52nd Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta (18-22 February)

[Tim Cahill]

That little Colombian from yesterday as expected can't tt, worked solely on his climbing, good stuff, a future favourite perhaps.

 

[Samamba]

That little Colombian from yesterday as expected can't tt, worked solely on his climbing, good stuff, a future favourite perhaps.

Would just be dumb to even focus on it honestly, talented guy, but I don't think he'll even really be a GC rider. Which isn't a problem at all, pure climbers need to be back

 

[repre]

Why Lotto ride Algarve, when De Lie and Widar are nowhere close to top results, when they could've battle for the win at Andalucia?

 

[Cycling111]

Shouldn't Ayuso be wearing the leader's jersey?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Arensman is quite the tter for someone who looks like Mr Tickle has decided to give cycling a try.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

How exactly does Widar ever expect to be at the pointy end of GCs when this is his TT level?

 

[Samamba]

Why Lotto ride Algarve, when De Lie and Widar are nowhere close to top results, when they could've battle for the win at Andalucia?

Portugal is very important for Intermarché.

Widar shouldve just been in Oman instead tho. Even if he did a good performance yesterday, he always had no chance doing good in GC with that TT.

De Lie is difference, he's here to get better, completely fine if he doesn't win and just doesn't crash.

 

[Cycling111]

Widar must have had a problem. Four minutes is a long time even for Landa, Quintana, and Enric Mas.

 

[11-34]

So they should never touch or we'll see an actual nuke go off in the Tour?

He he, no. It seemed to me, that Paul Seixas put in more thoughts into five minutes of racing, than Remco in an entire season. But admittedly in a somewhat obscure way.

 

[Cycling111]

Lipowitz was also ahead of Alvarez at point one. But Alvarez flew in the second sector. Could Ayuso win the ITT?

 

[Samamba]

How exactly does Widar ever expect to be at the pointy end of GCs when this is his TT level?

1. He didn't try
2. His TT is bad yes
3. When has he even said he expects that? He literally said at the beginning of the season he doesn't agree with everyone saying he's a GC rider

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Do people really think Widar went all out? He would be the worst time trialist of all time if that was the case.

 

[Samamba]

Do people really think Widar went all out? He would be the worst time trialist of all time if that was the case.

You just have to look at his face when he crosses the finish line, he was just chilling lmao.

Maybe he got a flat early, or he just didn't care cause well his biggest weakness is his mental after a somewhat "disappointing" performance.

 

[Berniece]

How exactly does Widar ever expect to be at the pointy end of GCs when this is his TT level?

He doesn’t expect that at all. Focus this year is single day races and stages during Vuelta

 

[postmanhat]

Very strong performance again from Ineos. Dan Bigham leaving doesn't seem to have affected them as much as was anticipated.

 

[Samamba]

Pretty meeh from Almeida

 

[Devil's Elbow]

1. He didn't try
2. His TT is bad yes
3. When has he even said he expects that? He literally said at the beginning of the season he doesn't agree with everyone saying he's a GC rider

So he thinks that he can be a classics rider with his current level of positioning?

His talent is obvious, but his weaknesses need a lot of work if he's going to be more than, say, a Warren Barguil.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Why is Seixas so good?

 

[Salvarani]

Seixas is awesome

 

[yaco]

I suspect Widar and mcNulty are going for the stage win on Sunday.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ooft

 

[Didinho]

The flying Frenchman!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Full-blown alien level is coming in 2027 at the latest by the looks of things.

 

[ice&fire]

Anyone willing to win a stage race from now on has to avoid Pog, Vingo and Seixas

 

[Samamba]

So he thinks that he can be a classics rider with his current level of positioning?

His talent is obvious, but his weaknesses need a lot of work if he's going to be more than, say, a Warren Barguil.

Current level is completely irrelevant. Also surprisingly his positioning yesterday was really good, it's apparenlty (according to Visbeek) the main reason why they wanted him to do this race, not to get a result but to try to work at positioning in a high level field.

There's just absolutely no reason to conclude anything after today when he obviously did not try at all. Did you see him coming over the finish? This kid is 20y old, just turned prof, wth are people expecting man. Peoples expectations about young riders has gone to absolute *** due to a few guys immediately performing at a very high level.