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triley36

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groogster said:
Nahh. Wonderfull domestique, could in the future be a leader but despite being able to defend himself in iTT (today he lost 54 seconds to Almeida so he will lose more to Pogacar etc...) very bad descendig skills and there's no way he can be a Top3 contender at a GT with those kind of descendig lack of skills.

Perhaps in one week races he may have a shot of being a leader if the profile of the mountain stages suit him.

If he wants to have a role as a leader he must however leave Ineos, because I don't see him be given the chance to lead in the next 2/3 years at Ineos in a GT
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He is certainly not on the level of the Slovenians. I think he is on an equal level to all other GT leaders, maybe with the exception of Bernal (after all, he has two GTs and can’t rate others his equal as such), but the Slovenians are going to target the tour for the foreseeable future. One only has to look to last year’s Giro to see second (or third) tier GC contenders can win GTs.

I will concede he has to improve his descending. But doing so is not unheard of.
 
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groogster

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Cian said:
True, he was the last domestique to work for Ineos but if he was leading a team he would be doing even less work.
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It always depend on the domestiques that will have beside him... If in the future he has domestiques at the level of himself, yes. If not, maybe he needs to work even harder as a leader in a weak team than as the luxury domestique in Ineos. Just look at the level of domoestiques at high mountais that Yates or Almeida had this Giro and you get the picture.
But as a conslusion, he maybe be a contender for a Top3 in the future, who knows
 
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Cian

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groogster said:
It always depend on the domestiques that will be beside him... If in the future he has domestiques at the level of himself as one yes. If not maybe he needs to work even harder as a leader in a weak team that as the luxury domestique in Ineos. Just look at the level of domoestiques at high mountais that Yates or Almeida had this Giro and you get the picture.
But as a conslusion, he maybe be a contender for a Top3 in the future, who knows
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Yates did not have to work harder than Almeida in the Giro even if he had a weak domestiques. He just had to follow the Ineos train. He simply wasn't strong enough in the first two weeks.

Domestiques are far more important when you're leading and need to control the race or when you're behind and need to set up a serious attack. It is possible to win a GT without a strong team if you are strong enough as Pogacar showed last year.
 
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groogster

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Cian said:
Yates did not have to work harder than Almeida in the Giro even if he had a weak domestiques. He just had to follow the Ineos train. He simply wasn't strong enough in the first two weeks.

Domestiques are far more important when you're leading and need to control the race or when you're behind and need to set up a serious attack. It is possible to win a GT without a strong team if you are strong enough as Pogacar showed last year.
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but he is no way near Pogacar level is he? I maybe wrong an Martinez turns out to be a good leader for a GT shot at a top3 in the future but atm I doubt it. It wont be with Ineos for sure, maybe leading in some 1 week races in the future so Ineos can test him in that role. We’ll have to wait and see
 
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groogster said:
but he is no way near Pogacar level is he? I maybe wrong an Martinez turns out to be a good leader for a GT shot at a top3 in the future but atm I doubt it. It wont be with Ineos for sure, maybe leading in some 1 week races in the future so Ineos can test him in that role. We’ll have to wait and see
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Yes, but he doesn't have to be as good as Pogacar to be a podium contender. Kelderman, Hindley, Carthy, Porte and Caruso have all been on GT podiums in the last year. Of those arguably only Kelderman and Hindley had a strong team.

I don't think those riders are a clear level above Martinez, so a GT podium should be achievable.
 
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yaco

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Martinez is a very talented rider who is in the wrong team - Doubt he'll reach his full potential at Ineos.
 
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AlfaLum

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Well the same was said about Carapaz a few years ago and look at him now. I wouldnt be surprised if Martinez goes to the Giro as one of their captains, even after being so unlucky for most of this season.

The downside for Martinez is that his bike handling skills are not too great. Lot of crashes and also loses time on downhills too often.
 
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AlfaLum said:
Well the same was said about Carapaz a few years ago and look at him now. I wouldnt be surprised if Martinez goes to the Giro as one of their captains, even after being so unlucky for most of this season.

The downside for Martinez is that his bike handling skills are not too great. Lot of crashes and also loses time on downhills too often.
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Send him to the Tour with his buddy Bernal and Carapaz + Tao to the Giro.
 
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yaco

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AlfaLum said:
Well the same was said about Carapaz a few years ago and look at him now. I wouldnt be surprised if Martinez goes to the Giro as one of their captains, even after being so unlucky for most of this season.

The downside for Martinez is that his bike handling skills are not too great. Lot of crashes and also loses time on downhills too often.
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Difference is that Carapaz was more developed when he moved to Ineos - He was also a GT winner and could command a GC leadership role - Martinez does not have this luxury, so may struggle for a GC leadership role in the near future - He'll even struggle to lead the team in a one week stage race.
 
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AlfaLum

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What was actually the reason for his long absence?
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First a fall in UAE tour where i think he hurt his knee quite badly so he could only make his return during tour of the alps.

Then he returned to do the Vuelta i think in Burgos, but again he had a bad crash there and he couldn't ride the Vuelta.
 
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triley36

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Great ride today. I think he is a top TDF podium contender. His descending is still a liability, but with a team like Ineos, he will have support to bring him back if he gets gapped. In my opinion, he is making a good case to be the top GT GC rider at Ineos right now.
 
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AlfaLum

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Very impressed by how he is riding. Looks to be one of the best Ineos guy this season, so might be a very good decision to sent him to the tour. :)
 
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Very bad luck today but good showing here. I heard some commentaries on TV saying that they were surprised about his performance. I cannot say that I was because since last year I could see his power developing everywhere. With the way Ineos is going they will probably go to the Tour with several cards to play as outsiders.

But I am happy for Dani.
 
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Escarabajo said:
I heard some commentaries on TV saying that they were surprised about his performance. I cannot say that I was because since last year I could see his power developing everywhere. With the way Ineos is going they will probably go to the Tour with several cards to play as outsiders.

But I am happy for Dani.
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Really crazy to say they are surprised about it when he has won Dauphine. 5th in the Giro last year.

Commentaries really be showcasing their lack of knowledge sometimes.
 
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Really strong week so far. Good positive riding and very alert. Favourite to take the whole thing now though I'd expect tomorrow to be testing.
 
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