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Massively Overrated - Van Garderen. I keep hearing how he's still young, blah, blah. Time has passed by - he's 26 and only major win is the Tour of California. It's not like he started cycling late either. Wow.
Vuelta for sure. No explanation needed since it's so fresh on everyone's mind.
Tour was overall not bad. The cobble stage was just epic stuff. It did dull down once the Shark had so much time but still not bad.
Giro had good hopes but became tainted after the Quintana taking advantage...
Nope, not a chance. Contador would smash him both in pure strength and tactics. Plus, he's got internal conflicts that would've gotten worse with Valverde, since he's clearly in top shape too and has an ego that won't shake off. Quintana doesn't have the experience yet, he needs to learn more.
Nah, Sagan has proven talent. In combination with Sky, he'll be on the team agenda for the next Tour GC winner after Froome and Porte hang it up. Not even kidding about this either.
Scioco hit it on the nose. It saves the team's energy not having to take pulls up front in the main peloton for a large distance of the stage. The peloton may split later on when things heat up, in that case the leader just has to follow wheel (saves his energy to stay out of wind). If the...
Commuting distance is something to consider for the riders sake. Anyone saying the US just wouldn't be fair to the teams that can bring a helicopter down, fly to the nearest airport, then put the team on private jets to whisk them away in luxury vs the teams that would have to catch a regular...