David Gaudu discussion thread

[armchairclimber]

At the risk of incurring the wrath of one or two old lags on here, I think this lad deserves his own thread ... not just for his L'Avenir win or decent performance in Spain last week ... but for his willingness to have a crack at Valverde on the Mur. I declare an interest, having him in my CQ team, but nevertheless he is clearly a star in the making. With Tonton having a man crush on Tibopino and Alexandre a similar obsession with Bardet, I thought I'd step into the breach. Go.

 

[Red Rick]

Was waiting for Tonton to start this dammit

Onto the bandwagon

Tonton, get in here.

 

[armchairclimber]

Mea culpa ... me too, I ran out of patience.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Pinot will be a valuable domestique to Gaudu next season.

It's without a doubt the most promising frenchman I've ever seen. He was part of the winning group in Route Adélie and Tour du Finistère too.

 

[kalexand]

He will be the best climber in 5 years.
Enaugh to win the Tour? well, time will tell

 

[armchairclimber]

Re:

Pinot will be a valuable domestique to Gaudu next season.

It's without a doubt the most promising frenchman I've ever seen. He was part of the winning group in Route Adélie and Tour du Finistère too.

Ooooooooooooffffff!!! :lol:

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

Pinot will be a valuable domestique to Gaudu next season.

It's without a doubt the most promising frenchman I've ever seen. He was part of the winning group in Route Adélie and Tour du Finistère too.

Burned.

Not that I disagree.....

 

[shalgo]

During the Eurosport coverage of Catalunya, Kirby kept pronouncing Gaudu's name as "Godot." I'm sure one of the wits here can come up with a good joke based on that.

 

[Ricco']

Well, the portuguese commentator says his name like it's Gaudin, not much better.

 

[jens_attacks]

The French got their Tour winner, finally

I'm shocked by this guy.

 

[Samamba]

Incredible talent!

Being on the first page of a topic with hundreds of pages in te future feels good.

 

[Netserk]

I hope he is as nerdy as he looks

 

[silvergrenade]

10 years from now I can say I'm on the first page of a multiple Tour winner!
Feels great already.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Incredible talent, his test results are through the roof aswell. I also love his racing style!

 

[armchairclimber]

Re:

I hope he is as nerdy as he looks

Haha, me too. He'll have to go some to top Bardet for nerdyness.

 

[manolo57]

Indeed, nice to post on the first page

He did a very impressive performance in Catalunya, and maybe even more in Fleche. You can notice he wasn't well placed at the bottom of Huy, and without his attack, maybe he had the level to top 5

 

[Laplaz]

Somebody knows his race programm for the rest of the year?

 

[DFA123]

I echo the sentiments above; a great talent and surely destined for GT success at some point. I guess the question is, will he be able to achieve his potential at FDJ; a team notorious for having their talented riders stagnate?

 

[Flamin]

Be prepared for upcoming Tours with zero kms of ITT

 

[Alexandre B.]

Re:

Somebody knows his race programm for the rest of the year?

He'll race Romandie, then probably be rested.

 

[Flamin]

Quote from Bjorg Lambrecht (big Belgian climbing talent) on Gaudu:

"He's a special guy. He likes mental games. For example when the pace was high, he would come ride next to you with his mouth closed to show he's not suffering. He's friendly off the bike but doesn't have friends during the race (proper mentality right there). He can become very big."

Thought I might as well share. Looks like he's got a good 'head' too besides the physical talent.

 

[Krokro]

Jumping in the bandwagon surely ! Gaudu is such a promising talent. And God, what a pleasure to see someone attacking Piti on Huy. One more kudo to him for that panache !

 

[veji11]

Re: Re:

Somebody knows his race programm for the rest of the year?

He'll race Romandie, then probably be rested.

yep then Tour de l'Ain GC is usually the big objective for a young french climber, with late July to september being the second part of his season after a longish break and training.

 

[Red Rick]

10th on the queen stage of Romandie. Impressive once again.

 

[Tonton]

He's a gem.