When he was with Keldermann he was never going to pull for him, I think he will be fine for Giro
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JRanton said:A bit better today though still not great. Pauwels was with him and managed to finish ahead of him which isn't great. Still a month left to the Giro so hopefully he'll be ready.
Hugo Koblet said:He was up against Aru who's best result in a previous GT is a third place and who quite clearly rode for second place, and Landa who had never previously performed in a GT and wasn't allowed to attack. The rest of the top 10 was Amador, Hesjedal, König, Kruijswijk, Caruso, Geniez and Trofimov. Hardly a stellar field. That said, the Giro might have been hard, but I think that last year's Giro field is one of the weakest in recent time. It might even be as weak as 2012.Eshnar said:Well he did face the winner of the Vuelta, which apparently had a better field.Hugo Koblet said:However, nowadays the Giro certainly has the weakest lineup of the three Grand Tours. I don't think that last year's Giro was that hard to be honest. The parcours might have been but Contador didn't exactly face strong competition.
del1962 said:When he was with Keldermann he was never going to pull for him, I think he will be fine for Giro
Jelantik said:Landa has few weeks before May starts to uplift his form. He wasn't that impressive IMHO. He was great on the first day, but slowly he got drop second by second. (yeah, yeah he was riding for Henao. But I expect him to be at least not too far from Henao). Is the Trentino next race before Giro? That should be another marker to see how his form improving.
Jelantik said:Landa has few weeks before May starts to uplift his form. He wasn't that impressive IMHO. He was great on the first day, but slowly he got drop second by second. (yeah, yeah he was riding for Henao. But I expect him to be at least not too far from Henao). Is the Trentino next race before Giro? That should be another marker to see how his form improving.
He is a better climb now than Andy's brother Frank ever dreamed of. Andy is still in another league as of now obviously, he was incredible. I think he showed in the Vuelta after his astonishing climbing display in Il Giro (could have been a better display if allowed) that he indeed is the real deal, altho Astana at that point really didnt care for him and Landa didnt care for them. I think it was obvious he lacked hella motivation in that race. I think he was instrumental in setting Aru up and his win on Els Cortal is a true grumpier worthy, he was incredibly that day. Like he was on the hardest mountains in Il Giro.rm7 said:I think this guy is a bit overrated at the moment.
He's without doubt a big talent (26 years old), but i've only seen him climb very well in one GT yet. He wasn't even there in the first moutain finish actually. A lot of riders in history rides well for one GT, and then we never see them reach the same level again.
I'm curious to see how he does with a whole team and being the captain. Can he handle the pressure etc.
I still think Nibali is the biggest favourite for the Giro, but I'm curious to see if Landa can challenge him for real. He'll have to drop him in the mountains because of the ITT's.
Valv.Piti said:He is a better climb now than Andy's brother Frank ever dreamed of. Andy is still in another league as of now obviously, he was incredible. I think he showed in the Vuelta after his astonishing climbing display in Il Giro (could have been a better display if allowed) that he indeed is the real deal, altho Astana at that point really didnt care for him and Landa didnt care for them. I think it was obvious he lacked hella motivation in that race. I think he was instrumental in setting Aru up and his win on Els Cortal is a true grumpier worthy, he was incredibly that day. Like he was on the hardest mountains in Il Giro.rm7 said:I think this guy is a bit overrated at the moment.
He's without doubt a big talent (26 years old), but i've only seen him climb very well in one GT yet. He wasn't even there in the first moutain finish actually. A lot of riders in history rides well for one GT, and then we never see them reach the same level again.
I'm curious to see how he does with a whole team and being the captain. Can he handle the pressure etc.
I still think Nibali is the biggest favourite for the Giro, but I'm curious to see if Landa can challenge him for real. He'll have to drop him in the mountains because of the ITT's.
Nibali is the favourite. Comfortably, but Landa and Valverde are ready, hopefully!
rm7 said:He's without doubt a big talent (26 years old), but i've only seen him climb very well in one GT yet. He wasn't even there in the first moutain finish actually.
I definitely wont complain about a weak Sky gt team.JRanton said:So now no Sergio Henao, Intxausti and Konig for the Giro. Astana will probably have at least 5 climbers better than Sky's best domestique unless they move someone like Nieve or Poels from the Tour squad.
Gigs_98 said:I definitely wont complain about a weak Sky gt team.JRanton said:So now no Sergio Henao, Intxausti and Konig for the Giro. Astana will probably have at least 5 climbers better than Sky's best domestique unless they move someone like Nieve or Poels from the Tour squad.
filipepc said:Impressive climber. Without racing is like this!!! Uau.
If valverde and Nibali want to win the giro they will need to destroy Landa where he is weak. He will beat them in the climbs.