Jarlinson Pantano Discussion Thread

[Escarabajo]

Great performance by a great rider. Very happy for him.

Hope he gets the freedom he deserves in the new team.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Great performance by a great rider. Very happy for him.

Hope he gets the freedom he deserves in the new team.

Chances are decently high that he will get to ride his own chances as the plan B in July....

 

[Red Rick]

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

 

[Thepirateisgood]

One of the winners of the tour I think, and with that descending skill he is a great plan B.
Love this rider!
Don't think he's a classification rider, but he sure won me over with his performance.

And a stage for Colombia, pure class this guy

 

[PremierAndrew]

Is he any good at TTing?

 

[DNP-Old]

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Is he any good at TTing?

Not really.

 

[Bushman]

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Is he any good at TTing?

Not really.

Not too bad, either.

Fantastic rider, he has really become one of my favourites in the peloton. His ride and stage win in Suisse was great and his performance at the Tour has been amazing. Always aggressive and attacking and one h*ll of a descender. His climbing has really improved this year as well. Hope he can keep it up.

 

[Escarabajo]

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Is he any good at TTing?

Not really.

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.

 

[Bushman]

He was 21th in the flat itt in Algarve as well which isnt too bad.

It's hard to say because he has rarely been in a position gc wise where he would be motivated to go all out in a tt. In Suisse he was really good yes, but that was very bumpy and also technical

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Pantano replaces Nairo on the COL Olympic team

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pantano-replaces-nairo-quintana-on-colombias-rio-olympics-roster/

 

["Jeff"]

Now this is rider that stole my heart. Hopefully he will continue to improve.

 

[montel]

He reminds me a bit of the young attacking Contador - will be interesting to see who becomes the team leader at Trek in the next few seasons. He could learn a ton from a rider like Contador on how to race, attack, and be unpredictable. He seems like he could become a spoiler type of GC rider...

 

[Kwibus]

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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]

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Is he any good at TTing?

he used to be and he's really improved this year (see suisse and algarve), because at colombia team literally everything sucked.

 

[Angliru]

Re: Re:

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 love inside stories like these about Pantano. Warms my little heart!

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Re: Re:

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.

 

[movingtarget]

Re: Re:

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.

Based on his Tour performance I think he has plenty of margin to improve. It's the way he races. He gives it everything.

 

[jens_attacks]

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

 

[Yingge]

He even has a sense of humor too - hope we see more of him in the coming years.

 

[Kwibus]

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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.

 

[Jagartrott]

Lifelong fan.
Where will he ride next year? Would seem good for him to choose a 'warm' team.

Edit: Trek? Hmmm, not convinced that's the best choice.

 

[Escarabajo]

For some reason I thought he would go to Orica. But maybe Trek would be a good fit as well.

 

[yaco]

Think that Trek or OBE would be similar fits. OBE was super keen.

 

[tristecsinamigos]

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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.

I think it was about solving the truckers strike in the country, especifically.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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For some reason I thought he would go to Orica. But maybe Trek would be a good fit as well.

he's a close friend to chaves, so that may explain it