The point is it's not silly to say someone who got fourth can do one single place better and be third on the podium.
It's not like 2012 had a route that suited him.
It's not like 2012 had a route that suited him.
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El Pistolero said:The point is it's not silly to say someone who got fourth can do one single place better and be third on the podium.
It's not like 2012 had a route that suited him.
Miburo said:He lost time on the mountain stages aswell
El Pistolero said:Yeah because of a mechanical he lost nearly 2 minutes.
Praetor said:It's not that difficult.
There are great riders and there are almost-great riders like VDB. When the greats fail, the almost-greats step up and then VDB is by far the most likely to do so, since he is easily the most reliable and consistent.
It's not like those guys never succeed. Hesjedal won the Giro, didn't he?
One could argue that there were always at least 3 guys around that were better than Sastre, but that didn't stop him.
Come on, VDB on the Tour podium wouldn't be so strange. Wiggo and Froome are better, full stop. But then there's Andy, who has to come from very far. And Wiggo, assuming he'll do the Giro his form probably won't be what it was last year. There's Evans, with his virus infection. And one or two of them will probably crash out/lose half an hour in a sprint stage.Miburo said:Giro is not the tour and Sastre actually was on podiums prior to that tour and maybe would have done more but that's clinic.
El Imbatido said:Phil Liggett was the worst for always talking about Armstrong....which should hopefully stop now. But here is a classic case of Phil pumping Armstrong and bagging out others, in this case Contador. It was taken from the stage 3 pre-race Versus show from the 2010 Tour de France, where they talk about the riders and how they'll go on the cobble stage. I edited it into a nice little video for everyone
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