Recent content by staubsauger

Any chance they try to get an exemption for the Hungarian team!?

I thought Mollema retired!? And on a serious level: Tao officially is a wag these days I fear.

No happy panda in the Dolomites? 😭

You forgot about the Grand Tour superstar and former race winner that is going to captain Lidl at the 2026 Giro d'Italia!

And that I wouldn't let Ivan Basso cook for me as his dishes might taste chewy as shoe soles!

That would be nice as regular Movistar jersey!

Yeah, sure. That would actually accompany my puncheurs racing block scenario, you're right!

Podium spot a realistic goal against Hindley & Pellizzari!

Giro d'Italia would be run in September since in August hotels ain't available in Italy due to tourism season. So you would need to spread the Italian fall classics between August & October probably! Frankly, I would rather expect the Tour de Suisse to take a spot somewhere at the end of...

Wow that's even sadder than what I remembered! Piepoli broke his wrist on the descent as well didn't he!?

That was the short 90s revival presented by Roche. That's a legit reference point for cyclings current era!. Didn't Ricco actually test out Contador who was in a crisis but still had Klöden around and even Leipheimer or Colom!?

I mean you still have that exact type of stages currently at the Vuelta a Espana. You just don't have the true puncheurs anymore since a few years. And yes, I found those uphill sprints at Ans, the Cauberg & Mur de Huy where you only need to watch the final 5 minutes of a race boring too. But...

Even LPR still had domestiques (again) after Giau in 2008!

Hence why it would be ideal to have the Vuelta a Espana switch to May so you can revive the Ardnennes puncheurs with a block of classics & Vuelta __/ stages next to the big mountain stages in the Pyrenees & Picos de Europa! Giro d'Italia to September then where you get riders coming from the...

The Dolomites stage is total horse crap! You can do Giau-Falzarego MTF to have long-range attacks succeed and get some additional thrill due to the question how tactical situations gonna play out. But with that long descent afterwards this likely ends up being just a little fight on the...