Aesthetically, there is nobody quite like him. How he rides with his shoulders drawn up and constantly makes his front wheel swerve from side to side while simultaneously grinding a huge gear is quite unique.
Yet somehow, Pello Bilbao makes it work. 6th in the Giro in 2018, two stage wins in 2019 and now he seems to be going for another high GC placing in the Giro. After having ridden the Tour. And the WCRR. And the WCITT. And become Spanish National ITT champion before the Tour. After having ridden the Dauphiné.
He probably has the most ambitious schedule of the pro peloton post-lockdown and I don't see him not cracking. Yet, that probably wouldn't hinder a top 10 as a lot of riders are looking like cracking or have question marks over them.
In 2018 he carried the good form from the Giro (where he had ridden for GC) into the Dauphiné and managed to win a stage where he somehow held off the favourites even if it was looking like he would be caught any second since the bottom of the final climb. He didn't go for GC in the Tour and should thus be less fatigued than back then but well, it's still a tough ask.
Yet somehow, Pello Bilbao makes it work. 6th in the Giro in 2018, two stage wins in 2019 and now he seems to be going for another high GC placing in the Giro. After having ridden the Tour. And the WCRR. And the WCITT. And become Spanish National ITT champion before the Tour. After having ridden the Dauphiné.
He probably has the most ambitious schedule of the pro peloton post-lockdown and I don't see him not cracking. Yet, that probably wouldn't hinder a top 10 as a lot of riders are looking like cracking or have question marks over them.
In 2018 he carried the good form from the Giro (where he had ridden for GC) into the Dauphiné and managed to win a stage where he somehow held off the favourites even if it was looking like he would be caught any second since the bottom of the final climb. He didn't go for GC in the Tour and should thus be less fatigued than back then but well, it's still a tough ask.