Great performance by a great rider. Very happy for him.
Hope he gets the freedom he deserves in the new team.
Hope he gets the freedom he deserves in the new team.
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Escarabajo said:Great performance by a great rider. Very happy for him.
Hope he gets the freedom he deserves in the new team.
DNP-Old said:Not really.PremierAndrew said:Is he any good at TTing?
Depends. He was good at the Suisse TT. So he is good in those type of TT's. But maybe not on the flat pancake TT.DNP-Old said:Not really.PremierAndrew said:Is he any good at TTing?
Red Rick said:Clement was on the De Avondetappe, having sharing some nice anecdotes.
- Last year, Pantano apparently got an offer from another team, for two years, for twice the salary, but refused because he was happy at IAM
- This year, after winning the stage, Clement had given Pantano's phone number to the criterium organisers (or something like that), then Pantano got a call from the president of Colombia, and he was all happy, then he got a call from some crit organiser, was astounded by the amount of money they payed, and went on to hug Clement
he used to be and he's really improved this year (see suisse and algarve), because at colombia team literally everything sucked.PremierAndrew said:Is he any good at TTing?
Kwibus said:Red Rick said:Clement was on the De Avondetappe, having sharing some nice anecdotes.
- Last year, Pantano apparently got an offer from another team, for two years, for twice the salary, but refused because he was happy at IAM
- This year, after winning the stage, Clement had given Pantano's phone number to the criterium organisers (or something like that), then Pantano got a call from the president of Colombia, and he was all happy, then he got a call from some crit organiser, was astounded by the amount of money they payed, and went on to hug Clement
Also during the stage that Pantano won it was Clement that had to tell him that they ride for Pantano, but Pantano wasn't convinced he could do it and said to Clement "your the best, we ride for you!". Clement didnt want to hear it and knew Pantano had a better chance, but only lacked confidence.
I know a story of pantano as a begging u23 rider in uci aigle team he was amazing. won many races and was asked back of course to the team but pantano, despite his amazing succes, was do depressed by riding and living in europe that he never wanted to return to europe. he did though with colombia es passion and got several offers from major european teams but again didn't want to go to a european team, not until last year. I think he still has a lot of margin to grow.Kwibus said:Red Rick said:Clement was on the De Avondetappe, having sharing some nice anecdotes.
- Last year, Pantano apparently got an offer from another team, for two years, for twice the salary, but refused because he was happy at IAM
- This year, after winning the stage, Clement had given Pantano's phone number to the criterium organisers (or something like that), then Pantano got a call from the president of Colombia, and he was all happy, then he got a call from some crit organiser, was astounded by the amount of money they payed, and went on to hug Clement
Also during the stage that Pantano won it was Clement that had to tell him that they ride for Pantano, but Pantano wasn't convinced he could do it and said to Clement "your the best, we ride for you!". Clement didnt want to hear it and knew Pantano had a better chance, but only lacked confidence.
Ryo Hazuki said:I know a story of pantano as a begging u23 rider in uci aigle team he was amazing. won many races and was asked back of course to the team but pantano, despite his amazing succes, was do depressed by riding and living in europe that he never wanted to return to europe. he did though with colombia es passion and got several offers from major european teams but again didn't want to go to a european team, not until last year. I think he still has a lot of margin to grow.Kwibus said:Red Rick said:Clement was on the De Avondetappe, having sharing some nice anecdotes.
- Last year, Pantano apparently got an offer from another team, for two years, for twice the salary, but refused because he was happy at IAM
- This year, after winning the stage, Clement had given Pantano's phone number to the criterium organisers (or something like that), then Pantano got a call from the president of Colombia, and he was all happy, then he got a call from some crit organiser, was astounded by the amount of money they payed, and went on to hug Clement
Also during the stage that Pantano won it was Clement that had to tell him that they ride for Pantano, but Pantano wasn't convinced he could do it and said to Clement "your the best, we ride for you!". Clement didnt want to hear it and knew Pantano had a better chance, but only lacked confidence.
He even has a sense of humor too - hope we see more of him in the coming years.fauniera said:
jens_attacks said:Hero of the people
Love the part where the president called him and he wasn't afraid to tell him that he's disappointed and he should do more about helping the poor.
Grande pantano
Kwibus said:jens_attacks said:Hero of the people
Love the part where the president called him and he wasn't afraid to tell him that he's disappointed and he should do more about helping the poor.
Grande pantano
He did? That's awesome.
he's a close friend to chaves, so that may explain itEscarabajo said:For some reason I thought he would go to Orica. But maybe Trek would be a good fit as well.