Recent content by pablohidalgo7

It’s a combination of all the factors above (except the 2018/19 one) but also a team factor, this year they are underperforming in almost every race with all the riders but Lipowitz and Pellizzari. Primoz is maybe 36 but Vlasov, Martínez, Van Gils, Pithie, Welsford, Fisher Black, Aleotti...

The stomp seems definitely gone :cry:. Strange his lack of any sort of punchiness this season after his good display in Cataluña

Still not the same conditions as Sierra Nevada but yes, it's as if he added an extra few days to his high-altitude training (maybe that's why he only did 2 weeks). In any case, he should be better in Italy with some competition in his legs.

It's normal for your first effort after coming from training at altitude not to be the best, and even less so if it's such a violent one. It's usual to improve over the next week or two after altitude, so it's clear to me that his peak is scheduled for Lombardy (even though it's equally...

A decent performance. In his prime, he would have been fighting for the top five in a race like this instead of the top 10, but no more. He also arrived after months without competing only on Friday. Based on what I've seen from him (up to the 200km mark), I think he can fight for the win in...

Zimmermann is the first name that come to my mind, but just for the German link.

I think his set-up is great for hilly TT and only decent-average for the flat ones (Lipo and Roglic can do well in both sometimes due to great power), opposite to UAE and similar to Visma. Also I really believe that Bigham and Wale are in fact quite good preparing the pace of the distribution...

Does anyone know anything about his preparation? Will he be training at home until the Worlds or does he plan to go to altitude?

I was thinking exactly the same thing, although it is so erratic at times that I wouldn't bet anything on it.

GC Wise I don´t expect much from Red Bull. Hindley is out of form and Pellizzari is to young to be at his best at two GTs, even if that case a top 5 it´s not easy. But if they are smart they have potential two win stages with this startlist and parcours. Sobrero and Aleotti looks in great shape...

Zwiehoff deserves it for his selfless job as a domestique in almost every race, but Adrià deserved even more for his recent win and his results over this 2 years. I suppose they tink he can score more results in other races but still strange to pick another rouleaur like Koch.

Boichis being promoted to the WT (as someone mentioned the other day) makes perfect sense. He had a very good performance today in the Czech Republic, and he already finished fifth at the Planche de Belles Filles in Alsace, in addition to winning the puncheurs' race in Croatia in March and...

Honestly, with this year's Vuelta route, I have the feeling Primoz would be in contention even with the Giro and Tour de France under his legs. It seems designed for his current version (he's still at his best on single-climb stages), but maybe that would also mean speeding up his final as a...

I'd say that unless Lorenzo Finn wins the Avenir, he could be kept in the rookie team for another year without any problem. I'm more intrigued by what they're going to do with Donati, Tuckwell, and Boichis. Due to their age, they could move up already, and they will for sure receive offers from...

IMO it is not a bad climb for Rogla at all, but if i have to pick two stages that suit him the most for me are the Mountain TT (ideal fresh 25-30 min effort) and the Ventoux one, not the perfect climb but the stage profile is good for him.