Le Mével a chance for top5 GC now ?

[just some guy]

Le Mével a chance for top5 GC now ?

So with the change in racing approach at Garmin due to Tyler going home.

They will as a team Look to Le Mével as a whole team - Should make a big difference.

Enough for a top 5 GC at the Giro ?

 

[Delicato]

The whole team dedicated to working for you won't help you to be faster in Zoncolan against team captains.

So the answer is:surely not enough at all.

 

[Eric8-A]

I see him inside the top 15

 

[dlwssonic]

top 15 maybe, there too little TTs and too many steep climbs for a guy like lemevel to get into the top5. There are a lot of better pure climbers in this giro.

 

[maltiv]

He'll need some luck to get into the top 5, but it's possible if he somehow gains a lot of time today. Top 10 is more realistic and would be a very good result for him.

 

[Eric8-A]

Anything is possible. He is on the team that has landed a rider in the top 10 in the Tour since 2008. So why not do something at the Giro?

 

[ericthesportsman6]

Not even close. He should be happy with top 15.

 

[taiwan]

Nope. KOM, maybe.

 

[craig1985]

I would say no, unless there is a random 56-man break that goes away, but even, I think the amount of MTF's will be too hard for him. Whilst they are hard stages, I would say stage's 17 and 18 which look like they could favour a breakaway, which is Le Mével's best bet IMO.

For those playing at home:

Stage 17:

Stage 18:

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

top 5?? HAHAHAHA maybe if he takes 20 minutes in some break.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

top 15 maybe, there too little TTs and too many steep climbs for a guy like lemevel to get into the top5. There are a lot of better pure climbers in this giro.

le mevel is a climber and not an itt rider

 

[Ferminal]

They haven't gone over a Cat 1 or 2 yet... I had him 20th in my predictions, but as he's shown some form I think he can manage 10th to 15th.

The team has nothing to help Le Mevel with. Millar would be "ok" but he will probably pull out before it gets too tough. Peterson is the only one who you would think could make it over the first couple of climbs in a day.

Millar will lose pink today or Friday, after that they will have Fischer contending the bunch sprints, but with far less of the support they would have given Tyler. Le Mevel riding for a good GC position - but unless he's say, top5 or so after Etna he isn't likely to get much protection. Meyer and Peterson will go stage hunting, possibly earlier than previously expected.

 

[jens_attacks]

who knows?wiggins,hesjedal and now le mevel.but i think even a top 15 will be good for him.

 

[Astana1]

They haven't gone over a Cat 1 or 2 yet... I had him 20th in my predictions, but as he's shown some form I think he can manage 10th to 15th.

The team has nothing to help Le Mevel with. Millar would be "ok" but he will probably pull out before it gets too tough. Peterson is the only one who you would think could make it over the first couple of climbs in a day.

Millar will lose pink today or Friday, after that they will have Fischer contending the bunch sprints, but with far less of the support they would have given Tyler. Le Mevel riding for a good GC position - but unless he's say, top5 or so after Etna he isn't likely to get much protection. Meyer and Peterson will go stage hunting, possibly earlier than previously expected.

I think Stetina is there to help out in the mountains too. Whether that amounts to anything is questionable.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

If Le Mevel ends up in an Arroyo/Pereiro scenario then yes, if else, then no

 

[Eric8-A]

who knows?wiggins,hesjedal and now le mevel.but i think even a top 15 will be good for him.

That's what I said. Alot of people are saying the scenario is ridiculous. I'm not ruling anything out until the Giro ends, or if he somehow ends up over 30 minutes down on GC.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

The team has nothing to help Le Mevel with. Millar would be "ok" but he will probably pull out before it gets too tough. Peterson is the only one who you would think could make it over the first couple of climbs in a day.

Stetina has the makings of a decent young climber.

I don't think that Le Mevel is a real contender for a top 5 place, but a top 10 wouldn't surprise me at all.

 

[Ferminal]

I think Stetina is there to help out in the mountains too. Whether that amounts to anything is questionable.

Yeh, can't see him being much help in his first GT. Not going to be there on the Etna MTF, Fedaia or Crostis.

 

[Tornadin]

hmm, I really think le Mevel can get a top 10 even without a Arroyo/Pereiro scenario.

Le Mevel has shown promising climbing ability in other GTs before and if we can trust his own propositions he hasn't even tried for GC in those.

So now is the first time he will put everything in for a top ranking in GC and I'm very positive that he will get a top 10 and maybe even a top 5.

Who would have thought that Ryder could get 7th in GC at last years tour?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Hesjedal was a suprise, but had shown climbing promise better than Le Mevel before, in the Vuelta

 

[hrotha]

Hesjedal was a suprise, but had shown climbing promise better than Le Mevel before, in the Vuelta

I don't rate one Vuelta mountain-top finish victory from a breakaway above a Tour de France GC top 10, as far as climbing promise goes.

 

[Frosty]

Le Mevel finished 15th on Mont Ventoux in the Tour 2009, with 4 breakaways finishing in front of him, making him 11th fastest up it. I suppose that is maybe not exactly true because the bunch split before the bottom of the climb though. He also finished 15th up to Verbier in that Tour as well as 11th to Le Grand Bornand.

Very respectable performances but top 5 requires a big leap on from there. Lets see what he can do in the first mountain stage.

 

[Wergeland]

He managed top 10 in Tour de France on FDJeux' white bread and pasta diet.

With proper training and nutrition in Garmin there's no limit to what he can do. He obviously has potential for a top 5. If he'll do it in this Giro, I'm not sure. With proper help from Garmin top 10 should be within reach.

 

[Wergeland]

top 15 maybe, there too little TTs and too many steep climbs for a guy like lemevel to get into the top5. There are a lot of better pure climbers in this giro.

Too little TT??

Le Mevel is one of the worst TTers in the peleton.

But a great climber.

 

[Frosty]

Does anyone know why he finished so low in the Tour last year? First mountain stage to Avoriaz saw him finish quite a way down and he never really performed after that.