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But look at the Froome/Contador duels or the Froome/Quintana duels or Landa/Contador/Aru at the Giro. Froome and some version of Fabio Aru are the two riders in this race that have been able to really force selections among peak-form GT contenders. Yates, Pinot, Chaves, Lopez and Dumoulin could all get there someday but they haven't shown it yet. I think Dumoulin kind of did by going head-to-head with Nibali and Quintana, but he's only done it once, and he wasn't the one forcing things.
So I the Giro is not that loaded, in a way: there's no guarantee that the winner will be fully tested. But I think that's the wrong way to see it. I think we can look back at that once the race is over.
I sort of agree with DFA. Not about Valverde, at least in 2018. And I do think the Giro has a pretty strong startlist.DFA123 said:He has.
But look at the Froome/Contador duels or the Froome/Quintana duels or Landa/Contador/Aru at the Giro. Froome and some version of Fabio Aru are the two riders in this race that have been able to really force selections among peak-form GT contenders. Yates, Pinot, Chaves, Lopez and Dumoulin could all get there someday but they haven't shown it yet. I think Dumoulin kind of did by going head-to-head with Nibali and Quintana, but he's only done it once, and he wasn't the one forcing things.
So I the Giro is not that loaded, in a way: there's no guarantee that the winner will be fully tested. But I think that's the wrong way to see it. I think we can look back at that once the race is over.