hrotha said:Have the goods.
So breaking through at 26 means you don't have the goods? That doesn't make sense. We should scrap around one third of the greatest stage racers of the last decades then.
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hrotha said:Have the goods.
roundabout said:Contador didn't take 3 years to break through.
Descender said:What is his excuse for his lackluster Giro then? Antón has been touted as a GTs candidate for ages, and he keeps falling short time and time again, despite quite obviously having the talent.
Tank Engine said:The argument is not about his excuses, it's about his supposed "mental weakness". A guy who comes into a 3 week tour when not at his physical peak due to his illness, but rides through it and wins a stage in the final week is rather showing mental strength. Clearly Anton has not lived up to his potential to finish high up in a GT. Obviously there are reasons for that. Some are very tangible: crashes (possibly bad luck, possibly bad positioning, handling skills), ill health, some possible reasons are less tangible, inappropriate preparation, concentration on the Vuelta rather than the Giro. "Mental midget" seems to be an argument conjured from thin air.
roundabout said:No. I am suggesting that he wasn't/isn't as talented as Contador to begin with so he came out of nowhere.
Dekker_Tifosi said:I said, in his youth. In the youth categories, read juniors and espoir, he was as good as Contador.
Just because he didn't break through as fast as Contador did doesn't make this any less true.
Your interpretation is lacking.
The Hitch said:hrotha did you go? You would have loved it. There were hundreds of Cobo fans in Bisonte shirts with Drums singing songs and waving Bisonte flags, and singing songs about De La Fuente.
One of the biggest cheers was when Matxin appeared on the podium and raised his hand in the air.
But by far the biggest cheer and surprise was when a huge group formed on the street after the podium with a lot of shouting.
I went over to see what it was.
Turns out The Great One had made a special appearance. Hundreds of fans shouted things like " Quieres mi novia Alberto?" and "Te quiero".
You would have loved it.![]()
Okay, I'm done puking, I can reply now.The Hitch said:hrotha did you go? You would have loved it. There were hundreds of Cobo fans in Bisonte shirts with Drums singing songs and waving Bisonte flags, and singing songs about De La Fuente.
One of the biggest cheers was when Matxin appeared on the podium and raised his hand in the air.
But by far the biggest cheer and surprise was when a huge group formed on the street after the podium with a lot of shouting.
I went over to see what it was.
Turns out The Great One had made a special appearance. Hundreds of fans shouted things like " Quieres mi novia Alberto?" and "Te quiero".
You would have loved it.![]()
El Pistolero said:I think I also saw a lot of Geox flags. Don't know how it's in Spain, but in Belgium everyone laughs with Geox and their stupid shoes and ads on TV.
"Geox, de schoen die ademt!"
God....
Conclusion: JV failedmaltiv said:So, in conclusion, did Haussler, Fischer and Farrar earn their spots on the vuelta team over world champion Thor Hushovd? Farrar and Fischer were unable to stay on their bikes while Haussler seems to have completely lost it...
No, but it was never about deserving a place, just about being on the team next year. As you probably know.maltiv said:So, in conclusion, did Haussler, Fischer and Farrar earn their spots on the vuelta team over world champion Thor Hushovd? Farrar and Fischer were unable to stay on their bikes while Haussler seems to have completely lost it...
zamasailo said:Are we not allowed to make jokes?
The Hitch said:The Geox flags were from the Cobo fangroup.
There were loads of them all wearing this Bisonte Vuelta 2011 t shirt.