Recent content by Nick C.

Went for Mas, Lopez, Roglic. Should have included Bernal. Gave Kruijswijk some thought, but I think he will be close. I know he was one lapse of attention or whatever from winning a Giro, but I think that was his moment. I guess he is a lesser version of Dumoulin.

I can't saw I've done any research. 1. Gaviria 2. Groenewegen 3. Sagan 4. Viviani 5. Bennett 6. Kittel 7. Ackerman 8. Demare 9. Colbrelli - though maybe there or thereabouts means "not quite good enough" 10. Matthews

1. Lemond 2. Armstrong (Major Taylor if we are including turn of th elast century track riders) 3. Hampsten 4. Davis Phinney 5. Leipheimer

Thanks Libertine.

Are they just that "careless" at this race or has the change in leadership led to an effort to find positives, or is this part of the "catch the small fish and let the big fish go so we look like we are trying".

I voted for Lopez and Landa. Last year I probably voted for Pinot and Chavez. If the roles were reversed it is entirely possible that Poels would have won the Vuelta with Froome as his domestique.

Re: Do you think he earned enough to retire on?

The Vuelta will be on Universal Olympic on cable, at least on Comcast in the NYC metro area.

I liked 2008 the best because Sastre won and it was a close run thing towards the last week. 2011 is next. 2009 for Contador throttling Voldemort. 2010 is next. The rest are meh. 2012 had the emergence of Sagan. This year had potential for an upset, but in the end was like an overcast day where...

Re: Re: Integer in English, or actually American English to the extent there is a difference, is a math term that means "number" more or less.

This whole Giro seems almost as if it is scripted with all the random drama regarding the GC.

Maybe he has had an "attack of conscience" and is racing paniagua or close to it.

I think the fantasy is one that can compete in the hilly classics and the grand tours and can put out a good time trial. I guess that would be Nibali or Evans (Valverde would have the sprint but not the TT) or Vino of the recent crew.

Re: Wouldn't any protour contract pay him a substantial enough wage to "take the pressure of caring for much of the family"?

Re: Re: You probably ran a factory in the 1800s in your prior life.