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 glove
I think there might have been some slight irony involved.
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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 glove
Laughing at you guys crying and indirectly saying "Nooooo he beat our british riders he must be a bigger fraaaaaud!!!"
Vai Astana!!!
Bjerg underperformed? Seems perfectly in line with his ITT's since turning pro, if not better than expected considering this course, actually.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.
Bjerg underperformed? Seems perfectly in line with his ITT's since turning pro, if not better than expected, actually.
I feel like it was a bit like the TT that Alaphilippe won in the Tour; it wasn't really a course suited to a TT specialist, it was a course ideal for a puncheur to solo away from a lead group with 16km to go, especially the 2nd half (so maybe 8km to go). Up, down, left, right, speed bump, road furniture, sometimes all at the same time. Not many places to get in the skis and lay down the watts, so it was always likely to throw up an odd result like this.What a crazy win by Lutsenko.
I have the feeling that a lot of people weren't that surprised by his victory because he seems like a rider who could ride a good ITT. The problem, however, is that he never does it!
His last international (Asian Championships are excluded as well) top 10 result in an ITT dates back to Three Days of De Panne in 2016, where he was 7th! In 2014, he was 8th on the final stage of the Vuelta after having won the ITT in Post Danmark Rundt. And that's it. Nothing else on the international pro scene but he does have a couple of national titles.
Completely random win today.
I guess Roglic was smart to skip it thenI feel like it was a bit like the TT that Alaphilippe won in the Tour; it wasn't really a course suited to a TT specialist, it was a course ideal for a puncheur to solo away from a lead group with 16km to go, especially the 2nd half (so maybe 8km to go). Up, down, left, right, speed bump, road furniture, sometimes all at the same time. Not many places to get in the skis and lay down the watts, so it was always likely to throw up an odd result like this.
Vino is!Lutsenko will be the biggest threat to the Slovenians in the Tour.
The biggest surprise about the result is that Lutsenko's form has been poor for most of the season - This was a bolt from the blue.
also Ion's time trials this year weren't exactly great so far, especially as those were all courses pretty well cuited to him, and in good shape (contrary to Lutsenko).The biggest surprise about the result is that Lutsenko's form has been poor for most of the season - This was a bolt from the blue.
His results since 2020:Okay, then I simply overestimated him / had a wrong memory.
whats missing?Alexey Lutsenko now has stage wins in:
Tour
Vuelta
Paris - Nice
Tirreno - Adriatico
Tour de Suisse
Dauphine
So 6 of the big10.
whats missing?
vuelta, pais vasco, catalunya, romandie???
Giro, not Vuelta.whats missing?
vuelta, pais vasco, catalunya, romandie???
In cycling, nothing is sure, only surprises are for sure. Who did think in June 1999 that Lance is gonna to smash the Tour? If anyone did bet on him probably made some fine bucks
You saying that Lutsenko will win the next 7 Tours, then turn up on some Kazach talkshow a couple years later to tell us it was all on dope?
Past 5 years:
You're right though, some big wins, here are the people he beat;