battle between this two till the end.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

roundabout and hugo koblet were the first to praise him i think. iirc

 

[xrayvision]

I don´t see why he should have problems in the last week, he was one of the best doms for AC in last years Vuelta, also in the last week, it was Majkas work on the first and second climb to Fuentes De that blew up Katusha.

He haven´t had that many race days so far, and the team says one of his forces is his endurance over 3 weeks, though he is a bit sensitive to sickness and injuries, but its getting better.

I think he will surprise a lot of people in the last week, its obvious the team are saving his energy to tackle the next mountain stages, especially in the last week.

 

[Netserk]

If it wasn't for his injury last year I think he would've top-10'ed there. This year between 5th and 8th. (Better competition this year than last year)

 

[The Hitch]

roundabout and hugo koblet were the first to praise him i think. iirc

Earliest praise i remember was hrotha when he came top 20 in that vuelta stage

Man... bee is very cut cut for a real cyclist like Majka... come on.. he deserve some thing more Hard like him!

What does he atack? the flowers?? come on hehehehe

Whats all these hatred for bees? they embody organization, discipline, hard work and sacrifice.

 

[sucotash]

I always said he was overrated.

He proved me wrong. His performance on Tuesday was better i think than anything even his biggest believers could have predicted.

Poland can get a pretty awessome team for worlds with Kwiatkowski some sort of an ardennes specialist now, Majka flying away from Scarponi on mtfs and niemiec casually pulling the very same scarponi and of course has a top 4 from Lombardy a few years back.

+ Huzarski (2nd behind Purito in last year giro hilly stage in Asissi), Marczynski great Vuelta last year now injury problems, also other guys to help like Szmyd, Golas, Rutkiewicz Bodnar on the flat.


We have good riders, good results but one thing is missing wins

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Earliest praise i remember was hrotha when he came top 20 in that vuelta stage




Whats all these hatred for bees? they embody organization, discipline, hard work and sacrifice.

Yea, could very well be.

 

[ThirdWorld]

Earliest praise i remember was hrotha when he came top 20 in that vuelta stage




Whats all these hatred for bees? they embody organization, discipline, hard work and sacrifice.

The bee cyclist, where is not flying out there when everyone is needing help is making wax.

 

[Red Rick]

Earliest praise i remember was hrotha when he came top 20 in that vuelta stage




Whats all these hatred for bees? they embody organization, discipline, hard work and sacrifice.

Hitch, a bee can only attack once and when he does, he kills himself, that's not a good characteristic for a cyclist

 

[Bexon30]

Hitch, a bee can only attack once and when he does, he kills himself, that's not a good characteristic for a cyclist

Aye, but you wouldn't mess with a swarm of killer bees!!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Rafal is my new favorite cyclist

 

[Netserk]

Rafal is my new favorite cyclist

Why ?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Why ?

he is young and not declining

 

[xrayvision]

I dont think Rafa is ready to have you as fan girl Laflo be gentle hes just a young kid.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Why ?

Because he's awesome, duh

 

[LaFlorecita]

I dont think Rafa is ready to have you as fan girl Laflo be gentle hes just a young kid.

It is nice not to have high expectations of my favorite cyclist