It's scary that such a young rider can win a GC-relevant stage at WT level with such a huge advantage, even if the field is not as strong as in some other races.
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Well somebody posted about Sagan as 21 year old, that was pretty impressive as well.Maaaaaaaarten said:
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Doesn't it say something about the field in California rather than just about Bernal? Honestly, I think Bernal was more impressive in Romandie. Come to think of it, Bernal only did what people expected of him here in California, and those expectations were caused by his Romandie performanceAnderis said:
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I think he is better. I am already tired of Egan Bernal, but i can't think of an as big talent in the last 15- 20 years. Sagan and Schelck might come near, but this guy is a monster.
Dekker_Tifosi said:
I think he is better. I am already tired of Egan Bernal, but i can't think of an as big talent in the last 15- 20 years. Sagan and Schelck might come near, but this guy is a monster.
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Egan is an awesome talent, but I‘m afraid he’s already being overhyped in this forum. As someone else said above, where I was really astounded was after he won the MTT at Romandie. He was already a favorite to win in California, so I think what has impressed me the most this time is his attacking style. He doesn’t f*** around when he thinks he can win. He won Oro y Paz in the same way, and if not for Roglic, would’ve won Romandie very similarly. But the overhyping is never good, which makes me feel relieved he didn’t do that great in the ITT.
Expectations are a burden. There are, frankly, lots of great climbing talents who never pan out into GT winners. Outside of Quintana we haven't had a pure climber win a GT in a while. You need to TT and be able to handle the intermediate stages to avoid being surprised. Not that Bernal isn't pretty astonishing, of course -- he absolutely is.
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As for Yates, you all do remember this is his first race back after a serious injury in which he was off his bike for a few weeks. Truthfully I actually don't think what he's done here is that impressive. He's going to be a just back from injury Adam Yates, Tejay who isn't the best of climbers, Mijka who well couldn't win California last year, Daniel Martinez (?) (anyone have him as a favorite before this race started), and Brandon McNutty, who races for a Pro Conti team. Not exactly an impressive GC field. He was more impressive winning at Romandie and truthfully more impressive in 2nd in GC at Catalonia.
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Daniel Martinez has been riding really good this year. I expected a lot from him. Especially in this race.
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Wow, that would have been a massive win for Walscheid.
Bernal was imperial but Martinez impressed me even more. I expected him to be among the best climbers but that TT performance was something else.
Bernal was imperial but Martinez impressed me even more. I expected him to be among the best climbers but that TT performance was something else.
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