Recent content by neevosh

Simmons learned the wrong lesson from his suspension. Instead of reflecting on how his post could have been taken as offensive, he learned to try and keep his thoughts off of social media. He’s clearly talented, and I do look forward to seeing what he can achieve, but I am not a fan.

Based on previous performances and today’s results I feel that Thomas has already won. All he has to do is minimize losses in the mountains and not crash. He’ll end up taking minutes in the ITT’s. I know he hasn’t had much success in previous Giros, but he’s proven he can go three weeks without...

I've only been following cycling regularly since 2012, so I don't have all the baggage associated with the peak doping years. I've never seriously questioned the performance in cycling, but watching Pocacar absolutely dominate that ITT, it left me with an icky feeling. Here is a good breakdown...

Rated this a 7. Decent but not overly exciting, aside from the ITT and a few breakaways. I watched every stage and looked forward to the next day. As in every Tour, the crashes in stage 1 and throughout the early stages dampened some of the excitement. The GC battle was predictable by the 3rd...

I started watching hopeful that Pog would make this an exciting stage. By midway I was excited. By the end I felt gutted for Roglič to lose and in disbelief at how much time Pogačar had taken on everyone. Also, how must MAL have felt being passed by not one, but two riders, and rolling in last?

My predictions are: Roglič wins it but Pogačar comes close and wins the ITT Uran has a bad day and MAL gets on the podium only to lose a huge amount of time in the ITT Where Porte finally gets his podium after a solid ITT Landa finally starts attacking but too little too late and ends up 4th again

As much as I’d love to see a few big attacks from the podium chasers to try and win the GC, I think there is an obvious reason no one attacked today. They just aren’t strong enough. Yates gave a go and was easily reeled in by TJV. Except for Pogačar everyone looks like they are at the limit. I...

To be a top GC rider you need raw talent, the ability to recover, mental toughness, and regimented training. It could be that the training lifestyle or mental toughness are more than he can handle year after year. He had a few good years but couldn't sustain it. I don't think he was ever going...

Froome uploaded his power data to Strava for stages 1 and 2, but not for stage 3. I'm guessing in order of most likely, he either wants to: hide a bad day, hide a good day, or just forgot to upload his ride.

No big surprises from the top 10, except maybe MAL, who seemed pretty far off earlier this month. Roglic is clearly a step above everyone else right now, but might be peaking too early. Ineos seem to care less about winning than to test their mountain train and see how long and hard everyone...

I voted for Nibali based on his overall variety of palmares. 4 GTs, 2 Monuments, plus a number of other wins and podiums. Valverde - A close 2nd for me. Prolific winner and consistent GT rider, but never a GT winner. Froome - The dominant stage racer of this decade, but not as well rounded...