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PremierAndrew said:Froome Thomas and the Yates twins. What an embarassment of riches for that Worlds course
If Simon is on form he is one of the favourites, but length can be an issue, we haven't seen much of him on long one day races.Valv.Piti said:Not really more than other countries IMO. And Froome I don't really believe in, Thomas may suffer from the post TdF-win syndrome and the Yates twins can be a bit hit and miss.
Colombia is still strongest by a good way, while France, Spain, Netherlands and possibly Italy are all capable of bringing deeper squads than GB. Then there’s Froome’s freshness and GB’s record at worlds (outside of 2011).PremierAndrew said:Froome Thomas and the Yates twins. What an embarassment of riches for that Worlds course
Zinoviev Letter said:PremierAndrew said:Froome Thomas and the Yates twins. What an embarassment of riches for that Worlds course
Some interesting discussions to be had about leadership though.
Waterloo Sunrise said:Zinoviev Letter said:PremierAndrew said:Froome Thomas and the Yates twins. What an embarassment of riches for that Worlds course
Some interesting discussions to be had about leadership though.
Given they have shown no interest in riding for Sky, it's hard to see why either Yates will work for those 2 jokers. Worst case scenario they can ride as a 2 man team within a team and see if Dave refuses to give them bottles from the car.
Waterloo Sunrise said:Zinoviev Letter said:PremierAndrew said:Froome Thomas and the Yates twins. What an embarassment of riches for that Worlds course
Some interesting discussions to be had about leadership though.
Given they have shown no interest in riding for Sky, it's hard to see why either Yates will work for those 2 jokers. Worst case scenario they can ride as a 2 man team within a team and see if Dave refuses to give them bottles from the car.
RedheadDane said:Waterloo Sunrise said:Zinoviev Letter said:PremierAndrew said:Froome Thomas and the Yates twins. What an embarassment of riches for that Worlds course
Some interesting discussions to be had about leadership though.
Given they have shown no interest in riding for Sky, it's hard to see why either Yates will work for those 2 jokers. Worst case scenario they can ride as a 2 man team within a team and see if Dave refuses to give them bottles from the car.
Well, given that neither Froome nor Thomas are riding the Worlds we can safely say that the Yateses won't be working for them.
Froome had 6 WT stage wins and 3 GCs in 2013. Contador had 5 stages and 3 GCs in 2014. Nibali and Quintana never did better than 6 and 5 (stages and GC combined) respectively though, and interestingly Valverde's best is 'just' 4 stages, 2 GCs and 2 classics (in 2017). 7 stages might be a record for a climber.JoeD1997 said:Today was Simon's 7th WT stage win this season. I'm 99% sure Valverde has won as many WT races in a season in the past, and possibly someone like Froome, Quintana and Bertie? Very impressive feat by Simon to win so many WT races as a climber, especially when they all came in stage races, rather than the Fleche/Liege/San Sebastian that faster-finishing climbers like Alejandro can win
Devil's Elbow said:Froome had 6 WT stage wins and 3 GCs in 2013. Contador had 5 stages and 3 GCs in 2014. Nibali and Quintana never did better than 6 and 5 (stages and GC combined) respectively though, and interestingly Valverde's best is 'just' 4 stages, 2 GCs and 2 classics (in 2017). 7 stages might be a record for a climber.JoeD1997 said:Today was Simon's 7th WT stage win this season. I'm 99% sure Valverde has won as many WT races in a season in the past, and possibly someone like Froome, Quintana and Bertie? Very impressive feat by Simon to win so many WT races as a climber, especially when they all came in stage races, rather than the Fleche/Liege/San Sebastian that faster-finishing climbers like Alejandro can win
Edit: Rodriguez had 7 stages (in addition to 2 classics) in 2012.
He really needs his brother to stop being useless. He's been less useful so far than Antonio last year.Dekker_Tifosi said:Simon is definitely riding more controlled than the Giro. And this time he doesn't need 2 minutes before the time trial so he can afford to take it more controlled as well.
Still, if he's leading after TT expect him to get attacked from all sides by Movistar