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Nah, favorites are just too conservative. Nobody believes he's the strongest, everybody waits for the TT. If Contador is in his 2014 shape, you would see totally different race. Henao is probably the strongest, but he's too cautious. Maybe because last year, where he also looked the strongest but tired himself a little in that Arrate stage and then eventually lost to Purito in the TT.
Valv.Piti said:I think the Pais Vasco is a good example of how things are right now in terms of GC-riding (classics have been a great show so far IMO). I know those climbs aren't super hard, but stages 3 and 4 didn't create any gaps at all since the risk is too great to attack from afar (or just more than kilometre out) when you have a team like Sky pacing. If thats bad stage making or whatever, I dont know (honestly dont think so), but it have gotten increasingly more hard to race aggressively to win the overall race by medium long range attacks. I don't think its because riders don't want, we have riders like Contador and Aru who always shoots when its possible, its just how it is. The level is higher and more even, the domestiques are better and the second and third tier riders aren't all that far of, especially not in the one week stage races.
Its obvious, every cycling-fan in the world wants to see riders make the race, but you have to have perfect circumstances (route, weather, domestics and the right protagonists).
Nah, favorites are just too conservative. Nobody believes he's the strongest, everybody waits for the TT. If Contador is in his 2014 shape, you would see totally different race. Henao is probably the strongest, but he's too cautious. Maybe because last year, where he also looked the strongest but tired himself a little in that Arrate stage and then eventually lost to Purito in the TT.