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Im looking forward to Burgos! Anybody know if MAL is scheduled?
We need a proper benchmark before la vuelta
We need a proper benchmark before la vuelta
If that statement proves to be true, I think it can be concluded that he might have been more hurt than first anticipated
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he'd better be. Otherwise Froome will go down in history as the Tour/Vuelta double winner (and who knows the olympic gold medals). He is the only big hurdle for Froome to achieve that. So I expected him flying on Vuelta. Better than his 2014.
Carols said:Pantani Attacks said:
I not forgetting that but the folks wanting to start the hype train are. Then they get dissapointed if he can't perform to their expectations
he'd better be. Otherwise Froome will go down in history as the Tour/Vuelta double winner (and who knows the olympic gold medals). He is the only big hurdle for Froome to achieve that. So I expected him flying on Vuelta. Better than his 2014.
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burgos is like Quintana benchmark with the Route Du Sud. Quintana pretty much.. meh. So hopefully he is flying comes vuelta.
ILovecycling said:Im looking forward to Burgos! Anybody know if MAL is scheduled?
We need a proper benchmark before la vuelta
burgos is like Quintana benchmark with the Route Du Sud. Quintana pretty much.. meh. So hopefully he is flying comes vuelta.
I really think Froome has very little chance. Not because I underrate Froome, but because I think people underestimate the effect of throwing the Olympics in there, right in the middle. Also depends on how hard you try at the Olympics.
Did Sastre ride the Olympics in 2008?
Did Sastre ride the Olympics in 2008?
Sastre did the road race.
Anyways i'm not worried at all, everything going according to plan.
Anyways i'm not worried at all, everything going according to plan.
He'll be ready for the vuelta. yesterday means nothing ... and I expect not that good even at Burgos
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I'm pretty sure he has. Or he's just implicated to ride the Vuelta in every interview in the last month
Pantani Attacks said:
I'm pretty sure he has. Or he's just implicated to ride the Vuelta in every interview in the last month
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I secretly hope so. But you never know since he is an alien . Contador on the other hand, better shows up flying. None of that.. my form is unknown.. bla, bla, bla. If he can't beat Froome with his tour/olympic leg, this Contador's forum will explode.. everyone one will sing in unison for Contador to retire.
Red Rick said:
I secretly hope so. But you never know since he is an alien
. Contador on the other hand, better shows up flying. None of that.. my form is unknown.. bla, bla, bla. If he can't beat Froome with his tour/olympic leg, this Contador's forum will explode.. everyone one will sing in unison for Contador to retire.
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Not from all the reporting so far. Even though sky said, it will be determined after the olympic.
Pantani Attacks said:
Not from all the reporting so far. Even though sky said, it will be determined after the olympic.
Froome's going to need a fairly big buffer going into the latter two weeks if he wants to win the Vuelta. First week will be when he's strongest and Bertie is weakest.
Contador is a much bigger favourite for this Vuelta than Froome was for the Tour
Contador is a much bigger favourite for this Vuelta than Froome was for the Tour
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Probably also like Pena Cabarga. Contador somehow never raced it. Unless in some junior race I'm not aware offValv.Piti said:
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I don't think the Olympics will have much to do with Froome's Vuelta performance. You can recover from a one day race fairly quickly even a hard one. Contador missed the hardest part of the Tour that's why he is favourite. Age does not seem to have affected Contador too much yet. I don't think Froome can win but I think a podium is possible, it will probably depend on how well Chaves and the other Giro riders go as they will all be fresher in the third week.
Red Rick said:
I don't think the Olympics will have much to do with Froome's Vuelta performance. You can recover from a one day race fairly quickly even a hard one. Contador missed the hardest part of the Tour that's why he is favourite. Age does not seem to have affected Contador too much yet. I don't think Froome can win but I think a podium is possible, it will probably depend on how well Chaves and the other Giro riders go as they will all be fresher in the third week.
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It's not the effort of the Olympics, it's the form trajectory that you need to be great in all 3 races. It is possible that he doesn't change his much from a normal double and that the Olympics are more of a hail mary than anything else.
movingtarget said:
It's not the effort of the Olympics, it's the form trajectory that you need to be great in all 3 races. It is possible that he doesn't change his much from a normal double and that the Olympics are more of a hail mary than anything else.
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He wasn't really the leader. How did Kreuziger do heh? He comes from the tour, should be in great shape.
Kokoso said:
He wasn't really the leader. How did Kreuziger do heh? He comes from the tour, should be in great shape.
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