It's hard rooting for him sometimes. Why does he need another podium in la vuelta? Can he, for once, try to win the whole thing?
One more Vuelta podium gives him the record.
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It's hard rooting for him sometimes. Why does he need another podium in la vuelta? Can he, for once, try to win the whole thing?
But no one will remember that. People will remember the winner and how many gt's each legend has in his palmares. No one remember how many gt's podiums indurain has but I know he won 5 tours and 2 giros. I can say the same about Hinault, Ulrrich, Pantani, etc. Legends are made of wins!! Not secondary places! Legends try hard to win, no matter what. A podium don't add nothing to valverde's legacy.One more Vuelta podium gives him the record.
But no one will remember that. People will remember the winner and how many gt's each legend has in his palmares. No one remember how many gt's podiums indurain has but I know he won 5 tours and 2 giros. I can say the same about Hinault, Ulrrich, Pantani, etc. Legends are made of wins!! Not secondary places! Legends try hard to win, no matter what. A podium don't add nothing to valverde's legacy.
I've got a kind of fetish for podiums (and top10s too) so I can proudly say I will remember that.But no one will remember that. People will remember the winner and how many gt's each legend has in his palmares. No one remember how many gt's podiums indurain has but I know he won 5 tours and 2 giros. I can say the same about Hinault, Ulrrich, Pantani, etc. Legends are made of wins!! Not secondary places! Legends try hard to win, no matter what. A podium don't add nothing to valverde's legacy.
But no one will remember that. People will remember the winner and how many gt's each legend has in his palmares. No one remember how many gt's podiums indurain has but I know he won 5 tours and 2 giros. I can say the same about Hinault, Ulrrich, Pantani, etc. Legends are made of wins!! Not secondary places! Legends try hard to win, no matter what. A podium don't add nothing to valverde's legacy.
There is 2nd in the TDF like Ullrich, Evans Poulide, Quintana, A.Schleck and there is 2nd in the VeultaPeople remember 2nd places in GT's if you repeat them time after time. Like Poulidor ("The Eternal Second" ) or Ulrich.
When you start becoming a loser and finishing 3rd and 4th obviously you will say you are proud of coming 4th 10times. If he was a GT winner he would honestly have zero care for these records
I was a fan until the stuff he has pulled this year, imagine a 40 year old with 130 wins being so petty, it wasn’t that long ago he was yelling Contador off for having a go at Quintana. That GT win was by some absolutely filthy Spanish/Italian standard bias. I’d never expect such treatment if Australia had a three week tour.Oh, come on, this isn't fourth places we're talking about, but you have proven yourself to be pretty hardcore anti-Valverde so no need for me to get too deeply into this discussion with you.
He is a Grand Tour winner, though, and there was no way he could beat Roglic in this Vuelta, and of course he cares about the result, Nibali did the same in the Giro this year, and everybody always does.
I used to like him until he went publicly against Quintana this year? And true winners like Contador / Armstrong Merkxc would only care about “consistency” if they weren’t out right winners is my point.I have literally zero idea what you're talking about?
I used to like him until he went publicly against Quintana this year?
He is a Grand Tour winner, though, and there was no way he could beat Roglic in this Vuelta, and of course he cares about the result, Nibali did the same in the Giro this year, and everybody always does.
I’ve stated several times how selfish Valverde has been for the last 5 years with his little “free role”So because Quintana just let his team do the work and was too proud to admit to being on the verge of cracking, rendering all the work useless after multiple times always having the need to be captain over Valverde even though he has been inferior most times, was finally the straw that broke the camel's back for Valverde who in one comment criticised the little one, you can't be a fan of him any more and instead need to undermine his performances?
Okay.
BTW Rebellin is second among active riders for most top10 in Monuments (18).You don’t read Rebellion dropping finishing top ten from 1993 to 2014(or whatever year it was) in classics and semi classics
5th in Tirreno in 1993, 8th Suisse 1993 and 5th Amstel 1994 amongst others. Feels like a literal life time ago. I was born in 1990...Valverde is a different type of rider than Contador and many others. Valverde does value consistency. Part of why he doesn't have high peaks.
Safe Bet, that's an impressive stat for Rebellin.
5th in Tirreno in 1993, 8th Suisse 1993 and 5th Amstel 1994 amongst others. Feels like a literal life time ago. I was born in 1990...
Valverde is a different type of rider than Contador and many others. Valverde does value consistency. Part of why he doesn't have high peaks.
Safe Bet, that's an impressive stat for Rebellin.
He's one of those riders that we will only miss once he's gone, like Condator, Purito etc. Taken for granted because of his consistency.