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Thomas?Would you be half okay with a guy with a French sounding last name winning?
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Thomas?Would you be half okay with a guy with a French sounding last name winning?
He reminded me of Vino at some moments. Getting dropped and attacking as soon as he was catching the group. lol.Man lopez raced his heart out. I like that guy. Going for the win.
oh puhleeeze! Lol!! Semantics on a discussion board.
got nothing else?
guess u can find nothing unfactual about the others. You must be praying for some huge event to happen in the next two days so that u can point to it desperately. Lol. And lol again
whatever.
what is the mountain stage that u remember in the last few years? Froome at the Giro. Basically that’s it. Even if u r not a fan of him. And why did it happen? Because u had a rider who was far enough back in time to risk everything. And he had panache. That is what makes it exciting. Not the rinse and repeat bs we see in 99% of MTFs.
Some of the (poor) performances seemed so out there ( Thomas for instance) I wonder if it's possible some riders got sick with corovirus but the teams didn't report it? I'm not sure what the requirements were for reporting positive tests if the transmission wasn't related to a race or team training?
Of course, the more likely explanation is that some folks had more opportunities to train outside, and some riders probably just dealt the weird circumstances better than others. Like Kuss, who said in his post-race interview that he actually stayed really positive and was able to "just enjoy riding my bike for fun again." Given that his form ( not just today but throughout the Dauphine) was superlative, there might be something to the importance of how riders handled the layoff. Only a sample size of 1, that's true!
That and Kuss lives and trains at altitude with a lot of locals that will work with him. My guess is the amateurs in that region would volunteer to test him. Racing is the best training like Valverde and DuMoulin will prove out eventually.Sample size of 2. Valverde was in a country locked down for basically 2 months. Didn't believe they would race again this year and trained to do nothing more than keep and off season base level. He also said there was no reason to train for anything because there weren't any goals. So it would appear that Kuss being able to ride outside and having a positive outlook helped. Where Valverde was locked at home for months with a negative outlook. (Of course there's also a huge age difference between them as well and Valverde is one of the riders whom when younger could race himself into race shape in a shorter amount of time than other riders can.) I actually your thoughts on how riders handled the layoff could or likely is at least a partial factor in how they are riding currently.
That and Kuss lives and trains at altitude with a lot of locals that will work with him. My guess is the amateurs in that region would volunteer to test him. Racing is the best training like Valverde and DuMoulin will prove out eventually.
It's not unlike the iconic jazz drummer Buddy Rich's approach to his craft. It's been said he didn't like to practice, but in reality he used shows and live performances to hone his ability. He did so many shows that they became his practice. And the pressure of performing live (the real thing) was something that he felt kept him sharper. Screwing up in practice is one thing, but screwing up in a live performance is a different kettle of fish.I do agree with you that Valverde and Dumoulin will eventually show racing is the best training. I know multiple people have said that's part of why Valverde races so much. He finds racing to better training.
That is likely going to be helpful for Kuss as he progresses in his career. Valverde has the "Murcian Grupetto", maybe Kuss can have his own grupetto.
Forget about riders peaking too early or at the right time. Is Red Rick gonna get his peak right for the Tour de France?
Some of the (poor) performances seemed so out there ( Thomas for instance) I wonder if it's possible some riders got sick with corovirus but the teams didn't report it? I'm not sure what the requirements were for reporting positive tests if the transmission wasn't related to a race or team training?
Of course, the more likely explanation is that some folks had more opportunities to train outside, and some riders probably just dealt the weird circumstances better than others. Like Kuss, who said in his post-race interview that he actually stayed really positive and was able to "just enjoy riding my bike for fun again." Given that his form ( not just today but throughout the Dauphine) was superlative, there might be something to the importance of how riders handled the layoff. Only a sample size of 1, that's true!
Almost all Colombian riders are nice guys. Don't know how they are produced...
It's beautiful to ride, too. You all owe yourself the chance to get there in late June next summer before the crowds show up. You'll also get a chance to see the free ranging cows and sheep. Let me know if you see many goats.Finally watched this whole stage. Possibly my favorite race day of the year so far and we missed half the action.
I'll keep saying the thing I've regularly said last year, Roglic is insanely overrated.
I'll add it.Yeah, it's almost as if it wasn't just obvious that this post of yours would age rather poorly - it was already rotten before you hit submit
(And it definitely has signature quality)
Don't forget this either:Yeah, it's almost as if it wasn't just obvious that this post of yours would age rather poorly - it was already rotten before you hit submit
(And it definitely has signature quality)
In before I jinx Pogacar and he totally disappears from GT contention in future years.Then of course there is Pogacar, the other young and upcoming star. He's not gonna be the next big thing either and I'd bet quite a bit that the hype surrounding him will largely disappear after this tour. He will without a doubt become a great rider, he might very well win a gt one day, but I get serious Enric Mas vibes by him who basically did the exact same thing as him at the Vuelta, just a year earlier and nobody is hyping him now. Of course Pogacar was even younger but still. There is something about him that makes me think he just peaked very early and got lucky with a super weak Vuelta field.