Teams & Riders Geraint Thomas

[Samu Cuenca]

Valverde's career did (for some) feel longer than it actually was, but that is still some RhD level maths.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

never in Le Tour where his best result was 9th in his last decade of racing it. Valverde reached 2 GT podiums in the last 15 years of his career so just not the same level of GT rider

Good to see sam hocking is still dedicating himself to the pro team sky trolling 5 years after everyone else stopped caring. A dying art.

Valverde all GT podiums:
-2003 Vuelta
-2006 Vuelta
-2009 Vuelta
-2012 Vuelta
-2013 Vuelta
-2014 Vuelta
-2015 tour
-2016 giro
-2019 Vuelta

He podiums a grand tour at 18 months older than g Thomas got his last podium, and was much closer to the win than g Thomas was (he basically just rode around Italy 3 weeks and ended up in third)

It's fair to compare their longevity

 

[topcat]

G will retire this year and Froome will hang up his sand shoes unless we set up a GoFundMe page for him. In the old days, we'd expect Josh Tarling to be turned into a Tour de France winner but it seems like other teams have cottoned on. It's the end of an era and there will be no nostalgia.

 

[Tim Cahill]

G will retire this year and Froome will hang up his sand shoes unless we set up a GoFundMe page for him. In the old days, we'd expect Josh Tarling to be turned into a Tour de France winner but it seems like other teams have cottoned on. It's the end of an era and there will be no nostalgia.

You mean you won't fondly remember Geraint being blown off like a paper doll? Wiggins mythical wet descending in the Giro? Joaquim Rodriguez punching Phil Deignan? It's been ages since a proper dust up, if there's one thing we need more of in cycling it's wanton violence.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Err…you may want to double check Valverde’s palmeres there !
He podiumed GTs 9 times, with 3 of them when older than 35…not to mention other stage race wins & GT top 10s.

to be fair (even though its a stretch and a weird stat to bring up considering thomas rarely road 2 a year)

i think he means the last 15 times he road a grand tour, not years.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It does because he wasn't very competitive very often for GT podiums like Thomas in the end of his career and never in Le Tour where his best result was 9th in his last decade of racing it. Valverde reached 2 GT podiums in the last 15 years of his career so just not the same level of GT rider and neither should he have been he wasn't really focused on GT exclusively. Thomas reached 5 GT podiums in last 9 years of his career and half of that career after being a domestique post Track, something Valverde never really did either.

I wasn't talking about Valverde, hon.

 

[RedheadDane]

I wasn't talking about Valverde, hon.

Wiggins didn't podium - or even ride - a GT after his TdF win. In 2012.

 

[Jan the Man]

Wiggins didn't podium - or even ride - a GT after his TdF win. In 2012.

Giro 2013??

 

[RedheadDane]

Giro 2013??

Okay, partially rode. (DNSed stage 13).

 

[rallybanana]

BBC News suggested that the last stage of ToB would finish in Cardiff, so perhaps this story was also intended to be a bit of pre-publicity for the race.

For superstition reasons they should include the climb of the Tumble on the final stage. It would be preferable for Thomas to finish his career with the Tumble rather than with a tumble.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

For superstition reasons they should include the climb of the Tumble on the final stage. It would be preferable for Thomas to finish his career with the Tumble rather than with a tumble.

Well he might do both.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Wiggins didn't podium - or even ride - a GT after his TdF win. In 2012.

He also wasn't 37, nor is he cycling's equivalent to Godwin's Law.

 

[RedheadDane]

He also wasn't 37, nor is he cycling's equivalent to Godwin's Law.

Then I'm not sure...

 

[Izzyeviel]

Okay, partially rode. (DNSed stage 13).

Pogacar wins the Giro & everyone says its the most boring race ever....but Wiggo does a few stages one year & over a decade later, we're still talking about it.

Makes you think.

 

[RedheadDane]

Pogacar wins the Giro & everyone says its the most boring race ever....but Wiggo does a few stages one year & over a decade later, we're still talking about it.

Makes you think.

Well, I had to go look it up.

 

[awavey]

Pogacar wins the Giro & everyone says its the most boring race ever....but Wiggo does a few stages one year & over a decade later, we're still talking about it.

Makes you think.

nope, its only because we seem to playing a weird game of 10 questions it even got brought up.

 

[RedheadDane]

Come on, @Libertine Seguros, tell us. Who is the mystery guy you were referring to?

 

[Davesta]

Come on, @Libertine Seguros, tell us. Who is the mystery guy you were referring to?

I'm guessing it's Lance Armstrong.
But then he doesn't have any podium results in GTs, and he retired 15 years ago so depends on your definition of "recent"...so maybe not...

 

[Rob5091]

G to lead out Ganna at MSR ... Pogi does n't have a chance!
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...n-tadej-pogacar-for-this-years-milano-sanremo