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HeavyWeightacar is ready to crush the Roubaix cobbles and...the sprint stages of the Tour. This is a lifetime chance for Fatco Slimco: he had better be ready for July!

Galibier's upper section is one of the most difficult descets in WT and there were nasty wet places (due to melting snow) on top of that. Poggio descent isn't even close in this regard. Remco can win Milan-San Remco in the last 1-2 km with a solo move.

I edited my previous post. Even without Galibier action stage 20 of the Tour is better as it guarantees 20-25 km of GC action (due to Sarenne location and being the last important stage).

Giau is so far from the finale that I wouldn't bet on anything happen there. There's still like vertical km of moderate/steep climbing afterwards and a difficult MTF the day after. The Giro is *** except this stage which still maybe won't deliver before the final wall. As for Tour stage 20 it's...

Remco is an all rounder like Pog. Classics plus the Tour is the best schedule for him.

Teddy's fatty legs were sculptured worse than my grandma's but he had the powa!

It's a privilege to be #1 on Pogi's black list. It must be a confidence-booster to be chased down by the BOAT himself every time you try something.

Pantani was less consistent. His heights were unreachable but he also had worse days, he was crushed by Indurain (like other top climbers) on La Plagne in 1995.

I gave it 4, weak route by Giro standards. The Dolomites stage is epic with tons of elevation gain and going near majestic rocky giants (i.e. finish near Civetta, going close to Tofane). But you know what? The GC action on Giau is far from guaranteed as there is still a lot of climbing...

I'm not expecting him to get close to world-beaters from Africa but to beat Dumoulin's 10 k result by 2 minutes or so. I don't think it's such a weird expectation for a guy 10+ kilos lighter than Dumo and whose physics looks very good for long distance running (obviously after at least Dumo's...

On top of that Tourmalet + Gavarnie can deliver long GC action as well. The rest of this Giro is more like uni-puerto Vuelta action. Very poor route (obviously the Tour is poor as well, too backloaded).

Let's ask our top expert @Red Rick how good the route is. 1 or 0? (out of 10)

If he decides he can win the Tour. It's said that a few years back Pogi & Vingo asked Remco to skip the Tour and give them another chance. He gave them even more chances than they asked for!

Obviously Fauniera's return to the Giro remains fans' wet dream, right?

So Remco in peak form while Vingo tired after the Tour. Fair assumption!