Tao could crack many things but not the top 20 of the GCI wonder if Tao could crack the top-20
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Tao could crack many things but not the top 20 of the GCI wonder if Tao could crack the top-20
Carton is Rob Hatch's alt-account.Who are you and why are you on this forum?
Jk, I like to see some positivity in this sea of comments![]()
Yes, but probably the quietest GC top 5 he's ever done. Much better than was expected three weeks ago but still not really a fitting final GT, imo.
Or slow down the pace!!The same reason they usually attack: because they thought they had the strongest man and would rather test it out than miss the chance.
Firstly, finally we get a decent GC battle, but why oh why did Hindly wait until now to do this? Looking how strong he is he could've had the Giro wrapped up by a minutes before coming into today's stage.....
Even in such turdish affair, someone deserves is more than other, congrats!
Best NetApp climber since Leopold König
Evenepoel beat TGH two days ago... just saying.So if we apply the mathematics of logic:
(1) If Tao Geoghegan Hart > Hindley (from TGH's Giro win), and
(2) Hindley > Carapaz, then
(3) TGH > Carapaz
Glad I lightened his fires with my posts literally 30s before he attackedHindley also a very strange case. Does not have a good ITT, never does anything, and still after yesterday's stage looked extremly disappointed and talking something about trying, attacks and getting a gap in the interview...
Tao could crack many things but not the top 20 of the GC
Nobody had Hindley in their radar back then. Let's be honest!What a joke of a race. I missed 80km of the stage because I was busy, tuned in for bottom of Fedaia, and was stunned to find out nobody had attacked.
Carapaz had the chance to gain 40 seconds on Hindley in Blockhaus if he rode with more commitment. But even that might not have been enough
I'm not saying it was a terrible ride and I definitely agree he was helped by the field being abysmal, but a solo stage win and no GC would have been a more fitting end, imo.Tbf he clearly doesn't have much left. He tried for a stage and just doesn't really have it anymore (which isn't a surprise with his age). Even the 4th in GC is cos 5-10 in GC were quite bad.
I also get the impression that Hindley is a Basso style diesel who lacks the acceleration to drop his opponents and needs to grind them down on really steep slopes.I think this perspective might take some recency bias. Carapaz had a bad day; I don't think Hindley was that much better than him throughout the race.
So Valverde is the GOATEvenepoel beat TGH two days ago... just saying.
And Valverde beat Evenepoel in Valencia...
Which is probably what Bardet had............To cap the Giro off we're going to find out Carapaz got whatever Porte had
Assuming nothing weird happens Ineos absolutely, 100% deserve to lose that Giro for riding they way they did with the strongest team and one of the race favorites.
It's a shame really as it could of been a decent last week. Wouldn't suprise me if Carapaz had the illness that Richie Porte had tbh....
LOL. But they rode Torino really good.Bora rode like a bunch of autists, but they had the strongest climber, so they won!! Congratulations!!
For one Tour Buchmann was the only guy that could follow Pinot and Bernal in the mountains. Shadow of that rider still managed to finish this years Giro in the top 10.
Astana also lost their gc rider early, so the team wanted (and probably also needed) him to ride for the gc.I'm not saying it was a terrible ride and I definitely agree he was helped by the field being abysmal, but a solo stage win and no GC would have been a more fitting end, imo.
I'm not saying it was a terrible ride and I definitely agree he was helped by the field being abysmal, but a solo stage win and no GC would have been a more fitting end, imo.