13/05 - 19/05: Tour of California

[Gigs_98]

Bernal is the best 21 year old since Hinault and Lemond.

Lol?

http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=12193&year=2011&all=1&current=0

I'd say this season by Bernal so far is up there. Especially as climbers usually aren't that good when they are 21, while sprinters tend to already peak relatively early.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Chase coming back together on the descent.

 

[burning]

Bernal is the best 21 year old since Hinault and Lemond.

Lol?

http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=12193&year=2011&all=1&current=0

If he didn't crash out of 2nd in Cataluyna and goes to Vuelta as leader he could easily beat that. At least score wise.

Winning 3 stages in a GT+ a zillion wins everywhere> bagging CQ points in low level fields like TDU and here.

He's very talented though, just not on a level that Sagan demonstrated.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re:

Bernal is truly special....gonna imitate that climbing style tomorrow, I like that low cadence grinding hes got going on.

Can't be that difficult to imitate then. Most amateurs grind a low cadence uphill

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

Bernal is the best 21 year old since Hinault and Lemond.

Lol?

http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=12193&year=2011&all=1&current=0

If he didn't crash out of 2nd in Cataluyna and goes to Vuelta as leader he could easily beat that. At least score wise.

Winning 3 stages in a GT+ a zillion wins everywhere> bagging CQ points in low level fields like TDU and here.

He's very talented though, just not on a level that Sagan demonstrated.

Well if he goes to Vuelta as leader you'd imagine he can bag some stage wins. We shall see.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re: Re:

Bernal is truly special....gonna imitate that climbing style tomorrow, I like that low cadence grinding hes got going on.

Can't be that difficult to imitate then. Most amateurs grind a low cadence uphill

I see more spinning actually

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

1:20 the gap

 

[GuyIncognito]

It's hilarious to see same the Sagan fans who are guilty of overblown hype, being annoyed at someone else's hype being overblown.

I'm laughing my ass off

 

[burning]

Re:

It's hilarious to see same the Sagan fans who are guilty of overblown hype, being annoyed at someone else's hype being overblown.

I'm laughing my *** off

Wait, what? I generally don't give a damn about results in the american races when it comes to evaluating a riders talent, and I think that Sagan has done more when he was 21.

Also, Sagan won this damn race a couple years ago, its not like that winning TOC is that big of a deal anyway.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Geoghegan Hart was the second strongest.

 

[DNP-Old]

I think Dani lost his podium spot to Adam.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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Today's climb to Tahoe should be much better suited to Tejay than the one up Gibraltar Rd was. Doesn't mean he can hang on to the overall lead though.

:lol:

 

[Sestriere]

McNulty is a 98. Riders who are younger than me starting to get results on an international level.. Feels a bit weird
He's a great talent though, hope to see more of him in Europe.

 

[Frankschleck]

Bernal is the biggest talent in the last 20 years. The guy is crazy.

 

[Gigs_98]

I know this isn't the tour de france but man, winning a mountain stage with an advantage of one and a half minutes against TJVG and Adam Yates with 21 years of age is just amazing. You know, we soon reach the point where I don't care whether he'll peak early or not because if he keeps improving like this, he might already be the best climber in the world next year.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Perfectly played by Sky. Bernal on another level right now.

Good efforts by Yates and Tao. Looked like Martinez cracked badly at the finish there.

 

[Poursuivant]

What is Bernal’s next race?

 

[DNP-Old]

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What is Bernal’s next race?

Was originally Route du Sud, but it looks like he'll be going to either Dauphine or Suisse instead.

 

[Poursuivant]

Re: Re:

What is Bernal’s next race?

Was originally Route du Sud, but it looks like he'll be going to either Dauphine or Suisse instead.

Interesting, thanks.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Great stage design and great stage! Well, at least the last hour that I saw. Obviously the organizers were also a bit lucky that Bernal needed to go out and do what he did, but on the other hand, thats what you actually get from placing a medium long, flat TT in your race!

Tao with some great stuff as well. He also speaks spanish doesnt he?

 

[Vasilis]

I think Tao could have been second, if he didn’t lose time yesterday he would’ve been third and if he had a more protected status on the first mountain stage, he would’ve been right up there too.

 

[yaco]

Dauphine may be a better race for a a neo-pro - More sympathetic parcours and a less stacked field - You gotta look after neo-pro's.

 

[burning]

Re:

Great stage design and great stage! Well, at least the last hour that I saw. Obviously the organizers were also a bit lucky that Bernal needed to go out and do what he did, but on the other hand, thats what you actually get from placing a medium long, flat TT in your race!

Tao with some great stuff as well. He also speaks spanish doesnt he?

Wait, I thought TTs are bad for aggressive racing. Well, they are only bad if one guy is the best climber and TTer and has the best team, but you cannot do much in this case anyway.

 

[wouterkaas]

Haha Bernal skipped the part of the ceremony with the leader of the women’s race. She got double flowers...

 

[DNP-Old]

Re: Re:

What is Bernal’s next race?

Was originally Route du Sud, but it looks like he'll be going to either Dauphine or Suisse instead.

Interesting, thanks.

Personally, I'd rather see him do the former to be honest. Would be good for him to take a step back. Eyes on the progress.