Recent content by JohnNordin

There could be another angle on this. I think that the only cyclist in history - the only one - to have 2 or more wins in all three grand tours is Hinault. Contador has two in the Tour and 3 in the Vuelta but only one Giro. If he wins that next year, regardless of his Tour results - he goes...

On a more serious note - has it always been these three for the GTs? Has there ever been another race put up with these for the "GT" designation? Historians comment?

Now you are talking! Furthermore, make it a relay race. A team enters 9 for each GT, but they are linked up into three man group where each one races one GT and we combine the times for the triad into an overall grand grand winner. Be even better if they have to carry a baton and pass it at...

Well, I freely admit that I am more of a casual fan then the experts here (not being sarcastic: being humble and honest), so my view may not be worth much. I find time trials unbelievably dull so I won't miss them. The very short ITT will lead to different tactics I'd think. Also having it...

Well said. I was never a fan of his, not at any point, but that doesn't mean I wished bad luck on him or take any pleasure in him ending his career early. Hope he has a "second act" to his life.

What about pain killers? What rules govern them?

Before we get too fixated on the "2013 was crap" meme - let's remember he came in "only" 4th in the Tour, 6:27 behind. And didn't he crash once or twice in it also and didn't fully recover during the race? Yes, he could not keep up with Froome, Quintana or Rodriquez and edged Rom Kreuziger by...

Paul and Phil dueling about if the climb is worth 10 or 20 points - they've gone back and forth twice now.

Don't you just love how P&P dump all over the computer predictions for when the break gets caught, because they are "too simple" and can't include "spirit" -- and then speak so reverently about Paul's "10 min per km" rule?

Well, sure, but this isn't really the point. Most of us couldn't keep up with Andy S. either, but we can still tell when he's not trying hard. Most of us can't fly a plane, run a company, be a commando either ... but we can still tell if it is being done well or badly. You do have a valid...

Doubtless it was doing a 'job of work.'

I heard that - Contador has been speaking some English for years. Don't they know that. And how many times are we going to hear 1) that Nibali was criticized by his management early in the year or that 2) Cancelara is "just about to attack"?

Did Paul just say "when they pull out the hammer"?

Paul: "And there is the dome, which cost half a billion Euros" Phil: "And just to add, that dome was half a billion Euros." How many times have they absolutely repeated the same "insight" the other just said a second earlier? It's almost as if they aren't hearing each other.

I wonder how many times they will mention the special coating for the horses? I've counted 4 so far.