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Parrulo said:Costa a Mollema are overrated. TJVG rules
I wonder where Jason Mercier is
Ferminal said:Costa too good. No idea what this means for the Tour, I guess he's most likely to have peaked for June.
roundabout said:So 33 minutes is the best time for the climb. Probably headwind
Well, 32.40ish with the bike change
roundabout said:Well, 32.40ish with the bike change
Netserk said:Costa 1 second faster than Jeannesson on the climb.
Rui: 33'02
Jeannesson: 33'03
Mollema: 33'08
Dazed and Confused said:Love these half flat-half climb type TTs.
Tour de Costa
Movistar will be brutal in the Tour, no doubt.
Rui Costa is no threat to the Sky-train on the high mountains. That's all up to Quintana and Valverde.Publicus said:The 2013 Tour will be better than folks seem to think. I still see Froome as the favorite, but I don't think it will be a cakewalk by any stretch of the imagination.
Publicus said:The 2013 Tour will be better than folks seem to think. I still see Froome as the favorite, but I don't think it will be a cakewalk by any stretch of the imagination.
Ferminal said:Costa too good. No idea what this means for the Tour, I guess he's most likely to have peaked for June.
trevim said:Rui Costa is no threat to the Sky-train on the high mountains. That's all up to Quintana and Valverde.
trevim said:Rui Costa is no threat to the Sky-train on the high mountains. That's all up to Quintana and Valverde.
He could still go all-out in the bottom of the climbs to drop many of the SKy doms.Parrulo said:^^ That. You could see it at last years tour. At the real tough mountain stages Costa can't keep up with the best.
Publicus said:Understood. Overall team strength is why I bolded/co-signed Dazed's comment. It surely won't just be one guy hanging on to the end of the Sky-train a la Nibali in 2012.
Netserk said:He could still go all-out in the bottom of the climbs to drop many of the SKy doms.
Ferminal said:Costa too good. No idea what this means for the Tour, I guess he's most likely to have peaked for June.
spalco said:Probably, yeah. And I say good for him! I totally respect that he came here as the defending champion with the goal of winning it again and didn't say "**** it, I'm peaking for the Tour".