Von Mises said:
huge said:
SeriousSam said:
This is what a Vuelta winner and Giro runner-up looks like doing the Tour de France. It's a different league. He'll have to step up to be competitive in the Tour.
Oh, come on!!! Until this morning he was 6th in GC and just 1.30 from a podium spot.
Still, he was disapointing. But I guess, he was a bit overhyped anyway.
Disappointing? Yes.
Overhyped? I don't think so. He is a very strong rider, but no one was expecting anything more than a very good GC position at this Tour, possibly a podium spot, which up until this morning was still in his sight.
Last year he was the favourite for the Vuelta and he won it.
He was aiming at the Giro and he got second, behind someone called Contador.
This is probably his first big failure in his pro career.
I don't see how he is overhyped.