dabar85 said:
And one more thing, if gilbert decided to ride giro he would win all of this stages with final climb, gatto, strade bianche, gadret...and would win it very easily. In the tour there is much bigger chance that he won't win because of the class. Put contador out of giro, the margins were little but class of other riders is much lower. I adore giro parcours, and it's the best for fans, but there is lack of quality there and that's why tour is the biggest race. If zomegnan can have roster like tour that would be excellent and than giro can be measured with tour. Tour riders on giro parcours, that would be excellent.
Denis Menchov, Michelle Scarponi, Vincenszo Nibali, Joaquim Rodriguez, Igor Anton, Jose Rujano, Carlos Sastre, Roman Kreuziger.
Andy Schleck, Cadel Evans, Ivan Basso, Samuel Sanchez, Robert Gesink.
Last year we got to see Scarponi and Nibali compare to Evans and Basso and they finished between them.
Last year we got to see Menchov compare to Andy and Samu and he finished between them.
Add to that Igor Anton superclimber, a Tour winner and several other world class riders.
And the Giro even had its top contender taken out before hand.
So is the Tour lineup really a world better? I think Contador on that form could have put in about 3 minutes into junior and 6 minutes into the rest so only Schleck makes the Tour lineup slightly stronger to the Giro one
Parrulo said:
oh great post libertine
i much prefer watching great racing then a parade of big names riding has defensively as possible. if stage 15 of this years giro was in the tour it would most likely go as follows: summer rider to the foot of the last climb and then decided everything on the last k of that climb.
Actually im not so sure. In the Tour riders can be brought back going from far because the climbs arent that steep. Giau, Marmolada and Gardeccia all had 11% sections in the, so people would crack. THats why i get excited with Crostis or Zoncolan or Mortirolo or climbs at the Giro. Because they are so steep even if the riders dont want to race, the climb forces them too.
Bavarian rider of course believes otherwise.
ALso i was on the plane in the 09 queen stage so missed it but didnt the Schleck bros, Conti, Kloeden break form many ks from the finish?
What we learned from Rujano in the Giro though is you need Rujano/ Mosquera type characters who will go on the attack a few times on mountains forcing everyone else to attack.
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:
What about barca destroying man utd with some beautiful football.
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lol el pickle will eat his words if gilbert fails.
El Pickle will just change the subject.
He should take a line from the DT line of argument though. - "wow you looked at my old posts. You are a loser. Pathetic"
(not just mocking DT here, i thought it was a funny way to respond)
As for Barca well, a better example of what Libertine Seguros means is when they sans messi faced you guys just last year.
I missed that match and apaprently saved about 3 hours of my time.
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