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A bit strange to say of a man who was this close to winning the Flèche Wallonne.Broccolidwarf said:The final climb today is Fuglsang country.
No steep sections (steady 7 % all the way) and 19 k long, means his diesel engine can just keep going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going.......
.....Pinot will attack, Quintana will attack, Bardet will attack, Buchmann will attack, and every time people will think Fuglsang has dropped, but he just keeps going and going and going.....![]()
*otherCance > TheRest said:In my opinion it's between Nairoman, Fugggslang, Yateseseseses or Thinard Pinault
Manny Bookman, as Kirby likes to call him, has also looked strong and Dauphiné is his race more than any othe race.
He's just getting rid of the competition before TdF.tobydawq said:Why is everything always being attributed to Nibali? Even when he is not in the race...
It was *** Pucchio who also almost took Nibali down.Robert5091 said:He's just getting rid of the competition before TdF.tobydawq said:Why is everything always being attributed to Nibali? Even when he is not in the race...![]()
I’m not so sure. Logically a long, steady climb without very steep sections should suit him but has he ever shown it? In the spring campaign this year he was tearing it up on short to medium lenght, quite steep climbs. We have no indications of his level on such long climbs.Broccolidwarf said:The final climb today is Fuglsang country.
No steep sections (steady 7 % all the way) and 19 k long, means his diesel engine can just keep going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going.......
.....Pinot will attack, Quintana will attack, Bardet will attack, Buchmann will attack, and every time people will think Fuglsang has dropped, but he just keeps going and going and going.....![]()
Edit - I think the bookies are not taking bets on Ala being in the break today.Five riders have been reported as non-starters this morning: Davide Ballerini (Astana), Jens Debusschere and Mads Würtz Schmidt (Katusha-Alpecin), André Greipel (Arkea-Samsic) and Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb).
Pinot's gone down with the sniffles so he might not be 100%.This should be Thibaut Pinot‘s day but word is he’s caught a cold ...
Except for his entire careerBushman said:We have no indications of his level on such long climbs.Broccolidwarf said:The final climb today is Fuglsang country.
No steep sections (steady 7 % all the way) and 19 k long, means his diesel engine can just keep going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going.......
.....Pinot will attack, Quintana will attack, Bardet will attack, Buchmann will attack, and every time people will think Fuglsang has dropped, but he just keeps going and going and going.....![]()
there's always gotta be something! Not that I expected him to win today's stage anyway - I'd still prefer Adam Yates or even Fuglsang here.Robert5091 said:https://racecenter.criterium-du-dauphine.fr/#/stageprofile
Edit - I think the bookies are not taking bets on Ala being in the break today.Five riders have been reported as non-starters this morning: Davide Ballerini (Astana), Jens Debusschere and Mads Würtz Schmidt (Katusha-Alpecin), André Greipel (Arkea-Samsic) and Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb).
Edit 2 - http://inrng.com/2019/06/criterium-dauphine-stage-7-preview-7-laux/#more-35863
Pinot's gone down with the sniffles so he might not be 100%.This should be Thibaut Pinot‘s day but word is he’s caught a cold ...
Poels has undergone full bot conversion. Only interested in domming for Froome and other Brits. No longer interested in winning. Sad but true. Similar happened to Porte and Boasson Hagen. Very difficult to deprogram a bot.starlord said:I would like to see Poels win
Alright, so tell me when he has ever beaten some of the best climbers in the world on a 19 k climb. He did so two years ago in this race, but he wont be given as much leeway now after his great springBroccolidwarf said:Except for his entire careerBushman said:We have no indications of his level on such long climbs.Broccolidwarf said:The final climb today is Fuglsang country.
No steep sections (steady 7 % all the way) and 19 k long, means his diesel engine can just keep going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going.......
.....Pinot will attack, Quintana will attack, Bardet will attack, Buchmann will attack, and every time people will think Fuglsang has dropped, but he just keeps going and going and going.....![]()
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He tend to suffer on single climb MTF stages that are turned into mountain time trials. Too high cadence for him.Broccolidwarf said:Except for his entire careerBushman said:We have no indications of his level on such long climbs.Broccolidwarf said:The final climb today is Fuglsang country.
No steep sections (steady 7 % all the way) and 19 k long, means his diesel engine can just keep going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going.......
.....Pinot will attack, Quintana will attack, Bardet will attack, Buchmann will attack, and every time people will think Fuglsang has dropped, but he just keeps going and going and going.....![]()
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