Cunego targets TdF GC

[VeloCity]

LOL- Cunego's ambition to win the TDF is as deluding as Cadel's too. both must abandon that idea once for all and get as much victories elsewhere as they can.

May have misread it, but I don't get the impression that Cunego was saying that he was going for the win, just that his primary focus was a decent GC spot and if that wasn't working out, then he'll concentrate on stages.

Besides, it might just be all talk - I don't think the team sponsor would be too happy hearing their team leader saying "hey, we have no chance at the GC so I'm just going to ride around a bit and try for a stage win", even if that is exactly what he intends to do.

 

[Escarabajo]

Is there any other circumstance where a grand tour contender/winner had suffered mono immediately after their initial success or any time afterwards? I ask because Cunego contracted mono the following year (2005) and hasn't shown the same endurance/ability to recover over the 3 weeks of a grand tour since. I'm sure the clinic will come into play on many responses but I'm curious to see what if any history of another rider's reaction performance wise to this illness. Coincidentally his fall from grand tour prominence happened around the same time as Yaroslav Popovich's. Neither of them has ever been the same since.

The only one I remember is Greg Lemond. But he was already an established rider on a decline by the time that he got it. It also coincided with the start of the EPO era.

So I don't know of anybody else.

 

[El Pistolero]

ok thanks for this post I now know you haven't even seen that giro.

I have seen the 2004 Giro. Haven't seen the 1994 Giro though. I was 3 years old back then.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

I give him no chance ftw, or even top 5. A top ten ~~~~ maybe, but I think not.

 

[luckyboy]

Can see him getting a top ten considering who else has. He should stage hunt?

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Can see him getting a top ten considering who else has. He should stage hunt?

Yeah, stage hunting. Maybe see how that goes or go for the polka dot.

 

[Bavarianrider]

He should rathe rgo for stage wins. He's just not a GC guy. 2004 was a fluke

 

[BabylonFell]

He should rathe rgo for stage wins. He's just not a GC guy. 2004 was a fluke

Well don't we feel silly now?

6th place overall and not a word about it in this thread. Shame...

 

[BabylonFell]

LOL- Cunego's ambition to win the TDF is as deluding as Cadel's too. both must abandon that idea once for all and get as much victories elsewhere as they can.

How could i overlook this post. That was extremely silly.