Who is a good rider for the flat and the first kilometers of the climbs, but when it gets to the final, he will not be there anymore..Featherweight and mountain goat Van Aert will ride though.
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Who is a good rider for the flat and the first kilometers of the climbs, but when it gets to the final, he will not be there anymore..Featherweight and mountain goat Van Aert will ride though.
Crap Pinot is only the 35th ranked competitor. I guess we can’t expect anything from him.....
Buchmann, Thomas and Froome are not even listed.Crap Pinot is only the 35th ranked competitor. I guess we can’t expect anything from him.....
I find myself wondering if this course is so hard it's not actually going to be a great thing to go full bore here if one's form is already good (Roglič, Bernal)...
Training experts keep me honest, but on the flip side it seems potentially like a godsend to folks like Froome, GT, and Dumoulin who are still a ways off right?
The PCS ranking at the moment is not so meaningful like normal, because it only considers the results from the last 12 months.
If you look at the list, the top 3 are the top 3 from last years vuelta..
What do you mean? This course is tailor made for a rider like Sagan.Not just that, but it also clearly doesn't differentiate between "types" of riders. Sagan is a good rider, but I'd be surprised if he finishes very high up in the GC.
Nah. I like the route and I'm looking forward to it. It's just a one year thing anyway. Best thing about this season is everything feels more intense and urgent. Fewer filler races and filler stages.i tend to agree. this is just stupid and continues the ridiculous thinking that only exciting things happen in the mountains. plain dumb. it will be train upon train (ineos and jumbo) dropping off their leaders with a few KMs to go each time.
there may be a couple of opportunities for riders such as Ala to shine, I hope.
If this is the way stage racing is going, why not just drop everyone off at the bottom of the Alpe d'Huez and whoever reaches the top first is crowned "Tour" winner.
It's really stupid.
Hmmm. You make some fair points, but to be clear, my question was about tuning form rather than an overall objection to a course like this. I guess I was just thinking I'm not sure what conclusions I will draw from the race, depending on how folks perform. I could see some top contenders going full bore on a couple stages, but I'm not sure as a top competitor I'd be as concerned with the win as I would be topping of my form.i tend to agree. this is just stupid and continues the ridiculous thinking that only exciting things happen in the mountains. plain dumb. it will be train upon train (ineos and jumbo) dropping off their leaders with a few KMs to go each time.
there may be a couple of opportunities for riders such as Ala to shine, I hope.
If this is the way stage racing is going, why not just drop everyone off at the bottom of the Alpe d'Huez and whoever reaches the top first is crowned "Tour" winner.
It's really stupid.
I have a feeling that G Martin will do better than Froome, Thomas, Mas, Bilbao, and perhaps even better than Lopez.This field is exceptionally strong. It's hard to make predictions, because for some of the GC riders we don't know their shape, and those who are in shape might hold back to save themselves for the Tour. The course is obviously in the advantage of the climbers.
****Roglic, Bernal
***Quintana, López, Buchmann, Kruijswijk, Porte
**Dumoulin, Froome, Thomas, A. Yates, Mas, Bilbao, Sivakov
*Alaphilippe, Valverde, Soler, Latour, Bardet, G. Martin, Uran, Pozzovivo, Formolo
You forgotThis field is exceptionally strong. It's hard to make predictions, because for some of the GC riders we don't know their shape, and those who are in shape might hold back to save themselves for the Tour. The course is obviously in the advantage of the climbers.
****Roglic, Bernal
***Quintana, López, Buchmann, Kruijswijk, Porte
**Dumoulin, Froome, Thomas, A. Yates, Mas, Bilbao, Sivakov
*Alaphilippe, Valverde, Soler, Latour, Bardet, G. Martin, Uran, Pozzovivo, Formolo
Normally, yes. But it wouldn't surprise me if he turned out to be this years 2012 EBH.Who is a good rider for the flat and the first kilometers of the climbs, but when it gets to the final, he will not be there anymore..
****Roglic, Bernal
***Quintana, López, Buchmann, Kruijswijk, Porte, Pinot
**Dumoulin, Froome, Thomas, A. Yates, Mas, Bilbao, Sivakov
*Alaphilippe, Valverde, Soler, Latour, Bardet, G. Martin, Uran, Pozzovivo, Formolo
You forgot
* * * * *Pogačar
I'll go:
**** *Roglic
****Bernal, Pogacar
***Quintana, Landa, Porte, Sivakov, Buchmann, Pinot
** Kruijswijk, Dumoulin, A. Yates, G. Martin, D. Martin
* Thomas, Lopez
(for the overall)
Are you guys for getting Dauphine extraordinaire Tejay Van Garderen?
Well, Lequack says TvG is going to win it. I am betting against it. But Quack has still not stated what he's willing to give in case I win.
I wondered who would be their leader for this race but it appears to be Keukeleire judging by the picture.Look at these handsome bois
It's actually interesting to see how Keukeleire will do. He's one of the riders who had Covid who was actually sick because of it.I wondered who would be their leader for this race but it appears to be Keukeleire judging by the picture.