Can anyone beat these 6

[SafeBet]

This thread is the real chamber of lies. Not the tobydawk thing.

 

[OldCranky]

This thread is the greatest curse that professional cycling has to offer

 

[tobydawq]

This thread is the real chamber of lies. Not the tobydawk thing.

Now it's a k at the end of my name?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Please close this thead. Then burn it, chemically dissolve the ashes, put it into a nuclear container and shoot it to the most distant milkyway possible.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Now it's a k at the end of my name?

Waddap Tobyduck.

 

[Rackham]

Schachmann and Vingegaard, though.

As I said, "notwithstanding accidents".

I mean there's no way current year Schachmann beats current year Roglic on a climb or TT. Likewise Vingegaard is good, but not good enough to go mano-a-mano in GC with Pogacar alone.

On the other hand van Aert was again super strong today, but once they're in a 3 man breakaway group riding for the win towards the line, it does become a bit of a lottery where raw power & ability no longer = certain win.

Alaphilippe (for example) might of course get everything right next week (as he did in the world championship), but if I was a betting man, I'd feel much safer betting on GC stage race guys than one day race guys.

 

[RedheadDane]

Please close this thead. Then burn it, chemically dissolve the ashes, put it into a nuclear container and shoot it to the most distant milkyway possible.

Put what into a nuclear container? I think once you've burned it, and chemically disolved the ashes, there isn't be a whole lot left.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Put what into a nuclear container? I think once you've burned it, and chemically disolved the ashes, there isn't be a whole lot left.

The core of all evil. You think you can eradicate that by simply burning and chemically dissolving it? You naive soul.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Please close this thead. Then burn it, chemically dissolve the ashes, put it into a nuclear container and shoot it to the most distant milkyway possible.

Not just yet, your mate Remco may get on the list soon (well, maybe after the Giro)

 

[RedheadDane]

The core of all evil. You think you can eradicate that by simply burning and chemically dissolving it? You naive soul.

This thread is the core of all evil?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Put what into a nuclear container? I think once you've burned it, and chemically disolved the ashes, there isn't be a whole lot left.

You have to make sure that everything has totally disappeared. Otherwise you'll be fined by the UCI.

 

[tobydawq]

Waddap Tobyduck.

Perhaps I should change name to logic-is-my-enemy.

 

[SafeBet]

Now it's a k at the end of my name?

It's a k at the end of the poster opening up that thread, which is a different version of you.

 

[tobydawq]

It's a k at the end of the poster opening up that thread, which is a different version of you.

Tobydrunk

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Perhaps I should change name to logic-is-my-enemy.

I know you don't mean that babe.

 

[Lequack]

So Van Der Poel and Wout now getting outsprinted by non-sprinters.

 

[Vroome.exe]

Unbeatable Bennett on his way to losing TdF spot to washed up Cav. Now that would be one hell of a curse.

 

[Bonimenier]

AGR and FW put this thread back on track

 

[Leinster]

AGR and FW put this thread back on track

Guillaume Martin to win Liege. Here. First.

 

[RedheadDane]

AGR and FW put this thread back on track

The question was simply if anyone could beat them. The answer was a clear"YES!"

 

[SafeBet]

The question was simply if anyone could beat them. The answer was a clear"YES!"

It wasn't even a question since there was no question mark at the end.

 

[happytramp]

The question was simply if anyone could beat them. The answer was a clear"YES!"

Better get used to all the winning! The 'big 6' are back baby.

 

[geisterhome]

 

[BlueRoads]

Despite all the ridicule this thread and our starting hypotheses got, if we look at the WT races this year (15) 8 of them have been won by the big 6. If we look at the single stages as well, it's even more spectacular.
4 of 7 UAE
5 of 8 PN
6 of 8 TA (5 of them started there)
At Catalunya none of them started, so none of them won any of the 7 stages.
2 of 6 Basque

So if all of them are in a race they won't leave many crumbs.

(I may have counted wrongly here and there, I tend to do that...)

 

[Sciatic]

Despite all the ridicule this thread and our starting hypotheses got, if we look at the WT races this year (15) 8 of them have been won by the big 6. If we look at the single stages as well, it's even more spectacular.
4 of 7 UAE
5 of 8 PN
6 of 8 TA (5 of them started there)
At Catalunya none of them started, so none of them won any of the 7 stages.
2 of 6 Basque

So if all of them are in a race they won't leave many crumbs.

(I may have counted wrongly here and there, I tend to do that...)

It’s obviously hard to compare with other sports but it seems like that’s not a very remarkable record. Especially if the original point was that these 6 are head and shoulders above the rest? If you picked the six best cross country skiers, wouldn’t they win a higher percentage? The six best tennis players would (on the men’s circuit) win, what, 95 % of the tournaments they played in?