Teams & Riders Brandon McNulty is the Next Great American Hope Thread

[Potomac]

Well done, Brandon.

 

[Lequack]

He can easly be a GC contender I think.

 

[firefly3323]

He can easly be a GC contender I think.

Don't know if I would say easily...... but I do think he could become competitive. Especially if he can get to be more consistent.

 

[triley36]

With Pogacar and Almeida he will probably have to leave UAE to get a shot to ride for GC in a grand tour. Obviously things change, but personally, I very much enjoy watching him stage hunt, and attack from distance in hilly one day races. He, Powless, Simmons, Jorgensen and Sheffield could make for a fantastic national team on a hilly WC course.

 

[Landeirovic]

With Pogacar and Almeida he will probably have to leave UAE to get a shot to ride for GC in a grand tour. Obviously things change, but personally, I very much enjoy watching him stage hunt, and attack from distance in hilly one day races. He, Powless, Simmons, Jorgensen and Sheffield could make for a fantastic national team on a hilly WC course.

Why him need leave? He got this year a lot of chances. Was in algarve captain and here to. But had unluck. He have contract 2024 he is happy in uae and take victorie's

 

[triley36]

Why him need leave? He got this year a lot of chances. Was in algarve captain and here to. But had unluck. He have contract 2024 he is happy in uae and take victorie's

You are correct. I simply meant to say if he wanted a chance to lead in a grand tour, he might have to leave. I don’t see UAE not sending Pogacar or Almeida to a GT in the near future unless there are injury problems- which is always a possibility.

 

[woodburn]

McNulty targeting the Giro as leader next year would make a lot of sense. His upward trajectory continues. No reason he can't aspire to getting a GT win. Not saying it will be easy but he seems to have the qualities to reasonably go for it.

 

[Bolder]

He can easly be a GC contender I think.

I'm a huge McNulty fan but he has not yet shown he can complete a major GT climb with the lead group unless I missed it. I'd like to see him do that first.

 

[AlfaLum]

McNulty targeting the Giro as leader next year would make a lot of sense. His upward trajectory continues. No reason he can't aspire to getting a GT win. Not saying it will be easy but he seems to have the qualities to reasonably go for it.

It would. But it would also make sense if Almeida does the same. Or maybe Pogacar to win another new race.

 

[Landeirovic]

in my opinion, Mcnulty can be sent to the Giro along with an Almeida. you never know what can happen during a grand tour. then it is better to have another protected rider. is Mcnulty's goal to go for grand tours? or does he have more satisfaction of being the leader in rounds of 1 week, 1 day races and chasing stage victories in, for example, a Giro or Vuelta. I think he can easily win a stage in every Grand Tour than he will finish top 5 in the standings in every Grand tour.

 

[jmdirt]

He can easly be a GC contender I think.

He can easily be a GC contender.

 

[Potomac]

I stopped watching after the top 3 on the final stage of P-N, but looking at the results McNulty finishes 4th leading a group of 15. He must have had some sort of kick at the end there.

 

[Valanga]

W T F

 

[SafeBet]

Well this was unexpected.
By a mile his best climbing performance ever.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Wow. Teddy should have worked for Brandon today, not vice versa.

 

[Didinho]

Was just checking the first page of Pogi's thread and saw his performance on Méribel against Sosa and Pogi. He has got some good climbing performances before and he could "rest" half of this Tour. But what a strong day, really impressed!

 

[Eeslliw]

Wow. Teddy should have worked for Brandon today, not vice versa.

Indeed. I saw Pogi one time reaching for microfone to tell McNulty to knock it off a little bit, but he changed his mind and rather choose suffering on his wheel instead . He was on fire today.

 

[JosefK]

Brandon was a controlled nuke detonation, today. Insane. The only problem for UAE today (stage 17) was that the skinny dude in the yellow jersey was a berserker that couldn't be dropped. Otherwise, Brandon would have led Tadej up the final climb Rohan-Dennis-Giro-style for not just the win but a massive time gain.

 

[fbjim]

McNulty's best chance to win a Grand Tour is to get a time machine and travel to like 1993.


He's never going to win a Tour with his climbing level but I do feel bad for him because he's exactly the kind of skillset which used to win GTs.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

McNulty's best chance to win a Grand Tour is to get a time machine and travel to like 1993.


He's never going to win a Tour with his climbing level but I do feel bad for him because he's exactly the kind of skillset which used to win GTs.

I have no idea how anyone can be confident that he will never win a GT because his climbing level is too low on a day when he was at worst the the third strongest climber in a major Tour de France mountain stage. He pulled on the front for endless km while dropping and putting minutes into almost every GC rider in the race, including GT winners.

 

[sir fly]

Great performance today.
Yet, his wheel isn't one that leads to the Yellow jersey.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Deserved to win a stage today.

 

[Red Rick]

I have no idea how anyone can be confident that he will never win a GT because his climbing level is too low on a day when he was at worst the the third strongest climber in a major Tour de France mountain stage. He pulled on the front for endless km while dropping and putting minutes into almost every GC rider in the race, including GT winners.

It depends a little bit on the W/kg for today for me, you can have a lot of benefit on one day just because you've taken it easier for the first 2 weeks.

 

[fbjim]

I have no idea how anyone can be confident that he will never win a GT because his climbing level is too low on a day when he was at worst the the third strongest climber in a major Tour de France mountain stage. He pulled on the front for endless km while dropping and putting minutes into almost every GC rider in the race, including GT winners.

He hasn't shown the consistency necessary to really win, though. Today's stage really suited him well too, he's someone with good TT legs that's great at relatively steady climbs. But I think he needs more punch on the steeps and above all, the general level to not have days where he totally cracks to really be a GC guy.

 

[Oldermanish]

I believe the mental pressure of being the US's next great stage racer got to Van Garderen. Hopefully McNulty can keep the mental pressure under control.

Yes, that was the problem.....McNulty has been good for while and should keep his cool.