Michael Storer - too good to be true?

[Salvarani]

the *** was that

Stork performance was even more insane.

This is Cancellaras team, lets not forget.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Might be him actually peaking for the prep race, but of course one wouldn't expect Cancellara's team to be clean...

 

[zlev11]

Might be him actually peaking for the prep race, but of course one wouldn't expect Cancellara's team to be clean...

he has an all new peak then

 

[Tim Cahill]

Get this boy Stork up the road to go for stages and KOM Arredondo style, can drop back for Storer long rangers too.

 

[wirral]

"hardly stellar opposition", dude it was michael storer doing 40k solos putting 3 minutes into GC riders, tour de France stage winners and Giro winners two days in a row

Exactly, Michael Storer who himself is a Grand Tour double stage winner.

The Giro Winners are

Jai Hindley, the best of the three, has not won a GC since winning the Giro in 2022. And he has no other GC victories above 2.1. He finished eighth on GC.
Tao Geoghegan Hart. Finished thirty-second on GC. Worked as a domestique for Ciccone. Mountain domestique seems to be his role in the team now.
Chris Froome. He remarkably managed to finish the race. He has had no victories of any sort for seven years.

"The GC riders "

Thyman Arensman. Not able to put 3 minutes into him. Arensman was putting time into Storer on the flat.
Derek Gee. Storer again not able to 3 minutes into him. When they were both solo, the times remained steady and Storer tired towards the end of stage 4.
Guilio Ciccone. GC rider or more of a puncheur with a decent climb.
Felix Gall. 2nd tier GC rider
Max Poole. Great at 2nd tier races
Damiano Caruso. At 37 years old, he came as support for Tiberi and then had to take leadership.
Romain Bardet. Due for retirement.

So, yes, hardly stellar opposition.

 

[Mayomaniac]

That said, he just demolished this version of Ciccone.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That said, he just demolished this version of Ciccone.

With Stork and Brenner by his side he could have done very well here indeed.

 

[Mayomaniac]

With Stork and Brenner by his side he could have done very well here indeed.

Tudor must be on the good stuff, even Ala was good after years!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Are we gonna see the Aussie-Sella that Vine never really managed to become?

 

[zlev11]

Exactly, Michael Storer who himself is a Grand Tour double stage winner.

The Giro Winners are

Jai Hindley, the best of the three, has not won a GC since winning the Giro in 2022. And he has no other GC victories above 2.1. He finished eighth on GC.
Tao Geoghegan Hart. Finished thirty-second on GC. Worked as a domestique for Ciccone. Mountain domestique seems to be his role in the team now.
Chris Froome. He remarkably managed to finish the race. He has had no victories of any sort for seven years.

"The GC riders "

Thyman Arensman. Not able to put 3 minutes into him. Arensman was putting time into Storer on the flat.
Derek Gee. Storer again not able to 3 minutes into him. When they were both solo, the times remained steady and Storer tired towards the end of stage 4.
Guilio Ciccone. GC rider or more of a puncheur with a decent climb.
Felix Gall. 2nd tier GC rider
Max Poole. Great at 2nd tier races
Damiano Caruso. At 37 years old, he came as support for Tiberi and then had to take leadership.
Romain Bardet. Due for retirement.

So, yes, hardly stellar opposition.

that's quite a good field to ride away from by 3 minutes on consecutive days, glad we can agree

 

[zlev11]

That said, he just demolished this version of Ciccone.

he got closer to Pogacar than he did Storer

 

[Red Rick]

That said, he just demolished this version of Ciccone.

Think that's also just TOTA turning out to be really good block training.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Think that's also just TOTA turning out to be really good block training.

And Ciccone is mentally more suited to one day racing and stagehunting. Still...