Recent content by GambadiLegno

Re: Re: Well, Basso won the Giro 8 years after being 1st in youth classification and 11th in TDF, and top 10 in the hardest stages, becoming top 10 in GC of the TDF next year. Evans was top10 in TDF 6 years before winning it, and was very close to win 2002 Giro if it wasn't for the famous Passo...

Obviously it depends, but Fignon has won TDF twice, Giro and many stages in grand tours, and MSR twice too...Of course they're different riders but for example, comparing Sagan with Boonen, he's still far from Tom. He has many years to reach Boonen's palmares, but I can't see Sagan winning so...

Re: Re: If a rider keeps healthy and motivated, with more than 32 years he has many chances to win a GT and more important, experience. Last decade is a good example of it: Evans, Wiggins, Horner, Hesjedal, Basso, Scarponi, Peraud did 2nd in TDF, Rodriguez did some podiums as well, Vino won...

Re: Re: I understand you as a Sagan fan, but although he's a top rider at the moment, there's no comparison beetwen Hinault or Fignon and Sagan.

I've never seen this post before, I'm laughing so much :lol: :lol: :lol:

How much I would get paid if Betancur finishes MSR? Is there a good bet? :D

Although knowing that nothing special will happen until the Poggio climb, I'm one of those guys that stays in front of the TV for the whole race or from many many kms to the finish line. MSR has something special. It's very difficult to predict who will win the race, but I'll bet for 3 guys...

Re: Re: I didn't now that about Quinziato. Well, being a great rider doesn't mean being a good guy off the bike too. I don't know Quinziato personally, but I've met Contador or Cancellara as examples of top riders and they're not what we could say "nice guys", especially the second one. The...

Re: Re: To be honest, I put Trentin comparing him with his Quick Step teammates, as Boonen, Terpstra, Stybar, Kittel or Alaphillippe are the ones everybody like from that team :)

Re: In Vuelta a Andalucía he was like his mind was in any other place very far from there. He didn't want to meet the rest or talk to anybody. In the hotel you could only see him for breakfast and dinner, nothing else. Talking with Lastras he told me Annacona was under pressure, not only in his...

I don't have idols or favourite riders. In my case, I admire that guys whose work nobody see on tv or nobody pays attention as they see them back in the table. I mean guys like Markel Irizar, Pablo Lastras, Manuel Quinziato, Imanol Eriviti, Matteo Trentin, etc..You have to be an extraordinary...

Cycling turned into F1, or cycling X-Games as some people say. This is what definitely will kill this sport in its professional way.

Re: Totally agree, 100%. If this sport is going to be a Velon-Dubai-Qatar-Chinese lobby, I switch off.

The problem is that they want to force us to buy a new bike with disc brakes. You want to sell disc-brake bikes? ok, but let me choose if I want a disc-brake bike or not. Specialized is one of the brands that are not going to sell any bike without disc brakes from 2018. They want us to buy, yes...

Re: Re: I mean that there's no evidence that his palmares would be better with QS. Riders like Stybar, Terpstra, Gilbert, and of course Boonen will be involved in different breakaways and front groups, and Sagan would have to ride with this in mind, he wouldn't be able to do whatever he wants...