Recent content by geisterhome

Been looking good today considering this isnt his terrain. Think hell make it into the top 5. Should be relieved from any helper duties for Roglic now, let the rest of the team help Primoz make it to Paris.

Im still hopeful hell make to paris.

He doesnt care abt results anymore, idk what the discussion is abt here. This tour is all abt getting to Paris, if it's in 3rd or 130th place is totally irrelevant at this stage. And I think Bora will try everything to protect him to achieve that goal

Impressed by Buchmann being in the first group today, he wasn't able to ride punchy hills at all the last years, can see him making it quite comfortably into the top 10 in the GC this TDF. (..was already abt to post it in the TDF stage 2 thread, but then I felt I want to be remembered as the...

Yeah, it's good to introduce him slowly, but if the plan was to have him peak for a major stage race below the Grand Tours, I would've sent him to the Tour de Suisse instead. He would've had a better shot at winning the GC there and been in the middle of a real fight for first place over nine...

Why would he be peaking for the Dauphine though, can that be kind of a bluff? I mean peaking for exactly that race doesnt seem like a smart idea if I want to achieve smth in the GC in a WT stage race. Usually lots of tour contenders are taking part in close to top shape. Plus they usually make...

Very solid showing in P-N. Given he is best on long steady climbs he seems to have taken a solid step forward. One more and he will be competing with the very best, if this needs to be rather a big or a small one depends kind on if he is peaking for this race...(?) Anyways he is already the...

Yes that's probably his ceiling but on the other hand it's pretty much impossible to predict how much more he can improve. He could really explode and finish on the TDF podium next year or also just take a minor step forward and top out on a just a little bit better level than he is on already...

He has the talent that means he really needs to leave Bora Redbull or how they are called right now asap.

Every german rider who was names a new GC hopeful after the Ulrich, Klöden era used to disappoint to some degree, I mean you could very well argue that even Klöden, and Jan Ullrich didn't make the most of their potential...After them came Jacksche, Sinkewitz, Fothen, Schumacher, Gerdemann...

Poor performance in basque country. His favorite race. He is continuing his decline, dont see much he can contribute with anymore at a professional level. His contract is running out so he could call it a career after this season?

I would always have thought that the best riders (or athletes in general) also have the best natural ability to recover. That is even if it doesn't matter how fast you are able recover from an effort while you are competing (like for e.g. classics specialists). Just cos if you recover faster it...

Pretty sure a prime Rico could handle a Vingegaard, Remco or Pogacar.

Pogacar is the most talented rider and if he focuses 100 procent on the Tdf/GT GC it would not only mean to race less during spring but also that he would turn into a somewhat different type of rider. As of right now I seem him as a hilly classics specialist even more than a GC rider. He could...

For the 2019 Tour you could watch the race from every single camera via the Eurosport player. Those were good times, made my own splitscreen, usually with the tv broadcast for commentary, one cam in front of the group of favorites and the other one at the back. Idk why you cant do that anymore...