movingtarget said:Wiggins has a long list of achievements and was knighted for the career not one race as some seem to be suggesting.
Would he have still been knighted if he hadn't become the first British Tour winner?
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movingtarget said:Wiggins has a long list of achievements and was knighted for the career not one race as some seem to be suggesting.
If only there was a wiggins thread to rehash those achievements.movingtarget said:Wiggins has a long list of achievements...
Afrank said:Would he have still been knighted if he hadn't become the first British Tour winner?
gooner said:The gold medal in the Olympics confirmed him as one of the most successful British Olympians of all time. There's every chance he still would have got it.
Jelantik said:If he can't beaten the so-so alberto with his current form now, how do you think he'll able to beat Alberto next time?
airstream said:Surely if one assumes that 100% Froome is significantly weaker than 100% Contador on what you transparently hint.
movingtarget said:Also if assuming that the so so Contador actually improves as much as his fans expect him to. 2009 is a long time ago.
"Like Bradley last year, Chris has shown consistent form all season.
"Froome is going to win, Alberto Contador will finish second and I think Tejay van Garderen will finish third."
"Right now, I think it will be Froome, Contador and Van Garderen. I might end up looking like a prophet, or I may end up looking like a fool - but that is my podium.
"Chris just looks like Bradley last year, the same things - he is strong, a dominant rider and a solid leader.
"He is good in time-trials and uphill and he is absolutely the man to beat, with a solid team to back him up too. Yes, Bradley is out but [Team Sky domestique] Richie Porte is looking pretty strong and promising."
willbick said:I wouldn't be at all surprised if contador finished out of the top 3. People are just assuming he's gonna suddenly 'raise his game' for the tour. Well, 'raising yr game' isnt quite as easy as it, ahem, used to be. The fact is, on this season's form , I would say he's unlikely to get a podium. Quite simply, his TTing is ordinary and he wont be gaining chunks of time in the hills.
Cyivel said:What are you talking about here, brother?
nick101 said:refer to the clinic......
even in his current form contador would podium. all he has to do is practice tt'ing a bit more and he'd do it easily; he's been the overall second best climber behind froome, in his unfit state the whole season. so I don't know where you got the idea that he's that bad . beating froome is a completely different ball game however
willbick said:I wouldn't be at all surprised if contador finished out of the top 3. People are just assuming he's gonna suddenly 'raise his game' for the tour. Well, 'raising yr game' isnt quite as easy as it, ahem, used to be. The fact is, on this season's form , I would say he's unlikely to get a podium. Quite simply, his TTing is ordinary and he wont be gaining chunks of time in the hills.
willbick said:Are u trying to get me in trouble?
willbick said:I wouldn't be at all surprised if contador finished out of the top 3. People are just assuming he's gonna suddenly 'raise his game' for the tour. Well, 'raising yr game' isnt quite as easy as it, ahem, used to be. The fact is, on this season's form , I would say he's unlikely to get a podium. Quite simply, his TTing is ordinary and he wont be gaining chunks of time in the hills.
Lanark said:With the form he has had so far this season, he'll have trouble finishing top-5. But I'm sure Riis will get him in shape in time, after all, Majka could barely finish a race the beginning of this year untill he suddenly started flying in the Giro.
LaFlorecita said:That's called a knee injury, it's this thing that has been bothering him for years and what kept him out of the giro last year.
Lanark said:Good thing that knee injury didn't bother him enough so he couldn't train to top shape. But this is not the Majka thread.
LaFlorecita said:Yea I thought that was cool too.
It's not the Majka thread indeed. Nor is it the Contador thread. So why are we even discussing him.
Lanark said:Good thing that knee injury didn't bother him enough so he couldn't train to top shape. But this is not the Majka thread.
Publicus said:You're reaching in the wrong sub-forum, let alone the wrong thread. Scandalous implications and unsupported innuendos belong in the clinic
You implicate that Riis prepared Majka in a 'special' way, and then when someone calls you out on it you don't dare to own it.Lanark said:I don't see how. Contador has looked quite poor this season. To asses what chance Froome has of winning the Tour, it's important to look at what kind of progress can be expected of his competitors. For that, it's usefull to look at what kind of jumps in performances the teammates of Froome's adversary have had, to see what can be expected at the next Tour.
LaFlorecita said:BS, he is still one of the best climbers and his consistency will get him on the podium.
So you knew very well you were breaking the forum rules. And with this response you got yourself into trouble.
Well done Tom, my brother
theyoungest said:You implicate that Riis prepared Majka in a 'special' way, and then when someone calls you out on it you don't dare to own it.