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

[Cookster15]

Incredible ride today. Rafal who ? But hopefully McNulty and UAE have something left for Hautacam because they will need to do something very special to crack the limpet who keeps telling us it was "easy".

 

[jmdirt]

B.Mc GREAT race today!

 

[jmdirt]

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.

The guy just rode out of his mind today, but you want to talk about what he can't do in the future?

 

[SHAD0W93]

Great ride today but if Pogacar loses he and the team might be kicking themselves for not being there when he was isolated vs almost there whole TJV team. He has blame in it as well for attacking and wasting energy but a teammate or more would have benefited him greatly.

 

[shalgo]

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.

I guess we now have the answer to this post from earlier this year.

 

[Bolder]

I guess we now have the answer to this post from earlier this year.

Indeed! He happily proved me wrong. Olympics RR was the first race where he was truly world class. Yesterday was the second.

 

[Jan the Man]

Chapeau, what a ride yesterday.

 

[Blobs]

Incredible ride today. Rafal who ? But hopefully McNulty and UAE have something left for Hautacam because they will need to do something very special to crack the limpet who keeps telling us it was "easy".

He didn't actually say that. You are parroting some random guy on twitter's lie. You don't care about what's true, as long as it's to Vingegaards detriment, apparently.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Amazing performance today. I wonder if this can propel him into the number 2 option next year like Visma did in 2021, for example? It depends on many things, but it might not be as bad having McNulty up there.

 

[Potomac]

McNulty finally living up to expectations.

 

[Lequack]

From his days of old, when he was doing triathlon

 

[Samu Cuenca]

From his days of old, when he was doing triathlon

Is that Pogačar behind him and his gf Summer Moak?

 

[Landeirovic]

Hello! Anyone can open the full article?

Brandon McNulty: ‘I’ve had a great season’ but illness slows down Vuelta a España debut

McNulty on bad luck: 'It's been a really good season. it's hard now, but I hope to get back to winning soon.'

www.velonews.com

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Hello! Anyone can open the full article?

Brandon McNulty: ‘I’ve had a great season’ but illness slows down Vuelta a España debut

McNulty on bad luck: 'It's been a really good season. it's hard now, but I hope to get back to winning soon.'

www.velonews.com

Yes. People who pay.

 

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if you're using Firefox, hitting F9 will do the trick as well

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Hello! Anyone can open the full article?

if you're using Firefox, hitting F9 will do the trick as well

This works.

 

[search]

This works.

yeah, thankfully cycling websites seem to use the dumbest possible kind of paywalls

 

[Potomac]

He's had quiet February.
Let's see if he can do something in Strade and/or T-A

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He's had quiet February.
Let's see if he can do something in Strade and/or T-A

His pull for Yates on Jebel Hafeet was rather impressive, so i think his form is good.

 

[Juan Pelota]

Didn't realize he was doing the Giro until right now. Good course for him, hopefully he'll get his own chances and not just work for Almeida/Vine.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Didn't realize he was doing the Giro until right now. Good course for him, hopefully he'll get his own chances and not just work for Almeida/Vine.

You mean for GC or for stage hunting?

 

[Oldermanish]

You mean for GC or for stage hunting?

Wouldn't it take a serious problem for both Alemeida and Vine for him to be considered the GC guy? It's tough competition.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Wouldn't it take a serious problem for both Alemeida and Vine for him to be considered the GC guy? It's tough competition.

Doesn't have to be "the" GC guy, just having a free role. A protected rider. I also don't know why Vine should automatically be ahead of him as far as GC goes. It's not as if Vine has the trackrecord to back that up. More elite climbing performances obviously, but in the Vuelta last year he faded hard and fast and now suddenly he is supposed to be a co-leader with Almeida.

 

[Oldermanish]

Doesn't have to be "the" GC guy, just having a free role. A protected rider. I also don't know why Vine should automatically be ahead of him as far as GC goes. It's not as if Vine has the trackrecord to back that up. More elite climbing performances obviously, but in the Vuelta last year he faded hard and fast and now suddenly he is supposed to be a co-leader with Almeida.

I would agree on Vine and, to some extent on Almeida's 3 week prospects. The natural attrition of Giro competition should settle UAE's GC on it's own and Brandon could be the most resilient. Hopefully he gets that shot for all the good deeds he's done.

 

[Sciatic]

If I remember correctly, He did tons of work for Pogacar in the hilly and mid-mtn stages of weeks 2& 3 of last year’s Tour. Surprised he isn’t on the Tour squad—or does UAE plan for him to do both? I guess they do have more and better mtn domestiques to deploy this coming Tour.