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Couldn't agree more. The only thing I could really see as a possible improvement would have been a stronger TT, because as is often the case with weak TTers - when you put a rider 50 metres in front of him he seems to most often be able to hold that gap - so he doesn't know how to properly suffer and pace himself on a TT bike. He is too afraid to blow up.Kwibus said:ice&fire said:TourOfSardinia said:Nice words of solace from Purito to Dumoulin
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rodriguez-defends-second-place-overall-in-vuelta-a-espana/
“It’s very hard, losing the jersey so late on, I remember what happened with Alberto at Fuente De, but at least [Dumoulin ]'s lost it when he’s much younger than I was. “
“He has to be very proud of what he’s done. He was lacking a bit of team support at the end, with one more rider in the mountains he might have come through. But in any case he has to think about what he can do in the future.”
CN missed the best part of the interview:
Q: Have you thought about attacking yourself to drop Aru and win the race?
A: Yes, every evening during the massage. But then in the morning I put my bib number on and the race turns out to be completely different
Simple as that. He gets flamed and burned non stop here by people that think cycling is a computer game. The guy simply couldn't. Like plenty of riders can't when people shout at them to attack. It's just not that simple.
Velolover2 said:Horrible Astana tactics. They have wasted two of their best riders.
Flamin said:Lulu and Zeits up the road is just perfect. Aru will go on Morcuera for sure. Vai Fabio!
hrotha said:Wait a minute, how come that's an acceptable explanation for the time he lost on the ITT, but not for the time he failed to take on the climbs?
Broccolidwarf said:Completely *** Giant-Alpecin tactics
Why on earth do they not put people in the break away, when they know beforehand they won't be able to hack it in the mountains?