He has always been good. Maybe inconsistent. But we could see this coming if he could put it together, and he did.
But that's the thing. No, he hasn't. Not in TTs. At least not in the last seven years.
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He has always been good. Maybe inconsistent. But we could see this coming if he could put it together, and he did.
If we are surprised by these results we should be surprised by many other results by many other riders. So no need to do that!I feel like this thread needs to be moved to another forum to be able to discuss freely the results
Astana must have borrowed Jumbo's Time Trial coach after the Tour of the Basque Country. Thats the only possible explanation.
Independent of any clinic references, He had a good day. He is just inconsistent. He is a hit and miss case. But he had the tools and the potential. So I am not really surprised TBH. He might lose time heavily in 3 days. That's him.But that's the thing. No, he hasn't. Not in TTs. At least not in the last seven years.
Ion Izagirre doing a good time trial should be ZERO surprise to everyone. Especially these type of TT.There are many surprising results here, but if you look at all of it, the picture changes a bit in my opinion.
We have Lutsenko, Izagirre, Vingegaard, Pöstlberger among the top10, while guys like Thomas and Bjerg underperformed.
I think for some results here the bikes or maybe a good recon, good preparation/ DS might be responsible. Obviously the route was indeed hard to judge, difficult to get a steady rhythm on and the end was very punchy.
So some just managed the route better than others. I don't think the results are a very good indicator of form or strength, just a hint.
Ion Izagirre doing a good time trial should be ZERO surprise to everyone. Especially these type of TT.
Izaguirre is a stud on a good day!Doing a good one, yes, doing a better one than Thomas and Porte and getting second in a pretty good tt field? Surprising at least to me.
Izaguirre is a stud on a good day!
Izaguirre is a stud on a good day!
Give me arguments
Laughing at you guys crying and indirectly saying "Nooooo he beat our british riders he must be a bigger fraaaaaud!!!"
Luts is Astanas most talented rider mared by bad luck the last few years, a former u23 world champ also, he won stop whining and get over it!
Vai Astana!!!
No chance, not a gc rider for the highest mountains, to stocky. He Will probably win a stage, The Olympics on the other hand he is one of the favorites, course is suits him like a gloveLutsenko will be the biggest threat to the Slovenians in the Tour.
Laughing at you guys crying and indirectly saying "Nooooo he beat our british riders he must be a bigger fraaaaaud!!!"
Luts is Astanas most talented rider mared by bad luck the last few years, a former u23 world champ also, he won stop whining and get over it!
Vai Astana!!!