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Sadly you get the same argument from many live commentators. Heard/read it a few times already wrt Dumoulin.
Cf. Cancellara 'tt-ing' up the Muur leaving Boonen for dead in 2010.
Whether that was due to rampant doping or a motor (or both), fact is his tt-qualities had little to do with it, imo. Yet practically all commentators I listened to gave that as the reason he was able to leave Boonen for dead on a 20% climb.
this.The Hitch said:classicomano said:Cobo and Horner also dominated the mountain stages and dropped the whole peloton by minutes. Dumoulin just TT'd up a mountain and finished 9th. I love how people exaggerate everything by the power of 10.LeindersGains said:StannisBaratheon said:Vuelta is juice paradise, Cobo, Horner, and now this. The race is becoming laughable.
At least Cobo and Horner are climbers. Dumoulin is Indurain all over again but with better dope.
Even full doped-up Astana team (we all know what they did in the rest day) couldn't blow him up on one of the hardest GT stages ever.
Not sure I get the "he ttd up a mountain" explanation for when tter learns to climb.
It seems to me like a false attempt to make the ascent seem as something that suits dumoulins (and others before him) strengths, by throwing out a word that doesn't belong.
The mountain had nothing to do with tting, nor the stage. If you mean to say he paced himself, well they all did that. And all always do that. It's how mountains are ridden.
Sadly you get the same argument from many live commentators. Heard/read it a few times already wrt Dumoulin.
Cf. Cancellara 'tt-ing' up the Muur leaving Boonen for dead in 2010.
Whether that was due to rampant doping or a motor (or both), fact is his tt-qualities had little to do with it, imo. Yet practically all commentators I listened to gave that as the reason he was able to leave Boonen for dead on a 20% climb.