Edvald Boasson Hagen - How Good Is He

[Henrik]

Boasson will announce his new team tomorrow, and Brian Holm is obviously sad to see him go from Columbia. He said something along the lines of Boasson needing only to loose 3 kg to look like a winner of the Tour de France.

 

[auscyclefan94]

What amazes me about EBH is that he is so versitile and can be helpful when the road goes uphill, downhill, flat, in a sprint, in a tt etc. he's the rider any team would want to have on their roster!

 

[blackcat]

Boasson will announce his new team tomorrow, and Brian Holm is obviously sad to see him go from Columbia. He said something along the lines of Boasson needing only to loose 3 kg to look like a winner of the Tour de France.

big call, but great talent. Could be a field sprinter, and cobbles classics man, or ride GC.

 

[Anonymous]

from the transfer thread..

The thing that so awesome about him is that he always seem to deliver. If he's in a break with other riders he'l almost always the one that takes the sprint. Normally when you see a break it's quite clear who the best sprinter ought to be but so does everyone else so they get watched and outmaneuvered but that happens very rarely with EBH.

The only one that is equally consistent is Cavendish who does get helped by his lead out alot but still perfoms very consistently when it's time for him to start his sprint.

3 stages in the tour avenir was one thing but he stood out for me in the tour of britain in 2008, after the first stage win he was great, but on the next two you just knew what he was going to do, everyone knew what he was going to do, and nobody could do a thing about it.. sat on the sofa that day with the wife and we both just looked at each other and said "that guys gonna win paris roubaix".. the guys not so much a sprinter, certainly can beat anyone in a small group, but over 1k, or 1.5k theres barely anyone can tough him. Id like to see him go up 1 on 1 against hausler.. i know who would win, but it would make great racing..

 

[No_Balls]

Boasson will announce his new team tomorrow, and Brian Holm is obviously sad to see him go from Columbia. He said something along the lines of Boasson needing only to loose 3 kg to look like a winner of the Tour de France.

Ok, ok...we got the point. He is the favorite for the Tour de France. Gay-thread.

 

[Cito13]

Don't you read cyclingnews.com?

Team Sky announced 10 new riders yesterday, published on this website yesterday morning:

Edvald Boasson Hagen, Thomas Lövkvist, Kurt Asle Arvesen, Simon Gerrans, Juan Antonio Flecha, Kjell Calström, John Lee Augustyn, Greg Henderson, Lars Petter Nordhaug and Morris Possoni.

 

[blackcat]

like JLA myself. Great addition

 

[workingclasshero]

Ok, ok...we got the point. He is the favorite for the Tour de France. Gay-thread.

i'll tell you who's gay. homosexuals

 

[Anonymous]

i'll tell you who's gay. homosexuals

They are a happy lot, aren't they?

 

[issoisso]

 

[Anonymous]

i think someone should learn how to spell redundancy...

now can we get back to EBH?

 

[issoisso]

i think someone should learn how to spell redundancy...

First time I saw the picture above, that's what I found most funny

 

[Bumeington]

Certainly an incredible talent. At such a young age, he could set out in a variety of directions in his career. Personally I think whilst he could do almost anything he will achieve more aiming to emulate Tom Boonen (not by doing coke) and aiming for the cobbled classics, field sprints, the world championships, and grand tour prologues. He could dominate cycling in this way, I think by aiming to chase the grand tours he would be better than an also ran but would not being winning every year (if at all).

 

[Kristian]

Four stage wins in a row now in ToB. Pretty impressive.

 

[Bala Verde]

Four stage wins in a row now in ToB. Pretty impressive.

Laurens ten Dam on twitter:

Cycling is a sport, a bunch of riders start, and at the end wins Edvald Boasson Hagen! It isn't funny anymore.

 

[racerralph]

As Laurens Ten Dam said....It isn't funny anymore! No, it isn't! It's AMAZING!
Wow, he has been the revelation since the Tour (not that he wasn't already racking them up before the Tour) I tell you one thing though. You've got to hand it to Stapleton and his crew. Wow, did they fill out some roster. With Cavendish, Greipel and Boasson Hagen. They have kicked peloton **** all year. I'm sure Edvald's departure will be sorely felt by Columbia-HTC, as he moves to Team Sky for next year.But that sets up some great stuff next year between Cav, Boasson Hagen, Greipel, Farrar, Haussler. The next generation has arrived, and it sure is exciting!
Ride like the Wind, Edvald!!

 

[hektoren]

Ride like the Wind, Edvald!!

King Edvald the fourth!!!

 

[afpm90]

As Laurens Ten Dam said....It isn't funny anymore! No, it isn't! It's AMAZING!
Wow, he has been the revelation since the Tour (not that he wasn't already racking them up before the Tour)

Since the Tour? He didn't even go to th Tour. He's been showing himself way before the Tour.

 

[Pharazon]

Since the Tour? He didn't even go to th Tour. He's been showing himself way before the Tour.

he won a stage of the giro didn't he?

 

[ingsve]

Since the Tour? He didn't even go to th Tour. He's been showing himself way before the Tour.

I think the Tour here only represents a dividing line of the season between spring season and fall season and doesn't imply that he rode the tour.

Looking at what he has done in Tour of Poland, Eneco Tour and now Tour of Britain is quite outstanding.

Before the Tour he rode a much tougher program with his first visits to the spring classics plus the Giro so eventhough he did very well there as well with Gent Wevelgem and the Giro it wasn't as visibly outstanding as his latest results have been.

 

[Henrik]

He just keep on winning. I hope he will get a good Worlds next week.

 

[the truth.]

tour of Boasson

some result! 4 in a row?
i dont remember a rider with a result like this.

Any other performances in history like this?
Is it down to team organisation- bringing a sprinter to 250m mark in a bunch. 1-2-3-......."radio killed the breakaway star"

 

[samb01]

Any other performances in history like this?

...oh boy.

 

[issoisso]

Any other performances in history like this?

In low level unimportant races such as this? Yes, many many many many. In big races? yes, also.

5 years ago Petacchi won 9 stages of the same Giro. And that was against top class opposition

 

[racerralph]

Since the Tour? He didn't even go to th Tour. He's been showing himself way before the Tour.

My man, I never said he went to the Tour. what I was saying was that since the Grand Battles of the Tour. He has been THE story. Prior to that he took a stage at the Giro, as mentioned. And he took Gent Wevelgem. (not too shabby)
I think he was given a rest for the tour because Columbia-HTC was dedicating fully to Cav, and that's also reason why Greipel wasn't enlisted in France either. And ultimately, this town wasn't big enough for the 3 of 'em, so Edvald has taken to the road, off to Team Sky. Don't know why you were confused with my post but I hope that has cleared it up for you, if it hasn't already been cleared up