Emanuel Buchmann thread

[QueenStagiaire]

Where?

On his local climb, Pfänder, on Strava

 

[Red Rick]

On his local climb, Pfänder, on Strava

Training data is not race data. Contador did like 7.3 for 20 minutes in training while doing far less on Verbier.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Perhaps he might want to consider 'pushing 7/wkg for 18 minutes' in an actual race instead of on a passive aggressive strava post, then he might finish only 2 minutes behind team pursuits Ethan Hayter in the next mountainous stage race he does, rather than 3.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I think Bora should have taken buchmann to the giro purely because their team for the race is weird and he would offer more value than kock, Mullen or aleotti.

But I'm not under any illusions that he would be a podium threat.

If you're a 31 year old guy who was a pro for 9 years, and it takes a public dispute with your boss to be motivated enough to push yourself to the limit on a training climb, probably you won't be too successful

 

[ciranda]

they chose Mullen over him, I get that he's super mad

 

[Lequack]

Where?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787052114419556369

View: https://twitter.com/NaichacaCycling/status/1787052114419556369

 

[QueenStagiaire]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787052114419556369

View: https://twitter.com/NaichacaCycling/status/1787052114419556369

I looked at the Lanterne Rouge climbing chart and it‘s officially meh

 

[Filippo_3467]

Maybe they nominate him for Hungary and he can show his form there. He was good in Frankfurt but not of the charts crazy good. In 2018 or 2019 he was better on the Mammolshain climb although the race was overall easier.

We also should wait until the Giro is over...who thought Denz would win 2 stages last year. Maybe Koch or van Poppel with Mullen can surprise. Rider selection for the mountaineous stuff looks really great with Schachmann and Martinez getting on the stage podium and Aleotti/Lipowitz with great to fantastic domestique work. Hard to argue about that atm.

 

[Rob5091]

Buchmann having a year he'll want to forget I think. Stage 2 of the TdS
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/emanuel-buchmann-breaks-collarbone-and-hip-in-tour-de-suisse-crash/
"Examinations have revealed a broken collarbone and a broken hip. He‘ll need to undergo surgery for both injuries. We’re wishing Emu all the best and a swift recovery!"

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

He's out of contract after the season too. Really bad timing.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

At least he‘s not in laughable shape now but he won‘t be relevant again in his career I fear.

 

[geisterhome]

Impressed by Buchmann being in the first group today, he wasn't able to ride punchy hills at all the last years, can see him making it quite comfortably into the top 10 in the GC this TDF.

(..was already abt to post it in the TDF stage 2 thread, but then I felt I want to be remembered as the one who called it in case he really manages it)

 

[OJRvE]

So Buchmann will try to Zubedia his way into top 10 rather than going for stage wins?

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

So Buchmann will try to Zubedia his way into top 10 rather than going for stage wins?

Tbf that's basically all he ever done his whole career.

But yeah, surprised to see him get the same time as MVDP or Pogacar on a stage like this. Would be hilarious if he - fueled by his anger of being iced out at Bora - gets his best GT result since that infamous 2019 Tour in this years Tour with freaking Cofidis (I'm not counting riding Hindleys coattail in the 2022 Giro to 7th in GC as a result).

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Thermonuclear buchhmann please it would be beautiful

 

[QueenStagiaire]

He was all-time terrible today, this completely reverses my optimism.

 

[MagliaNera]

Buchmann lost another 6 minutes on the main top 10 contenders yesterday. Of course that was not at all his terrain, but it's very hard to imagine him sneaking into the top 10 in GC at this point. 10 minutes to 10th place is a lot and I don't expect too many guys ahead of him to completely crack in the mountains.

This might be his last Tour and Cofidis is fighting relegation, so the question is what will be his strategy for the high mountains. I think that, from a points perspective, it's clear: the difference between 15th and 30th in GC is only 60 points, so a top 5 in a stage would already be worth more. Will we see him in the break in some of the tougher mountain stages in the next two weeks?

 

[search]

Will we see him in the break in some of the tougher mountain stages in the next two weeks?

he yesterday said that the plan was to make a decision on the rest day, but with this gap now, going for stages would obviously the better choice.

Problem is, that apart from the final two mountain stages, more or less all starts are flat. He will struggle to make any breakaways this Tour, no matter what he plans to do.