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For you and many journalists probably, but all I have seen so far has been a pretty weak Froome finetuning his form for the Giro. Pretty boring and unspectacular if you ask me, but it will be interesting how much better he has gotten from T-A.rick james said:Froomes the main show...as always
Couldn't agree more.Gigs_98 said:I know everyone hates the new name, but I think people should get over it and call the race like it's called. The race isn't a race completely taking place in trentino anymore so of course the name was changed, and although tour of the alps isn't a great name, still using the old name and refusing to use the new one is just childish. If Paris Nice gets a new finish in Monaco and gets renamed Paris-Monaco would you still call it Paris-Nice?
Yes.Gigs_98 said:I know everyone hates the new name, but I think people should get over it and call the race like it's called. The race isn't a race completely taking place in trentino anymore so of course the name was changed, and although tour of the alps isn't a great name, still using the old name and refusing to use the new one is just childish. If Paris Nice gets a new finish in Monaco and gets renamed Paris-Monaco would you still call it Paris-Nice?
Gigs_98 said:I know everyone hates the new name, but I think people should get over it and call the race like it's called. The race isn't a race completely taking place in trentino anymore so of course the name was changed, and although tour of the alps isn't a great name, still using the old name and refusing to use the new one is just childish. If Paris Nice gets a new finish in Monaco and gets renamed Paris-Monaco would you still call it Paris-Nice?
While I get your point, the example you use isn't the best because i would still call it paris-nice, as would many (most) others.Gigs_98 said:I know everyone hates the new name, but I think people should get over it and call the race like it's called. The race isn't a race completely taking place in trentino anymore so of course the name was changed, and although tour of the alps isn't a great name, still using the old name and refusing to use the new one is just childish. If Paris Nice gets a new finish in Monaco and gets renamed Paris-Monaco would you still call it Paris-Nice?
2011 Tour wasn't bad either!staubsauger said:Cunego won 2 stages at the 2009 Vuelta in impressive fashion and would've finished inside the top 10 in front of a certain Richie Porte at the 2010 Giro if not for that 15 minutes breakaway. This kicked of some little resurrection, as the little prince nearly won the 2011 Tour of Switzerland and was very prominent at the 2012 Giro where Cunego in fact was the most aggressive favorite. It was after 2012 where his performance wouldn't fluctuate anymore but become quite average. Although he looked surprisingly strong in the first mountain stages of the 2015 Giro before he fell ill. In 2016 however his climbing was pretty mediocre at beste and once Nieve set his sights on the mountains jersey, Cunego was without chance. Although that was only on the Cima Coppi were Sky played their power to reel back in Cunego. But he won way too little points in the Dolomites, because he couldn't stay off the front for longer.
I don't see Cunego being much of a factor here tbh. I expect him to go for the KOM classification at the Tour of Switzerland later this year.
you don't say...El Pistolero said:Oh wait, this is not the clinic, my bad.
I'm probably the only one here, who considers Little Prince's(s) 2011 TdF as his 2nd best GT only behind obviously 2004 Giro.Escarabajo said:2011 Tour wasn't bad either!staubsauger said:Cunego won 2 stages at the 2009 Vuelta in impressive fashion and would've finished inside the top 10 in front of a certain Richie Porte at the 2010 Giro if not for that 15 minutes breakaway. This kicked of some little resurrection, as the little prince nearly won the 2011 Tour of Switzerland and was very prominent at the 2012 Giro where Cunego in fact was the most aggressive favorite. It was after 2012 where his performance wouldn't fluctuate anymore but become quite average. Although he looked surprisingly strong in the first mountain stages of the 2015 Giro before he fell ill. In 2016 however his climbing was pretty mediocre at beste and once Nieve set his sights on the mountains jersey, Cunego was without chance. Although that was only on the Cima Coppi were Sky played their power to reel back in Cunego. But he won way too little points in the Dolomites, because he couldn't stay off the front for longer.
I don't see Cunego being much of a factor here tbh. I expect him to go for the KOM classification at the Tour of Switzerland later this year.
I really should not do this but the opportunity is just too strong. Thanks to his last year's screw up in Vuelta mr. Froome needs to be low-key. No worry, he still has time to show his thermonuclear side. However, i don't think he has any TdF 2013 or Col du Beal left. Waiting for Bernal to win every stage in every tour possible LeMond style.Valv.Piti said:For you and many journalists probably, but all I have seen so far has been a pretty weak Froome finetuning his form for the Giro. Pretty boring and unspectacular if you ask me, but it will be interesting how much better he has gotten from T-A.rick james said:Froomes the main show...as always
Yeah, but despite not starting in Paris, the race is still called Paris-Roubaix, so we use the official name. If we call this race giro del trentino, it's both geographically incorrect and not the real nameBrullnux said:While I get your point, the example you use isn't the best because i would still call it paris-nice, as would many (most) others.Gigs_98 said:I know everyone hates the new name, but I think people should get over it and call the race like it's called. The race isn't a race completely taking place in trentino anymore so of course the name was changed, and although tour of the alps isn't a great name, still using the old name and refusing to use the new one is just childish. If Paris Nice gets a new finish in Monaco and gets renamed Paris-Monaco would you still call it Paris-Nice?
But, on the other hand, most people call races by their geographically wrong name. Paris-Tours starts 50km away from paris, Paris-Roubaix 80km, Paris-Camembert 50km away from Paris - it doesn't even finish in Camembert, and we call amstel 'ardennes' even though it is in a different country to it. The correct name would be tyrol, but trentino is more accurate than tour of the alps, geographically speaking, as 90% of the alps isn't 'toured'.
DNP-Old said:That's good, I'm very pleased with that as it would be way too early. However, after his victory in Tachira, Rivera himself revealed he would be going. Did Savio change his mind?roniek said:He'll race Toor du Jura and it looks like he won't be at the Giro - http://crciclismo.com/2018/04/13/kevin-rivera-listo-para-el-tour-de-jura-en-francia/DNP-Old said:Yeah, I'm quite curious what he is going to race. The Giro is three weeks away and he has only 19 days of racing.Ruudz0r said:No kevin Rivera on de startlist (yet)
staubsauger said:According to the start list apparently Igor Anton leads Dimension Date at the Tour of the Alps and the Giro!?
Gosh, should've been able to figure that one out myself!GP Blanco said:staubsauger said:According to the start list apparently Igor Anton leads Dimension Date at the Tour of the Alps and the Giro!?
Maybe just alphabetical order.
Yeah but the official name of the Tour of Yorkshire is the Tour de Yorkshire and I categorically completely refuse to ever call it that. I'll call this tyrol and sometimes trentino when i forget it's changed, but tour of the alps is a really wank nameGigs_98 said:Yeah, but despite not starting in Paris, the race is still called Paris-Roubaix, so we use the official name. If we call this race giro del trentino, it's both geographically incorrect and not the real nameBrullnux said:While I get your point, the example you use isn't the best because i would still call it paris-nice, as would many (most) others.Gigs_98 said:I know everyone hates the new name, but I think people should get over it and call the race like it's called. The race isn't a race completely taking place in trentino anymore so of course the name was changed, and although tour of the alps isn't a great name, still using the old name and refusing to use the new one is just childish. If Paris Nice gets a new finish in Monaco and gets renamed Paris-Monaco would you still call it Paris-Nice?
But, on the other hand, most people call races by their geographically wrong name. Paris-Tours starts 50km away from paris, Paris-Roubaix 80km, Paris-Camembert 50km away from Paris - it doesn't even finish in Camembert, and we call amstel 'ardennes' even though it is in a different country to it. The correct name would be tyrol, but trentino is more accurate than tour of the alps, geographically speaking, as 90% of the alps isn't 'toured'.
TourOfSardinia said:Plus the Alps stretch ~1,200 kilometres across eight countries
so it is a daft label to give to this highly localised race.
It's a marketing department fantasy.
All about the moolah.movingtarget said:TourOfSardinia said:Plus the Alps stretch ~1,200 kilometres across eight countries
so it is a daft label to give to this highly localised race.
It's a marketing department fantasy.
No doubt marketing departments over achieve most of the time.............