Latour defending the jersey even though he buried himself for Bardet. He won`t lose more than 6 minutes on Tourmalet and Aubisque and should be the better than Martin and Bernal in the timetrial.
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arvc40 said:
But Dumoulin is also almost doing it. Second in Giro, second in Tour arguably would be the best attempt since Pantani as well.
I would actually argue the opposite and say the double looks more possible now with Dumoulin's and Froome's performances this year than it did in the past.
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You are right. I should have said 2011. It was up until the latter part of that season, mid career, that Froome was a nobody and generally considered, to the limited extent that he was considered at all, to be lucky to have a pro contract. Thomas was a young cobbles contender, not in the same league as the best, but considered a possibility to maybe one day win a Monument. Dumoulin was a Rabobank U23 rider, considered a possible future ITT champ. Roglic was a ski jumper.
MuskyOurSaviour said:
You are right. I should have said 2011. It was up until the latter part of that season, mid career, that Froome was a nobody and generally considered, to the limited extent that he was considered at all, to be lucky to have a pro contract. Thomas was a young cobbles contender, not in the same league as the best, but considered a possibility to maybe one day win a Monument. Dumoulin was a Rabobank U23 rider, considered a possible future ITT champ. Roglic was a ski jumper.
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Really impressive. Will likely finish his career with greater GT palmares than Quintana
woodburn said:
Really impressive. Will likely finish his career with greater GT palmares than Quintana
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Dumoulin a little test in post-race presser: "I'm not here to talk about Chris Froome."
Said he tried but wasn't strong enough to distance Thomas.
Said he tried but wasn't strong enough to distance Thomas.
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And they got two no hope lads from Barloworld to add up to the number since they were Brits!
Walkman said:
And they got two no hope lads from Barloworld to add up to the number since they were Brits!
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Well Demare was 10 min behind on the first climb, so i doubt he made it...Finn84 said:
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This forum is basically a collection of incorrect cycling predictions and fanfiction.
Rollthedice said:
This forum is basically a collection of incorrect cycling predictions and fanfiction.
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Froome is suffering from doing four consecutive GT's - I'll be interested to see how well Dumoulin holds on in stage 19.
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This goes to show that perceived wisdom and historical assumptions about what kind of rider can do what were wide of the mark. That particular rule book has been torn up and re-written.
Zinoviev Letter said:
This goes to show that perceived wisdom and historical assumptions about what kind of rider can do what were wide of the mark. That particular rule book has been torn up and re-written.
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