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Tbh honest last year's Giro do Lombardia may as well have been a completely different race. This is much much harder and there is no uphill sprint.staubsauger said:That part where Wellens attacked last year or am I mixing it up with another race?
Rollthedice said:Since when is Landa supposed to be a classics rider? There is one thing he is doing well and that's climbing.
Rollthedice said:Since when is Landa supposed to be a classics rider? There is one thing he is doing well and that's climbing.
He's pretty punchy.Rollthedice said:Since when is Landa supposed to be a classics rider? There is one thing he is doing well and that's climbing.
markene2 said:I still dont see this as a fantastic move for Landa, they allready got König, Froome, Roche and Thomas. In the end he will still end up domestieqing for Froome in the biggest races.
Hypothetically, if Landa does the Giro, he will be the new Porte for Froome in the Tour, after that he is in no shape to fight for the GC in the Vuleta.
KyoGrey said:I can understand Valverde and Purito fans getting a little bit itchy because of the Landa superhype for Lombardia.
But Nibali fans? Why?
Contador is too. Yet he's never won Lombardia.hrotha said:He's pretty punchy.Rollthedice said:Since when is Landa supposed to be a classics rider? There is one thing he is doing well and that's climbing.
Rollthedice said:Since when is Landa supposed to be a classics rider? There is one thing he is doing well and that's climbing.
staubsauger said:Probably depends on whether Froome starts with Ruta del Sol or T-A!
Algarve + P-N normally should be Thomas turn.
Landa's first season goal should be Basque Country.
staubsauger said:Michele Ferrari states on 52x12 that Landa holds the record time on the Colle delle Finestre as he topped the Di Luca - Simoni - Rujano time of 27.20 by 45 seconds!?
On climbing records Rujano is listed with a record time of 1:02.09!
Who is right!?
Yeah. Maybe he only timed the gravel part!? Which would still surprise me as Di Luca simply killed it there back in 2005!jens_attacks said:staubsauger said:Michele Ferrari states on 52x12 that Landa holds the record time on the Colle delle Finestre as he topped the Di Luca - Simoni - Rujano time of 27.20 by 45 seconds!?
On climbing records Rujano is listed with a record time of 1:02.09!
Who is right!?
Most of mito"s ascent times are wrong. Trust him only in his domain...
Of course in this case, he only timed a section of the climb so he might be right about that...
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/viewtopic.php?p=1829551#p1829551 said:staubsauger[/url]"]If he peaks for T-A, Basque, Giro and still does the Tour afterwards, he would be dead meat anyway.
Better to use the shape for Suisse or rest and rebuild for the Vuelta.
MatParker117 said:Might do the tour as the spanish national coach apparently won't select riders who skip it and he wants to go to Rio. The pace he sets on climbs would deal out nothing but pain to Froome's rivals.