Mikel Landa Discussion Thread

[Valv.Piti]

Noooo

Stage 18 solo from Pordoi, Aupa Aupa!

 

[May0maniac]

Yes, I was cheering for him, too bad. He'll get at least one more chance to go for a stage win.

 

[Scarponi]

Yet to hit the mythical form that's spammed in every thread yawn

 

[Brullnux]

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Yet to hit the mythical form that's spammed in every thread yawn

He was pretty damn good today, and on stage 14

 

[coinneach]

What on earth was he thinking about, riding on the front for th last 2 kms?
Basic error, unless you are promised the stage?

 

[Velolover2]

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Yet to hit the mythical form that's spammed in every thread yawn

Attacking from Mortirolo, being very active and nearly winning.. He did great.

 

[Forever The Best]

Great ride by him today but messed the final a bit. Now he should concentrate on stage 18!

 

[William H]

What on earth was he thinking about, riding on the front for th last 2 kms?
Basic error, unless you are promised the stage?

Maybe he thought he needed to be leading going through the final corner?

He'd have won if Nibali hadn't taken it better and got up the inside

 

[Ataraxus]

He made only one mistake. By pulling without getting Nibali's word that he wouldn't sprint in the final.

 

[kingjr]

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He made only one mistake. By pulling without getting Nibali's word that he wouldn't sprint in the final.

I don't think he would have got that word anyway. Nibali needs bonus seconds where he can find them, no Italian stagewin so far, it's the most prestigious stage of la centesima, no way he was gonna give that away.

 

[SafeBet]

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He made only one mistake. By pulling without getting Nibali's word that he wouldn't sprint in the final.

I don't think he would have got that word anyway. Nibali needs bonus seconds where he can find them, no Italian stagewin so far, it's the most prestigious stage of la centesima, no way he was gonna give that away.

Plus he knew Nibbles wanted the win for Scarponi.

 

[MatParker117]

Might not grab a stage win but could leave with an addition to the wardrobe.

 

[HelloDolly]

And the hype goes on and on and on ...

Well beaten by a better rider

 

[Ataraxus]

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He made only one mistake. By pulling without getting Nibali's word that he wouldn't sprint in the final.

I don't think he would have got that word anyway. Nibali needs bonus seconds where he can find them, no Italian stagewin so far, it's the most prestigious stage of la centesima, no way he was gonna give that away.

Plus he knew Nibbles wanted the win for Scarponi.

Then he shouldn't have taken a single pull, let Quintana join, rest his legs a bit more and then take his chance in the sprint.
Still the mistake was by starting to pull with Nibali.

 

[yaco]

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He made only one mistake. By pulling without getting Nibali's word that he wouldn't sprint in the final.

I don't think he would have got that word anyway. Nibali needs bonus seconds where he can find them, no Italian stagewin so far, it's the most prestigious stage of la centesima, no way he was gonna give that away.

Plus he knew Nibbles wanted the win for Scarponi.

Then he shouldn't have taken a single pull, let Quintana join, rest his legs a bit more and then take his chance in the sprint.
Still the mistake was by starting to pull with Nibali.

Of course Landa should have pulled - He'd back himself to sprint better than Nibali.

 

[Red Rick]

The last line to the finish was really technical. Landa didn't screw himself over by pulling before sprinting. He screwed himself over by not taking the last turn close enough to the barriers

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

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The last line to the finish was really technical. Landa didn't screw himself over by pulling before sprinting. He screwed himself over by not taking the last turn close enough to the barriers

I noticed this too. He could have made it very tough for Nibs there, but didn't.

 

[Krokro]

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The last line to the finish was really technical. Landa didn't screw himself over by pulling before sprinting. He screwed himself over by not taking the last turn close enough to the barriers

100% this. He obviously wanted to swing those last technical corners in the first position. At least I immediatly understood it that way. Kinda make me think of Strade Bianche finish when you need to be first near the 300, and so on, last meters.
He proves that on his day he is hell of a remarkable climbing goat.

 

[wouterkaas]

Second year in a row a Mikel will ''''save'''' Team Sky's Giro with the KOM jersey...

 

[Ataraxus]

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He made only one mistake. By pulling without getting Nibali's word that he wouldn't sprint in the final.

I don't think he would have got that word anyway. Nibali needs bonus seconds where he can find them, no Italian stagewin so far, it's the most prestigious stage of la centesima, no way he was gonna give that away.

Plus he knew Nibbles wanted the win for Scarponi.

Then he shouldn't have taken a single pull, let Quintana join, rest his legs a bit more and then take his chance in the sprint.
Still the mistake was by starting to pull with Nibali.

Of course Landa should have pulled - He'd back himself to sprint better than Nibali.

What logic is this? If he didn't pull he'd still be the best sprinter among the three and much more rested.

 

[myrideissteelerthanyours]

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Yet to hit the mythical form that's spammed in every thread yawn

All it takes is a few encouraging words form Taxus and I'm back on board that hype train every single time.

 

[Ataraxus]

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The last line to the finish was really technical. Landa didn't screw himself over by pulling before sprinting. He screwed himself over by not taking the last turn close enough to the barriers

100% this. He obviously wanted to swing those last technical corners in the first position. At least I immediatly understood it that way. Kinda make me think of Strade Bianche finish when you need to be first near the 300, and so on, last meters.
He proves that on his day he is hell of a remarkable climbing goat.

Time and causality are linear dear posters. The natural flow of events is.
1-Don't pull and try to negotiate.
then
2- Try to sprint better than your opponent.

If Landa hadn't pulled he might have been rested and might have won even by taking that last curve wrong, hence the primal and biggest mistake was the starting of pulling with Nibali. That affects any other event and makesany other mistake he made less relevant.

 

[Jolene]

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Yet to hit the mythical form that's spammed in every thread yawn

All it takes is a few encouraging words form Taxus and I'm back on board that hype train every single time.

Where is Taxus?

 

[staubsauger]

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Yet to hit the mythical form that's spammed in every thread yawn

All it takes is a few encouraging words form Taxus and I'm back on board that hype train every single time.

Where is Taxus?

He was temporarily banned for not using spellcheck which led to massive mispronounciation over the time. Sadly enough, I haven't read him since.

 

[therealthing]

He hasn't learned anything. Threw away another stage because of poor positioning. Please just let him win tomorrow or Saturday.