theyoungest said:Porte has been impressive. And lucky.
Lucky? Mollema should've been in the break himself. No use moaning about that.
theyoungest said:Porte has been impressive. And lucky.
So if Arroyo had won the Giro, it would have been down to pure strength rather than luck? No way.Moondance said:Lucky? Mollema should've been in the break himself. No use moaning about that.
Moondance said:Lucky? Mollema should've been in the break himself. No use moaning about that.
theyoungest said:So if Arroyo had won the Giro, it would have been down to pure strength rather than luck? No way.
theyoungest said:So if Arroyo had won the Giro, it would have been down to pure strength rather than luck? No way.
Spare Tyre said:Rather than ranking them, I'm happy for all the young guys who did well. What a great experience for them, to hold their own amongst the leaders in this Giro.
I'm happy (and astounded) that Porte has managed to hold on as well as he did. And I'm happy there are several exciting young Dutch riders to watch in the years ahead.
Jamsque said:Hey. Guess what. There is more to winning bike races than strength and luck. Hope this helps.
theyoungest said:So if Arroyo had won the Giro, it would have been down to pure strength rather than luck?
afpm90 said:Gain time over Arroyo.
I know, he has the same kind of talent for positioning that Vino has. And actually I thought Porte would get utterly crushed in the mountains. He didn't, so chapeau to him. After all, the time Mollema won in the mountain stages was only something like 4 mins or so.Jamsque said:Hey. Guess what. There is more to winning bike races than strength and luck. Hope this helps.
Yup exactly, that would mean Arroyo was by far the best, according to them.theyoungest said:So if Arroyo had won the Giro, it would have been down to pure strength rather than luck? No way.
theyoungest said:So if Arroyo had won the Giro, it would have been down to pure strength rather than luck? No way.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Yup exactly, that would mean Arroyo was by far the best, according to them.
Oh well forget about it. Mollema is the better climber than Porte and Porte is the better time trial specialist and got free time. Well played.
Since Mollema is 2 years younger and only rides a bike since 5 years, he'll have a lot more progression margin anyway
I'm more impressed by Porte and Kruijswijk as well, but that's partly because of the surprise factor.ak-zaaf said:I don't want to take anything away from the great performance of Mollema, I think he made an exceptional GT debut, but Porte has impressed me more personally. Same with Kruijswijk.
Jamsque said:Don't diminish Porte's achievement by saying he got 'free time', he didn't. He made the right move in the right stage. That's racing.
Jamsque said:Don't diminish Porte's achievement by saying he got 'free time', he didn't. He made the right move in the right stage. That's racing.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Yup exactly, that would mean Arroyo was by far the best, according to them.
Oh well forget about it. Mollema is the better climber than Porte and Porte is the better time trial specialist and got free time. Well played.
Since Mollema is 2 years younger and only rides a bike since 5 years, he'll have a lot more progression margin anyway