Recent content by Christomir

Here in Bulgaria many people seem to be expecting (or hoping for?) a win by Thomas De Gendt. Do you guys think he actually has a chance? o_O

Yeah, Vingeglue! LOL

Vingeglue at his best.

OK, but if somehow it does go to the breakaway, do you think he is capable? Or he can't do such climbs well enough to pull it off? Poor Frenchies - no stage win for them...LOL

OK :sweatsmile:

is Benoît Cosnefroy capable of winning this from a breakaway (to give some joy to the locals at last)?? Or is the climbing way too hard for him?

Excuse my ignorance, but why is WVA a Pozzato, and Roglic an Heras? LOL

But how would such a break be even allowed to go in the first place? o_O

Do you guys think Simon Geschke is capable of winning this one from a breakaway?

I got just 2, not 3, and I sold one of those 2, as I had health issues and couldn't use the road-racing bike, which is only suitable for out of town... I want just one more mountain-bike (which would be like getting the one they didn't give me 2 years ago, that 3rd one) and then I'm retiring...

Thanks :rolleyes: I've simply got used far too much to what's been happening in the Tour and Giro (unfortunately) - all the favorites looking at each other and not attacking during most of the final climb, thus allowing someone from the breakaway to win the stage...

So what are the chances now - will the favorites catch the breakaways and take the time bonuses at the finish?

I still insist and believe he didn't think he won or anything - he was just happy with the 4th place... See my argument on the previous pages here.

So you can't imagine teams and individual riders that are modest and realistic - having lower goals and being happy with less than a win?

Absolutely. I can guarantee to you that, if our boy Danail manages a 4th place in a stage too, he will celebrate it even more enthusiastically. We have never had a cyclist even ride a Grand Tour, let alone get a Top 5 stage finish in one. Likewise, that small Basque team hadn't been in a Grand...