I really wish the sharks hand is good for tomorrow
He will position and position Ciccone until he ends up in the winning move.
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I really wish the sharks hand is good for tomorrow
Great stage we have lined up for us tomorrow: Stage 11 Giro 2021
Dennis was at the 2018 Giro riding for GC until he got blown out of it on Finestre.Dennis and Van Aert are clearly top 5 TTers and had they been here and riding for GC I reckon they would be top 15 at the rest day as well.
I think Kittel had a World junior TT title. I'm not sure age grade races reflect what a rider will go on to do in senior ranks.
I included Nibali there as someone who would be considered more likely to win a race in the mountains, than against the clock.
I think in all honesty TGH is in a different category to pretty much any recent GT winner. I'll just call it the "2020 Giro category" and leave it at that.ok, let's try differently. in GTs Nibali is generally among the best out of GC contenders in ITT.
And I still don't get why he would be in a different category than TGH.
I think in all honesty TGH is in a different category to pretty much any recent GT winner. I'll just call it the "2020 Giro category" and leave it at that.
I agree that Nibali is better than most GT contenders of the 2010s against the clock. My point was that of recent multiple GT winners, he and Contador are the closest to being someone you could call a "pure climber." Nibali's stage wins in the mountains in 2014 were the sort of climbing dominance you usually see from someone nicknamed after a bird, or likely to be blown away by a stiff breeze anywhere above 2000m.
Good idea, could you and Leinster try differently—as in a different thread?ok, let's try differently. in GTs Nibali is generally among the best out of GC contenders in ITT.
And I still don't get why he would be in a different category than TGH.
I wasn’t inferring either could win the race overall just that at this point in the race I think they would be well capable of being in or very close to the Maglia Rosa after 10 stages especially Van Aert who could have picked up lots of bonus seconds with the way the sprints have panned out.Dennis was at the 2018 Giro riding for GC until he got blown out of it on Finestre.
If the current generation of TT specialists had the wherewithal to be GC riders, you'd see them riding for GC. Roche, Lemond and Fignon were mentioned earlier as riders who won GTs by being able to win mountain stages and ITTs (and after them, Rominger); the equivalent to them in today's peloton is surely the likes of ROG, POG, Froome, Thomas, who have all won TT and mountain stages.
And lest we forget, Hampsten and Herrera both won GTs back in the 80s. And Pantani beat Ullrich in a TdF with over 120kms of ITT.
Who are the top GC riders presently? Roglic and Pogacar. Who is the most hyped GC talent? Evenepoel. Who was the dominant GC rider of the last period? Froome. The pinnacle of GC riding is still continuously occupied by extremely strong ITT riders, not one sided climbing specialists.
There are excellent ITT specialists who can’t compete for GC or at least haven’t done so, so far, like Ganna, Dennis, Kung. But excellent climbing specialists who ITT as well as Kung climbs also struggle as GC men. I don’t see why it would be more balanced if a Kung or Ganna was winning GTs. Simon Yates is probably the worst TTist to win a GT in the recent period. Despite being probably one of the three best climbers in the world he has won precisely one Vuelta and he’s not that bad a TTist.
There has been a shift from TTing to climbing, I absolutely agree. But I don’t think the current mixture is as unbalanced as you are making out when you look at the riders who actually win.
I think it definitely comes down to definitions.I guess it's a question of definitions then. My definition at least for the 2014 Tour is that Nibali was the best in the mountains and the best in the ITT out of GC contenders, so he was the best all-rounder.
But I see where you're coming from.
Nah. On Thursday, the action will be short lived as 15 of the top 16 bonk early. Stage 11 is where the damage will be done.I would keep half my expectations for Thursday's stage.
Do you even digression, bro?Good idea, could you and Leinster try differently—as in a different thread?
Hey, that's my line.Do you even digression, bro?
Going by your earlier predictions, there is no chance in hell Ciccone is taking pink here.Watch Ciccone take the maglia rosa like the sprightly gecko he is
Dude, Evenepoel already announced two years ago that Bettiol is riding nowhere.I really hope Bettiol will have the chance to ride for himself.
With the legs he has shown so far in the Giro he can do some damage on the sterrato.
My mistakeum... that was precisely my point.
if you have been following...
Evenepoel, who was kicking a pig's bladder around at the age when he should have been riding off-road for fun
It's OK, we have Vin(cenz)oOne has to remember what made the 2010 stage and the race for that sake so good was Vino always attacking, if evenepoel is allowed to go from far it could be good, otherwise its just a snoozefest
Much has been said about the possibility of Bernal (ex MTBer, alongside VdP and the others at the end of the gravel sections in Strade Bianche, etc) as a real contender for tomorrow. What of Evenepoel, who was kicking a pig's bladder around at the age when he should have been riding off-road for fun? Bike handling does not seem to be a great strength of his, although his team support should be outstanding. Can he stay in contention, or is he riding for damage limitation?