Landa, Seb Henao, Lopez, Kiryienka, Deignan, Boswell, Knees, Puccio, Viviani should be a strong giro team.
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pink_jersey said:There's no one in the pro peloton right now like him in terms of climbing. It's not about the competition but it's about his style. He doesn't even breathe. Are you kiddin' me? Till one year ago he was a ****' nodoby and now he's Froome level. I don't like those guys. If he didn't peaked to early(and I'm sure he didn't given all his problems), he will unleash hell in Giro.
Valv.Piti said:pink_jersey said:There's no one in the pro peloton right now like him in terms of climbing. It's not about the competition but it's about his style. He doesn't even breathe. Are you kiddin' me? Till one year ago he was a ****' nodoby and now he's Froome level. I don't like those guys. If he didn't peaked to early(and I'm sure he didn't given all his problems), he will unleash hell in Giro.
If you have followed Landa's career a little more closely, he has displayed how great of a talent he is on multiple occasions before 2015.. sickness, inconsistency, its not comparable to Froome at all
His 2011 Burgos stage win is still one of the most impressive performances I've seen from a neo pro. He was just hilariously strong. First he was in the break of the day. When they were caught, he went to the front and decimated the front group to 5-6 riders for his captain Sanchez. Then, when Sanchez couldn't drop whoever was leading the GC, Landa attacked again and dropped everyone.Valv.Piti said:pink_jersey said:There's no one in the pro peloton right now like him in terms of climbing. It's not about the competition but it's about his style. He doesn't even breathe. Are you kiddin' me? Till one year ago he was a ****' nodoby and now he's Froome level. I don't like those guys. If he didn't peaked to early(and I'm sure he didn't given all his problems), he will unleash hell in Giro.
If you have followed Landa's career a little more closely, he has displayed how great of a talent he is on multiple occasions before 2015.. sickness, inconsistency, its not comparable to Froome at all
pink_jersey said:Valv.Piti said:pink_jersey said:There's no one in the pro peloton right now like him in terms of climbing. It's not about the competition but it's about his style. He doesn't even breathe. Are you kiddin' me? Till one year ago he was a ****' nodoby and now he's Froome level. I don't like those guys. If he didn't peaked to early(and I'm sure he didn't given all his problems), he will unleash hell in Giro.
If you have followed Landa's career a little more closely, he has displayed how great of a talent he is on multiple occasions before 2015.. sickness, inconsistency, its not comparable to Froome at all
I know he was a great talent. I still remember his great display on Neila but what he did from Giro last year...I'm not sure he is slower in the mountains compared with AC, Froome or Quintana. And the comparision with Froome it's not about career trajectory but about climbing level. I said that he is on the same level with Froome now. He's extremely strong. He looks so easy on climbs...
Bertie has the magic of invincibility and other guys sometimes fear attacking him even if he's not so hot. Landa will in no ways able to win the Giro like Contador did.Matteo. said:Just view climb fai della paganella ... but how many attacks had to close Landa ?!
They have come up with an insane intensity yesterday.
I hope he has a stronger team to ride the Giro , otherwise he'll do the Contador 2015 but with an important difference : in ITT Landa goes much slower
ray j willings said:Landa is not good enough to win a GT. Simple
DNP-Old said:Well, as good as Landa's looked this Trentino, his team has been complete jackshit. It amazed me how quickly Landa was isolated throughout this race.
HelloDolly said:DNP-Old said:Well, as good as Landa's looked this Trentino, his team has been complete jackshit. It amazed me how quickly Landa was isolated throughout this race.
same happened to Contador last year in the Giro ...but Tinkoff had some good riders riding at Giro and SKY had Deignan, Boswell & Moscon at Trentino (with 3 riders DNF on stage 4 so only Knees also left)
but instead of rubbishing the riders maybe tactics need to be considered If you make these riders ride on the front from Kilometer 0 as happened in Trentino and for Tinkoff last year then you are bound to have no one left esp if you only had 4 to begin with
Is there a need to ride at the front all day every day from Kilometer 0