Recent content by woodburn

Would love to see Jorgenson get a chance to ride for himself.

Old enough to remember when Iban Mayo beat Armstrong by two minutes in a 20k time trial at the Dauphine in 2004. Armstrong went on to win the Tour by six minutes. Of course, that 20k time trial was up Ventoux.

Think it is unlikely he'd have won the Tour that year. Have to remember that LeMond was mostly neutered in the Alps from Pensec taking 10 minutes early in the race. He just followed wheels on the Alpe while Indurain finished 12 minutes behind. There wasn't much different in the time trials...

Watch a lot of interviews in a lot of sports. This is about as brutally honest as you see an athlete get and kudos to Wout for taking the blame. We can't fully contemplate how it is to be in his shoes. When he talks about how important it was for him to win today, it tells you how much pressure...

Kuss isn't likely going to win another GT but it's also worth noting that he had COVID in June and isn't probably 100% prepared for this Vuelta. He's probably a regular top 10 guy on his own and maybe top five if at his best with a stage win. Don't think we'll see it, though, because he will...

I hadn't thought about Costa in a long time until about a month ago. What an amazing talent he was coming up. No shame that he wanted off the pro cycling grinder. Even with his accident, he seems to found happiness in his life. Good for him.

Bye Bye , Valentin. Be interested if he can hang on for second.

Can you imagine the reaction if he did work?

The issues wasn't whether JV was better than ever. These guys improve every year. The issue was whether he was at his best possible form. And that is obviously not true due to the preparation. Even if his power numbers would have been the same - which is highly doubtful - you can see how much...

They did intend to take Kuss before he got COVID.

Pogacar is kind of in a conundrum by having gauge his efforts to try and gain time early but also avoiding unnecessary attacks that waste energy, especially if they're worried Jonas might come good in the second half. And we still don't know how he'll handle back-to-back GT. Should be fine but...

Because he crashed? That's such hindsight thinking. He might have crashed in MSR or Strade. We'll never know if the plan was wrong because he didn't get to execute it. But you can't put these guys in bubble wrap. Froome and Bernal had massive crashes on training rides. Was that the wrong plan?

He lost his glasses in the sprint which was part of his bobble. That small factor probably meant the difference due to the narrow margin of victory. Sometimes *** happens.

There are lots of scenarios that we can contemplate. But have to think if you're Jorgenson in the last K, you are balancing pulling hard to put maximum time into McNulty and also the worry that you are pulling Remco to point where he can jump you and you lose time to him. I'd consider Remco the...

Another weird stat of the day. Vingegaard now equal to LeMond and Fignon with 22 days in yellow.