Luke Durbridge

[karlboss]

What type of rider is Turbo Durbo going to be?

Obviously a huge engine, but what events will he find success?

 

[Afrank]

Time Trialist.

 

[maxmartin]

TM type, maybe even less versatile . But it is still too early to pass the judgement.

 

[Ferminal]

Serhiy Gonchar.

 

[42x16ss]

Serhiy Gonchar.

Tony Martin MKII but with a reasonable turn of speed courtesy of his pursuit background. Still very early to tell though, he's even younger than Phinney...

 

[PCutter]

I think he has more scope than Tony Martin. Maybe more David Millar or a lesser Cancellara (not suggesting he's about to become a monument winner) in that he could win TTs, one day races and smaller tours with a TT focus (Eneco, etc, and up to maybe the 2009 TdS parcours which Cancellara won - but that would top out his GC abilities)

 

[the asian]

The Tony Martin type definitely. TT specialist who can win a short stage race with a decisive TT stage and very few mountains. (Eneco/Beijing.)

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tony Martin MKII but with a reasonable turn of speed courtesy of his pursuit background. Still very early to tell though, he's even younger than Phinney...

Good test coming up for him in the Giro, the long TT after 7 stages of varied degree of hardness.

 

[will10]

Serhiy Gonchar.

Honchar could climb.

 

[Ferminal]

Honchar could climb.

Yeh that's kind of the point.

Though emphasis on "could climb" rather than being a "cliimber".

 

[theyoungest]

I think he has more scope than Tony Martin. Maybe more David Millar or a lesser Cancellara (not suggesting he's about to become a monument winner) in that he could win TTs, one day races and smaller tours with a TT focus (Eneco, etc, and up to maybe the 2009 TdS parcours which Cancellara won - but that would top out his GC abilities)

Martin is more talented as a climber than Durbridge is, so I don't know if the latter's scope is really that much bigger. In fact, so far I'm not that impressed by his ability to recover after a few hard stages. I can't imagine him ever winning Paris-Nice or whatever.

 

[42x16ss]

He's still only 21, tendurance will come with time. He also dropped a little weight over the summer, was looking quite lean when training in the Perth hills.

 

[karlboss]

This is sort of my point, Martin climbs well enough for the odd one week race, but durbo is heavier and from his triathlon days struggles to drop the weight. Which says he's either as good as he's going to be or needs another string to the bow. Super Dom? Lead out? Learn to climb a little? Cobbles? There seem to be a few young Aussies with the physical characteristics of cobbled riders, but no experience.