I didn't vote, i thought the 2020 edition was for this season but apparently it's an end-of-season thing.
There are a lot of guys that could win a GT. If Hesjedal and Hart can win the Giro, than so can Mas or Buchmann, for instance. Could easily see Carthy do the same circumstances willing. A lot of luck is involved anyway. Especially in the Giro or Vuelta, there are often only one or two real contenders, so if they crash out, it's up for grabs.
I would also have expected some of Sivakov, Vlasov, Martinez, De Plus... get a mention in the list. I think all of them have as much chance, if not more, to win a GT in the future than Hindley for instance.
The premise that Evenepol would beat the world record holder in an 8km flat ITT in Tirreno after making a huge leap in performance shattering the course record by like 20s is ridiculous.
There were no favorable wind conditions? Ganna actually beat the course record (pound for pound) by 3s per km? Because if there were favorable wind conditions, how can you even compare? The interesting thing, is that in that case Campenaerts also beat the previous course record by 8s. Suddenly it doesn't have the same ring to it. Campenaerts won the same ITT last year, while he was 23s slower than he was this year. Talk about a ridiculous premise, Rick. If you want to compare numbers, consider the context or don't even bother.
All these guys you mentioned weren't exactly in great shape in the early races. Like, saying just because he beat Ganna in January in an ITT doesn't mean he'd beat him later in the season after Ganna makes a gigantic leap in performance.
Pogacar got Roglstomped around in the Dauphine. Then the Tour happened. Evenepoel could win his first GT next year, but I don't support the blind insistence he'd just casually dominate because he won some prep races
Yeah, because Evenepoel was already peaking in San Juan obviously, and unlike Ganna, Evenepoel being 4 years younger would not make any progress anymore. Makes sense.
Early races. What does that mean by the way? Poland ended less than 3 weeks before the start of the TDF. Burgos was a week before that. Evenepoel was peaking for the Giro which started a month after the TDF. But i assume DQT are all idiots who don't know how to get someone in form, and they must have grossly misstimed his peak if we are to follow your train of thought.
Ganna won the WCC by less than 1s/km. That's a lot less than it has been in previous editions. He beat van Aert, who came out of the TDF where he had to dig deep every day, had already been performing since Strade and didn't get a specific prep towards the WCC ITT. He had barely touched his ITT bike this year. In fact, before he won the nationals ITT, he said he had only been on his ITT bike once. While Ganna was able to prep for the WCC and it was a goal in itself. To think a rested, well prepared and on form Evenepoel wouldn't have been a contender (and i'm being polite here) in the WCC ITT (and RR) would indeed be a ridiculous premise.