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What will Valverde's impact be the cycling world in 2012

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SevenTimeTdfChamp said:
That was really samrt raceing. sending riders up the road forceing the others to chase. Also he looks to be in pretty good shape for the giro. Think he is gonna win
FW is one thing, the Giro is another. Age forgives no-one unless your name is Chris Horner.
 
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CheckMyPecs said:
SevenTimeTdfChamp said:
That was really samrt raceing. sending riders up the road forceing the others to chase. Also he looks to be in pretty good shape for the giro. Think he is gonna win
FW is one thing, the Giro is another. Age forgives no-one unless your name is Chris Horner.
Valverde is still 35 years young
He'll be 36 on Monday, and the oldest rider to have EVER won the Giro was 34.
 
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SevenTimeTdfChamp said:
That was really samrt raceing. sending riders up the road forceing the others to chase. Also he looks to be in pretty good shape for the giro. Think he is gonna win
FW is one thing, the Giro is another. Age forgives no-one unless your name is Chris Horner.

Well he finished 3rd in TDF last year in front of Nibali, who is probably gonna be the main contendor along with landa. This year Valverde seems to ride as strong as ever plus he is by far the smartest of all of them so i dont see why not. Also strong team
 
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Valverde is no ordinary rider.
Last years Tour and this season indicate that he's at his very best right now.

Giro is his biggest goal next to Rio, so he should go even stronger in may.
 
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Red Rick said:
Btw, must be kicking himself now for not riding and winning AGR Sunday. No way he doesn't win that imo

Needed race days, he only did T-A and the mountain stage was cancelled. Castilla is way better for preparing for F-W and L-B-L. Also no reason to take part in a risky race as AGR IMO, altho it would look good on his palmares.
 
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Valverde's problem with the Giro is not his age, or his form.

It's weather, and the possibility that Landa and/or Nibali in the high mountains

Valv looked better at FW than Nibali at Trentino (or Landa too, for that matter). If there has ever been a Giro route suited to Valverde, this edition looks to be it.
 
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Billie said:
"Best rider of our generation" - Tom Boonen
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Nirvana said:
IMHO there are only two stages in the Giro that could create some problems for him, Risoul and the day after, but before there are plenty of occasions to gain time with hilly and medium mountain stages.
He did ok in the Lombarda-Bonette stage in the 2008 Tour when he was a baby. His GC failures in the Tour do not follow a consistent pattern: 2007 was the mid-race ITT, 2008 an early mountain stage, 2013 the echelons, 2014 he faded in the last MTF and ITT.
 
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ice&fire said:
Nirvana said:
IMHO there are only two stages in the Giro that could create some problems for him, Risoul and the day after, but before there are plenty of occasions to gain time with hilly and medium mountain stages.
He did ok in the Lombarda-Bonette stage in the 2008 Tour when he was a baby. His GC failures in the Tour do not follow a consistent pattern: 2007 was the mid-race ITT, 2008 an early mountain stage, 2013 the echelons, 2014 he faded in the last MTF and ITT.
Wait what? He was 28.
 
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LaFlorecita said:
ice&fire said:
Nirvana said:
IMHO there are only two stages in the Giro that could create some problems for him, Risoul and the day after, but before there are plenty of occasions to gain time with hilly and medium mountain stages.
He did ok in the Lombarda-Bonette stage in the 2008 Tour when he was a baby. His GC failures in the Tour do not follow a consistent pattern: 2007 was the mid-race ITT, 2008 an early mountain stage, 2013 the echelons, 2014 he faded in the last MTF and ITT.
Wait what? He was 28.
You need one of these ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSy5mEcmgwU
 

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