But who's bag?Thomas has this in the bag.
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But who's bag?Thomas has this in the bag.
Yeah exactly like last years VueltaLike last year's Vuelta also?
I really don't get this bad startlist thing.
Actually, this year Giro will have the best sprinting field for a GT with Demare, Gaviria, Ewan. For me Demare and Ackermann are the most in-form sprinters at the moment so having one of them in the race will be really good. Then we have riders like Sagan and Matthews who are great riders and will probably see a lot of TV time.
And in terms of GC we have Yates, Thomas, Nibali, Fuglsang and Kruijsiwjk as A riders. Imo all of them could've podiumed this year TdF if they would've ride it. And about domestiques? Mitchelton will bring for Yates their best 2 doms in Haig and Hamilton. Astana will send Vlasov who is probably their best mountain dom right now and he can actually do a good GC for himself. Also the addition of Lopez will strength their team greatly. Nibali if Ciccone will be recovered will also have a great dom and Sky team with Sosa, Tao and Dunbar has really good potential. Basically, only Krujiswijk will be without a real lieutenant but that's because Jumbo put all their eggs into TdF.
Finally, I'm really curios to see what team is Sky sending. If they will come with something for Thomas like Sosa, Tao, Dunbar, Narvaez, Dennis, Puccio, Ganna I expect them to try and control it from the very first day. Still I expect one of the climbers to be saved for the Vuelta(Tao maybe) and not sure if Dennis is confirmed or not.
Field was at the time, just as tough as last years Vuelta.That Vuelta had nowhere near as tough a week 3 or field though
Wait what?I really don't get this bad startlist thing.
Actually, this year Giro will have the best sprinting field for a GT with Demare, Gaviria, Ewan. For me Demare and Ackermann are the most in-form sprinters at the moment so having one of them in the race will be really good. Then we have riders like Sagan and Matthews who are great riders and will probably see a lot of TV time.
And in terms of GC we have Yates, Thomas, Nibali, Fuglsang and Kruijsiwjk as A riders. Imo all of them could've podiumed this year TdF if they would've ride it. And about domestiques? Mitchelton will bring for Yates their best 2 doms in Haig and Hamilton. Astana will send Vlasov who is probably their best mountain dom right now and he can actually do a good GC for himself. Also the addition of Lopez will strength their team greatly. Nibali if Ciccone will be recovered will also have a great dom and Sky team with Sosa, Tao and Dunbar has really good potential. Basically, only Krujiswijk will be without a real lieutenant but that's because Jumbo put all their eggs into TdF.
Finally, I'm really curios to see what team is Sky sending. If they will come with something for Thomas like Sosa, Tao, Dunbar, Narvaez, Dennis, Puccio, Ganna I expect them to try and control it from the very first day. Still I expect one of the climbers to be saved for the Vuelta(Tao maybe) and not sure if Dennis is confirmed or not.
I agreeField was at the time, just as tough as last years Vuelta.
Oof, that looks way too strong for my liking. Have to hope Thomas is sh*t nowI would be surprised to see Bernal at the Giro. Surely from his perspective it makes more sense to go to the Vuelta? That would give him some more recovery time.
Not sure what Ineos’ team will look like but suspect it will be something like-
Thomas
Sosa
Tao G-Hart
Henao
Dennis
Ganna
Puccio
Dunbar (if recovered)
On paper that looks a strong well balanced team.
Nah we only need to steal his power meterOof, that looks way too strong for my liking. Have to hope Thomas is sh*t now
Finally, I'm really curios to see what team is Sky sending. If they will come with something for Thomas like Sosa, Tao, Dunbar, Narvaez, Dennis, Puccio, Ganna I expect them to try and control it from the very first day.
Androni have made public their selection. No room for Miguel Eduardo Flórez who - in Argentina - proved to be a much better rider than Remco ().
He has really not found that level since the break.
Just perfect. That looks exactly as crappy as an Italian pro conti poster should look like. Truly represents the team.