Why not? He is probably the most consistent sprinter of this season, as he won 10 of the 13 sprints (for first place) he contested, with Greipel (11/20) and or Cavendish (11/19) present on numerous occasions. If he is there to sprint, he can most certainly measure himself with both of them.Buffalo Soldier said:Kittel is not first tier. Doesn't deserve a place next to Cav and Greipel yet.
He has proven nothing in GTs, and he was only able to beat Cav because of bad leadouts, which I trust will be good in the tour.tweak37 said:Why not? He is probably the most consistent sprinter of this season, as he won 10 of the 13 sprints (for first place) he contested, with Greipel (11/20) and or Cavendish (11/19) present on numerous occasions. If he is there to sprint, he can most certainly measure himself with both of them.
Probably as a replacement for Vasil, but the numbers aren't there.Liquigas said:No Szmyd... He's been crap for the last 2 years or so, so that's no surprise. What I don't understand is why they signed him in the first place.
More important, Capecchi still hasn´t made the next career step at Movistar yet - I expected him to do better, actually, but OK, he has still time.Dazed and Confused said:Probably as a replacement for Vasil, but the numbers aren't there.
Ferminal said:@Andrey_Amador, @jcastroviejo, @RuiCostaCyclist, @ImanolErviti, @Ivangutipal, Plaza, Quintana, @jjrojillas, @alejanvalverde.
I guess Rojas losing the bunch sprint to LLS yesterday was enough to earn selection.
yea, still time. He did seems to get better at the tail end of the Giro or perhaps its just my imagination.RHRH19861986 said:More important, Capecchi still hasn´t made the next career step at Movistar yet - I expected him to do better, actually, but OK, he has still time.
Don't think Coquard is goingtaiwan said:1st Tier - Cav, Greipel, Sagan
2nd Tier - Goss, Bouhanni, Kittel, EBH
3rd - Coquard, Farrar, Kristoff
Kristoff is one tier above EBH this yeartaiwan said:1st Tier - Cav, Greipel, Sagan
2nd Tier - Goss, Bouhanni, Kittel, EBH
3rd - Coquard, Farrar, Kristoff
EBH is usually good at the Tour, but yes I suppose Kristoff is likely to be better this year.kottila said:Kristoff is one tier above EBH this year
Also, Capecchi was sick at the beginning of the Giro.Dazed and Confused said:yea, still time. He did seems to get better at the tail end of the Giro or perhaps its just my imagination.
Yeah, acutally no. Very much different cyclists.taiwan said:Brajkovic already did that. And won the Dauphinee.
Fuglsang is like Nicolas Roche.
Last year he was in one sprint, even with Cav there.Ferminal said:What is the word on EBH anyway? He could feasibly take Yellow on Day 2 or 3, but to do so he needs to be off the leash on Stage 1 to get a high placing.
Or is he going to race the entire Tour without sprinting for anything?![]()
that's propably the last thing you can say about Roche. He very often tries to win a couple of seconds by "unusual" attacksciranda said:Yeah, acutally no. Very much different cyclists.
Roche: [...] never takes chances.
Yeh I actually forgot he was active in the first week uphill finishes.del1962 said:Last year he was in one sprint, even with Cav there.