I seriously think those days are over for Evans.SoNiK4 said:Any thoughts on him coming into the Tour less tired will help his chances at podium?
I wish him all the luck this Tour, but I don't think he can do it anymore and certainly not on this course.SoNiK4 said:Seeing there was a thread started about Basso's more "aggressive" approach this year, I thought I'd refer to Evans coming in a bit more low key.
Any thoughts on him coming into the Tour less tired will help his chances at podium?
How so? Bert still may not ride.theyoungest said:It will help his chances, but I liked the all-year-round Evans a lot more. And he couldn't have picked a worse Tour to completely focus on.
Not a lot of TT km's. He's proven unable to ascend with Basso based on the Giro last year, let alone Schleck.taiwan said:How so? Bert still may not ride.
Even at the Giro he had peaked too early because of the Ardennes. His support will definitely be improved as well. I think this is worth doing. Not that I'm generally for scrapping the whole season in favour of the one race.kurtinsc said:Not a lot of TT km's. He's proven unable to ascend with Basso based on the Giro last year, let alone Schleck.
I have no problem with him targeting the Tour as far as GT's go... none of the GT's support a strong TT-type guy this year. Hopefully he'll still try to ride hard at P-N or T-A and the Ardennes though.
Angliru said:One would have to question who was behind making his race program in the past based on his recent confession that he's constantly arrived at the Tour fatigued. At what point does the light come on in one's head that maybe scaling back the pre-Tour race schedule may be a way to combat the yearly fatigue that he's felt in early July? Considering he also stated that he finds it quite difficult to not go all out in any race he competes then why didn't he and his managers limit the number of races in his program?
Yes, and I think if Evans were able to win the TdF, he would race quite a bit after that. Much in the way he committed himself to honoring the Rainbow jersey, I would bet that he would make quite a few appearances as the "2011 TdF Winner," given the opportunity.hrotha said:At least he can do the Vuelta and the autumn classics afterwards.
I think it is a good thing though the Cycling news article is an old one.kurtinsc said:Not a lot of TT km's. He's proven unable to ascend with Basso based on the Giro last year, let alone Schleck.
I have no problem with him targeting the Tour as far as GT's go... none of the GT's support a strong TT-type guy this year. Hopefully he'll still try to ride hard at P-N or T-A and the Ardennes though.
I think it will help his chances. But as others have said, at his age and with THIS Tour route his chances aren't good. Umm, coming at this point in his career, does the move to a light schedule mean Cadel thinks this is his last shot to win the Tour? I don't know but it kinda looks that way. I'd like to see him win it, but I wouldn't put money on it.SoNiK4 said:Seeing there was a thread started about Basso's more "aggressive" approach this year, I thought I'd refer to Evans coming in a bit more low key.
Any thoughts on him coming into the Tour less tired will help his chances at podium?
I might be wrong, but to me that doesn't look like a light schedule. Unless he intends to soft-pedal all those 1 week races he will come to the TDF tired. Why would he do catalunya, Pais Vasco, romandie and dauphine? That's almost as tiresome as doing the giro...auscyclefan94 said:I think it is a good thing though the Cycling news article is an old one.
His program is
Giro Del Friuli
Monte Paschi Eroica
Tirenno Adriatico
Catalunya
Pais Vasco
Amstel
Fleche
Romandie
Dauphine
The only thing I am not happy about is he is probably skipping Liege. Dump Amstel for Liege. Amstel is the around the same distance so that is not an issue. Do Liege which he has a good chance of at least reaching the podium let alone the top step
Anyway, I think if he prepares well he should definetly have a good chance of taking out the tdf title.