Carapaz is just the first race of the year. And he is slow to progress as seen in the past. He will fine come Tour time.
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Quintana broke his own record and yet he was not in the top 10!NEW RECORD!!!!!
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Vallter 2000
2021:12,1 km@7,3%---32:08---average speed 22.59 km/h(Adam Yates)-RECORD
2019:12,1 km@7,3%---33:10---average speed 21.89 km/h(A.Yates-Bernal-D.Martin-Quintana)
2014:12,1 km@7,3%---35:25---average speed 20.50 km/h(Van Garderen-Bardet) (Source: Strava)
2013:12,1 km@7,3%---34:19---average speed 21.16 km/h(Nairo Quintana)
All these records will be called the Covid-19 times from now on!!!
Looking around Ineos Adam Yates with this forem is there best bet at the Tour for me
I think he si the only one who could stay near Pogacar or Roglic
Porte and Carapaz are very good but not good enough
Thomas ...well it remains to be see seen if he can so it again
Seeing Bernal weak and not sure he can keep this form until Tour I would make Yates to do the Giro-Vuelta double. Less pressure for him and more chances to win by avoiding Pog-Rog. The Ineos Tour team is already stacked unless he might replace Tao.I am not sure if your point is for Adam to go to the Giro or the Tour? otherwise what does Bernal has to do with Adam Yates? I am just a bit confused.
Compare today's stage:NEW RECORD!!!!!
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Vallter 2000
2021:12,1 km@7,3%---32:08---average speed 22.59 km/h(Adam Yates)-RECORD
2019:12,1 km@7,3%---33:10---average speed 21.89 km/h(A.Yates-Bernal-D.Martin-Quintana)
2014:12,1 km@7,3%---35:25---average speed 20.50 km/h(Van Garderen-Bardet) (Source: Strava)
2013:12,1 km@7,3%---34:19---average speed 21.16 km/h(Nairo Quintana)
All these records will be called the Covid-19 times from now on!!!
This is really reactionary, Yates has been good in one week races but struggled in grand tours for years. Carapaz nearly beat Roglic at La Vuelta and needs more racing to get back to top form whilst Thomas' form is improving and he clearly has a better grand tour record than Yates.
And Valverde is better than ever at 41. He's going to Horner the Vuelta.Quintana broke his own record and yet he was not in the top 10!
The effect of preceding climbs taken at leisurely pace on the final climbing times can be really neglegible. And it most certainly doesn't cause 2 minutes of difference.Compare today's stage:
To 2019's:
And 2014's:
And 2013's:
Then you can only conclude that not breaking the record, barring a headwind, would have been a surprise today.
Exactly. Even if that is/was the initially thinking, rider plans change ALL of the time. No need to state it like it's some immutable fact.You said this twice in this forum. Do you have a source of this?
Chaves keeps saying different things!
They need to staple him to Kruijswijk more often. Kruijswijk doesn't have a kick, so even if he feels good and runs the train he's more likely to get Sepp to actually DO something. And he doesn't tend to get good until a few days of racing have gone by either, so the team is more reliant on Sepp to get something out of the race in case Kruijswijk doesn't later, whereas Roglič having a high base level and such a strong finishing kick means when he spends most of his season stapled to Rogla's hip, the guys in the car are always likely to take the washer and dryer where the lovely Smithers is standing rather than trade it in for what's in the mystery box of Sepp.I look forward to read LS' contrived explanation of how Kuss is ruining it all today.
Sooo, did anybody else than the first 10 finish the stage?
There was a huge crash.Sooo, did anybody else than the first 10 finish the stage?
You said this twice in this forum. Do you have a source of this?
Chaves keeps saying different things!
To me he looked like he will end the winning drought too till the end of this week...Valverde ends Movistar’s run at the title of most top 10s without a podium!
This is you first post in this forum, so I take your opinion with a rock of salt!Adam Yates should ride the Giro since he's clearly in form. It'd be interesting to see the battle unfold between him and his brother. The best two climbers in the peloton?
Kruijswijk doesn't have a kick is the best excuse for getting dropped every mountain stage, then when the proper Tappone happens he still gets dropped and we conveniently forget we were hyping him.They need to staple him to Kruijswijk more often. Kruijswijk doesn't have a kick, so even if he feels good and runs the train he's more likely to get Sepp to actually DO something. And he doesn't tend to get good until a few days of racing have gone by either, so the team is more reliant on Sepp to get something out of the race in case Kruijswijk doesn't later, whereas Roglič having a high base level and such a strong finishing kick means when he spends most of his season stapled to Rogla's hip, the guys in the car are always likely to take the washer and dryer where the lovely Smithers is standing rather than trade it in for what's in the mystery box of Sepp.