Teams & Riders Derek Gee is the new G

[memyselfandI]

Nothing to worry about. It's actually a good result considering the rough ride he had changing the teams.

 

[YavorD]

Nothing to worry about. It's actually a good result considering the rough ride he had changing the teams.

I don't know. He was actually decent in UAE Tour, it's downhill since then.

I would think it should be the opposite - horrible in the first race and then gradually get better.

 

[Brullnux]

I don't know. He was actually decent in UAE Tour, it's downhill since then.

I would think it should be the opposite - horrible in the first race and then gradually get better.

The UAE Tour is a really easy race, though. Everyone is in early season form and it's normally just ride in a big group until something happens for 20 minutes late on. Like Zone 1 for three hours + 20 minute threshold test. I can imagine that it's easier to perform there when you're in bad form or have a poor base than in the ones he's struggled in.

 

[YavorD]

The UAE Tour is a really easy race, though. Everyone is in early season form and it's normally just ride in a big group until something happens for 20 minutes late on. Like Zone 1 for three hours + 20 minute threshold test. I can imagine that it's easier to perform there when you're in bad form or have a poor base than in the ones he's struggled in.

Well, Derek Gee was horrible in Milano-Torino (which isn't exactly hard) and the first stage in Catalunya.
Unless he had an illness/crash between UAE and mid-march, he should've been better in those races with his UAE shape.

 

[Netserk]

Well, Derek Gee was horrible in Milano-Torino (which isn't exactly hard) and the first stage in Catalunya.
Unless he had an illness/crash between UAE and mid-march, he should've been better in those races with his UAE shape.

he was indeed ill

Derek Gee-West on escaping career limbo and preparing for another crack at the Giro d’Italia

Fourth at last year's Giro, the Canadian has a new team and renewed motivation for the grande partenza in Bulgaria

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However, the Volta a Catalunya was a fly in the ointment, ending with a DNS before the fifth stage. Feeling terrible, Gee-West was fighting an initially symptomless virus. “I watched almost 140 guys ride away from me and went, ‘All right, there’s a red flag here, something is happening.’” He was relieved, at least, when blood tests showed he was sick and he got ill afterwards.

The virus stopped him from attending an altitude training camp at Sierra Nevada, although his home in Andorra is still close to 2,000 meters. It was yet another setback in Lidl–Trek’s ill-starred spring, which has also seen injury problems for Mads Pedersen, Juan Ayuso and Jonathan Milan.

“Catalunya getting disrupted, the big build-up race, leaves a big question mark on where I am,” Gee-West says, looking ahead to the Giro d’Italia.

“Coming into the season, I would have said the goal is a podium because I went fourth last year and you can’t aim backwards,” he says. “But goals are always reassessed off realism and where the form is.

elsewhere it seems that he will also be content with a top5 as long as he can find his best legs in the third week

 

[search]

I know you're a fan, but Top 5 sounds about as realistic to me as those 15 stages Lennert van Eetvelt is aiming for.

 

[CyclistAbi]

RBH boys and Derek are my favourites for Giro.

 

[Netserk]

my baseline is that if everything had gone well and will go well he could aim for second

fifth will take much less than that

 

[hayneplane]

my baseline is that if everything had gone well and will go well he could aim for second

fifth will take much less than that

I think Pellizzari is a worthy clear 2nd favourite but that 3rd step on the podium is wide open with at least 10-12 riders having a shot at it if they have an incident free 3 weeks. Peak Derek Gee can be well in that fight.

 

[nightowl]

Rough day for him, but could have been worse after the crash

 

[SafeBet]

I would expect him to lose time even without a crash so not that bad.

 

[Netserk]

getting dropped instantly after making contact with the group again implies that he rode full on the flat to bridge the gap after the crash

 

[search]

In his podcast, Walscheid said that they were super lucky in the crash, as all those riding right around him and Gee ended up in hospital. The speed was 72kph when the crash happened. Road conditions were as normal when it's wet.

 

[Netserk]

In his podcast, Walscheid said that they were super lucky in the crash, as all those riding right around him and Gee ended up in hospital. The speed was 72kph when the crash happened. Road conditions were as normal when it's wet.

he seemed a bit shocked on the images as he quickly was standing up trying to find his bike only to go to the guardrail to sit for a bit

 

[search]

he seemed a bit shocked on the images as he quickly was standing up trying to find his bike only to go to the guardrail to sit for a bit

yeah, Walscheid said that they initially didn't even realize that they need to get going again. Only when back on the bike they realized that they have to push on for gc.

According to him, Yates finished the stage with a completely broken helmet, by the way

 

[Roku]

Top-5 is realistic for Gee. I would put Jonas and Pellizarri clearly above.

Other than that, the podium contenders are Arensman, Hindley, Gall, O'Connor... He could even podium if he is healthy after the crash.

 

[Samamba]

Did he do any interviews the last few day? How is he looking after his crash?

 

[Potomac]

Blockhaus will reveal what kind of form Gee has for this edition.
If he hangs with the big boys then I am proven wrong.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Come on Derrick you're built for this! It's just like riding at Vancouver Island!

 

[SafeBet]

Did he do any interviews the last few day? How is he looking after his crash?

Heard his interview today at the start with RAI. He didn't talk much. He expects teams to go hard from the bottom of Blockhaus and hopes to have the legs to follow. He didn't look particularly optimistic but perhaps that's just my gut feeling.

 

[Netserk]

Come on Derrick you're built for this! It's just like riding at Vancouver Island!

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[Netserk]

performance today as expected where he lets go early and then gets back again

after the itt cicco should help him when not in breaks

 

[Brullnux]

performance today as expected where he lets go early and then gets back again

after the itt cicco should help him when not in breaks

Ciccone will want to win a stage and there's a chance tomorrow but also Stage 11 and 13, which might be won from the peloton.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

performance today as expected where he lets go early and then gets back again

after the itt cicco should help him when not in breaks

I still have faith in the podium after today. Not a bad ride.

 

[Netserk]

I still have faith in the podium after today. Not a bad ride.

i wrote in the thread that hed get fifth today , but oconnor and rondel were very good

i still think he is more likely to end up fourth or fifth , but the giro is long and his opponents have weaknesses too