Haha, the same thought popped into my head when it happened.Valverde exploted right when they hit 2000m of altitude.
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Haha, the same thought popped into my head when it happened.Valverde exploted right when they hit 2000m of altitude.
You forgot about his super legendary third week performance. When he gets stronger as everybody else gets weaker. Then he still gets dropped in the 3rd week, but next year we still talk about his super legendary third week performance.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.
I like him cause you can always pick him out in the group even from the high helicopter shots!You forgot about his super legendary third week performance. When he gets stronger as everybody else gets weaker. Then he still gets dropped in the 3rd week, but next year we still talk about his super legendary third week performance.
I like him because I will just never forget his Giro crash when in pink. Also his ride in the Alpe d'Huez stage in 2018 was fantastic. A good rider, but in my opinion overrated. Just by calling him a co-leader for the Tour team, when you have Roglič and van Aert (and last year Dumoulin) in the team, means overrating him big time.
I know what you mean. You just can't call him Chris Harper.I like him cause you can always pick him out in the group even from the high helicopter shots!
I can call Chris Harper Chris Harper, don't tell me I can't, Chris HarperI know what you mean. You just can't call him Chris Harper.
I can call Chris Harper Chris Harper, don't tell me I can't, Chris Harper
You forgot about his super legendary third week performance. When he gets stronger as everybody else gets weaker. Then he still gets dropped in the 3rd week, but next year we still talk about his super legendary third week performance.
I like him because I will just never forget his Giro crash when in pink. Also his ride in the Alpe d'Huez stage in 2018 was fantastic. A good rider, but in my opinion overrated. Just by calling him a co-leader for the Tour team, when you have Roglič and van Aert (and last year Dumoulin) in the team, means overrating him big time.
Never heard that one. But I've heard Harper Harper from Carlos Santana.In the words of Daft Punk: Harper, better, faster, stronger.
At the same time I think this is his best chance and probably the only way he can win the Tour and I think he knows it. He should try to exploit that situation if it arises. But not at the expense of lowering his team's chances if he fails. But that would require a non train approach from Jumbo and I'm not sure if they know how to do it successfully. In the words of Kirby Carlton: Let's wait and see. You never know. Stranger things have happened.The biggest problem with him as co-leader is that at this stage in his career I don’t feel like rival teams really treat him as a legitimate second card for victory so it really falls down as a tactical card.
Yes, but where were Mas and Soler?
These two guys are very overvalued
Apart from thumping very good riders in the Dauphine once and I suppose Loze, this is actually circa where Kuss can be expected in that field.
Or put it differently, I still think he is 1 tier down from Yates as climber.
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
You forgot about his super legendary third week performance. When he gets stronger as everybody else gets weaker. Then he still gets dropped in the 3rd week, but next year we still talk about his super legendary third week performance.
I like him because I will just never forget his Giro crash when in pink. Also his ride in the Alpe d'Huez stage in 2018 was fantastic. A good rider, but in my opinion overrated. Just by calling him a co-leader for the Tour team, when you have Roglič and van Aert (and last year Dumoulin) in the team, means overrating him big time.
Ya they should be able to make the race interesting but I think they'll need to rely on other teams also doing that. We know Jumbo's likely tactic is a train and it's a damn strong one. If Pogacar and UAE are also doing a train, I'm not sure even Ineos have the talent by themselves to consistently attack those two.
That's if they bring that team above anyway, their current line up is Castro, De Plus, Tao, Thomas, Porte, Carapaz, Rowe, Kwiatowski which is not as attacking of a lineup.
Back to Catalunya, but surprised at some performances today. I know it's early but was expecting more out of Simon Yates, Hindley, Champoussin, Kamna, McNulty and a few others. Thought they'd have been higher up.
Oh, come on man, enough of excuses. These two guys are not what they said they were gonna be.Mas was on the front the whole climb and finished with Almeida. He never does anything in Catalonia. He usually usually hits his stride at País Vasco. Plus he did squat last year in the build up and pulled out 2 GT Top 5s.
Ineos very strong, surprised by Thomas.
Kruijswijk stays a weird rider, one day he suprises everyone in the ITT en now he suprises us with his bad performance
Almeida, I expected better of him...
Almeida is riding a very tough schedule with UAE, TA and now Catalunya. I had expected him to falter a bit. Not necessarily because his recovery is bad but when none of his opponents have had a similar schedule it was bound to become tough.
You forgot about his super legendary third week performance. When he gets stronger as everybody else gets weaker. Then he still gets dropped in the 3rd week, but next year we still talk about his super legendary third week performance.
I like him because I will just never forget his Giro crash when in pink. Also his ride in the Alpe d'Huez stage in 2018 was fantastic. A good rider, but in my opinion overrated. Just by calling him a co-leader for the Tour team, when you have Roglič and van Aert (and last year Dumoulin) in the team, means overrating him big time.