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LaFlorecita said:This dude
want to win giro-tour?
LaFlorecita said:This dude
want to win giro-tour?
Basso 2006 was definitely gonna do itAfrank said:Basso couldn't do it, hesjedal couldn't do it, Contador couldn't do it, so there is no way Wiggins can do it.
Eshnar said:Basso 2006 was definitely gonna do it
Vino attacks everyone said:yea, Basso 06 would probably have done it
Afrank said:Basso couldn't do it, hesjedal couldn't do it, Contador couldn't do it, so there is no way Wiggins can do it.
airstream said:If Contador couldn't, it says only about him.
It is a matter of a super rider exceptionally. Contador may be can, Froome, Wiggins maybe. Probably, one will seriously hit a GT scene in the nearer years. It can happen next year, but it won't a miracle if no one wins in 50 years. Anyway, one should have much luck and many coincidences to do this. But I stick to my opinion. It would be easier for a rider with an emphasis on TT.
The main problem is a double has to be a need of supreme level as everything less significant should already be achieved. So in reality such an attempt can occur only from Contador, but I'm not absolutely sure. Even 2011 try was one global necessity for fear of skipping the Tour. Contador said something like he might be try after the 2010 Tour, but I don't think he would make his mind up go for it purposefully. Winning a Giro-Tour double like an improvization is obviously unlikely.
Angliru said:Hesjedal crashed out so we don't know for certain that he "couldn't" do it.
Angliru said:This baffles me. I have the same confidence in Contador's abilities and yet when I or anyone else presents this confidence in a post, you arrive on the scene to batter everyone senseless with the same bs about our being biased or fanboys/girls and blinded by our admiration. Now here we have you pretty much agreeing with us with the bolded statement. What is the point of all this crap that you post if deep down you agree us? You once said that you like to take the opposing viewpoint especially primarily when it concerns who you define as being the downtrodden, picked upon riders (the Schlecks, Wiggins & Froome) in this forum. So you're just arguing for arguments sake without any true convictions?
Afrank said:Yes, that true, but it's unlikely that Hesjedal would have beaten Wiggins on those parcours
Afrank said:Yes, that true, but it's unlikely that Hesjedal would have beaten Wiggins on those parcours