6. He's back to his old ways of falling off his bike every three or four stages. I reckon he has another tumble in him.Cookster15 said:
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This TdF has the same credibility as his win or second place: zero. He is the icing on the cake of crap Sky cooked for almost a decade after Sir TUE and Dawg.
I was laughing at the one-eyed nature of the comment, stating something which is true which supports the argument they're making but ignoring something which is equally true which blows it to smithereens. "rubbing shoulders with Gaudu" (who he beat by nearly 30 seconds, mind) might suggest that the performance is not out of the ordinary (then again, at Gaudu's current age the nearest thing to a credible GT performance Thomas had was coming 21st at the Dauphiné in 2010), but they omit "dropping Tadej freaking Pogačar by over a minute" which is not the kind of thing that "adds credibility" to your transformation from injury-prone northern Classics man to climbing up HC mountains with the heads of state.
I would not think the person who was one eyed was the one who had commented as this TdF being credible for the entire peloton and for Pogacar as well. Rather youd have to be zero eyed to draw the conclusion that I've been one eyed. Your vision also seems impaired by conventiantly ignoring my mention of Quintana and Bardet (who Geraint also rubbed shoulders with).
Are you suggesting Geraint's performance relative to all of Yates, Gaudu, Vingegaard, Quintana and Bardet was comically unbelievable? Yes, the age is very much against him but he is an unusual case in that he didn't transition to 30-40mins extended speed endurance until he had bagged a bundle of gold medals. Coming late to the game and being a diesel may be things that help guys get a GT top 10 (which he looks like doing) into their mid-30s.
Well, lends him 'more' credibility would perhaps be a more accurate reflection of my opinion. I would never say any GT victory is completely credible. My point is showing that the speed to compete for a GT top 5-10 is probably within him. I doubt he would risk his legacy as a TdF winner and multi gold medal winner by getting sanctioned for cheating en route to a top 10 TdF finish. That'd be madness. He wouldn't be anywhere near the conversation for a podium had Roglic and O'Connor not had problems.
To me, yes. Geraint's performance today was amusing. But what is my opinion vs. anyone else's? I'm an old hermit with senility issues, and I post on CN forums way too much. Still, I did enjoy today's stage for a whole host of reasons. G's performance was part of the complete soup. It's all good.
I compared Geraint at the age Gaudu is now. When he was a classics specialist. That isn't 15 years ago.I would not think the person who was one eyed was the one who had commented as this TdF being credible for the entire peloton and for Pogacar as well. Rather youd have to be zero eyed to draw the conclusion that I've been one eyed. Your vision also seems impaired by conventiantly ignoring my mention of Quintana and Bardet (who Geraint also rubbed shoulders with).
I wonder does your definition of 'one eyed' include comparing Geraint 15 years ago (he won gold for team pursuit at Olympics and World Champs when he was a year older than Gaudu now) to Gaudu? I wouldn't call that one eyed. More, no brained.
Ah yes, the "he would never dope, because it would suck if he got caught" argument. Never heard that one before.
Thomas was actually quicker on the Alpe today then when he won there in 2018. He was micro dropped a number of times but was strong enough to get back. Strong ride by him today.
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