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Best Young Climber on RadioShack

May 26, 2011
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Hey i'm the new kid on the block and was wondering who do you think the best climbers are on team radioshack? like Brajkovic? maybe Machado when he gets more expirience? Maybe someone else? Your thoughts
 
May 12, 2010
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Brajkovic turns 28 this year, I wouldn't classify that as a young climber. Machado and that Busche kid seem like good young climbers, Hermans maybe for some shorter climbs.
 
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Lanark said:
Brajkovic turns 28 this year, I wouldn't classify that as a young climber. Machado and that Busche kid seem like good young climbers, Hermans maybe for some shorter climbs.

Yeah Busche looked really good in the TOC on that last climb and Machado is 22 in his first ever GT. Also, do you believe Brajkovic will ever be able to keep up with the top GC contenders in the TDF? Because he has shown it in critirium dauphine but didnt look so good in the TDF last year
 
ajost95 said:
Yeah Busche looked really good in the TOC on that last climb and Machado is 22 in his first ever GT. Also, do you believe Brajkovic will ever be able to keep up with the top GC contenders in the TDF? Because he has shown it in critirium dauphine but didnt look so good in the TDF last year

Machado is 25. He's won the best young rider jersey at the Volta a Portugal 3 times already.
 
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ajost95 said:
Yeah Busche looked really good in the TOC on that last climb r

although that was one of the tougher climbs the tour of california has seen, doing well there doesnt necessarily qualify you as a promising climber.

iZnoGouD said:
22 in giro classification not age

Hes 25, doesnt matter what classification you want to create, hes still 25. Thats like saying Chris Horner is only 26 in Tortoise years.

Libertine Seguros said:
Machado is 25. He's won the best young rider jersey at the Volta a Portugal 3 times already.

and the volta ao algarve.
 
TeamSkyFans said:
Hes 25, doesnt matter what classification you want to create, hes still 25. Thats like saying Chris Horner is only 26 in Tortoise years.

he meant in the giro GC not some invented classification lol check it :p

he should have said he is 22nd but lets not be picky.

but ya i will go with machado. he needs experience tho and most likely a new brain n