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It says riders with the same talent and capalibilities. Not That They Will archieve the same Results.memyselfandI said:How the hell you compare riders that have not achieved zip compared another?
Freire/Mathews :lol: multi WC superman vs..bling?
Zabo/Demare :lol: multi green vs no green?
And Landa is not Gibo, so far behind yet, probably never going to catch..
staubsauger said:Heinrich Trumheller - Romain Sicard
Max Rockatansky said:GuyIncognito said:Kinda yeah, and they both were nowhere in the heat.
Rominger came close to winning a GT very early in his career which Spilak has never done. Plus, he won week long stage races in better participation than Spilak's. Also, he tended to drop the GC contenders time and again in GT 1st weeks.
But yeah, overall Spilak has the same characteristics as a younger Rominger and the same weakness to warm weather and GT third weeks. Spilak's a weaker version but does have the same characteristics.
The younger Rominger was attacking all the time. In 1989 Giro di Lombardia he dropped everyone on Valcava with 110 kilometers to go and rode away solo. That year the last 60 kilometers were flat into Milano and there was a headwind. Still Rominger managed to drive that home with 2:30 of advantage. I don't see this style in Spilak.
Despite all these GT weakness, Rominger still won four of them and 21 stages in GT's.
BTW: That 1993 Vuelta battle between him and Zülle was amazing and that course probably the best ever in Vuelta history.
LOLice&fire said:The all-rounder capabilities and bike handling skills of Menchov could be matched to those of Zakarin
GuyIncognito said:staubsauger said:Heinrich Trumheller - Romain Sicard
I've always had a lot of questions about Trumheller. But alas I can't ask them outside the clinic
Derjanse said:It says riders with the same talent and capalibilities. Not That They Will archieve the same Results.memyselfandI said:How the hell you compare riders that have not achieved zip compared another?
Freire/Mathews :lol: multi WC superman vs..bling?
Zabo/Demare :lol: multi green vs no green?
And Landa is not Gibo, so far behind yet, probably never going to catch..
Freire was a World cup Superman and Maybe a slightly better sprinter the comparasing is there talent That They Can both win a springet up Hill and after a race so tough the Best sprinter are out. But a Not a good enough sprinter to win the mass sprint. That is the comparasing the op was looking for- Not riders with Similar results.
Zabel again a sprinter That was good - But Not the fastede Like demare- But Can compete On tougher stages than most sprinters. I Think it is you WHO did Not read the Original post.
staubsauger said:GuyIncognito said:staubsauger said:Heinrich Trumheller - Romain Sicard
I've always had a lot of questions about Trumheller. But alas I can't ask them outside the clinic
http://thewidesight.de/?tag=heinrich-trumheller
That might answer most questions about Trumheller! Just scroll down for the English version, pal!
Simpson wasn't near the TTer that Kwiatkowski is. Only 1 top 10 in TDF TTs, and a 9th in a prologue. Plus, I think Kwiatkowski has a lot more GC talent than Simpson did (if Sky develops him as more than a domestique), though Simpson was before my time and I never saw him race live.rainman said:Tom Simpson - Michal Kwiatkowski