I don't think that any team at the WT level would let him compete under these circumstances.Ricco' said:HelloDolly said:Gloin22 said:HelloDolly said:Landa does not go well in the Vuelta at end of season...he has said so himself before
THe tour could be great for him and SKY
Does not go well maybe if he raced early in season..
He literally raced zero this season. I'm not sure Landa is needed at Tour when Sergio Henao is back to the team as well.
Henao will not be back
Well, he thinks that the case is gonna be sorted out before the end of the Giro and aims for a return at Dauphiné or Suisse, as Sky is pressing UCI to give an answer and he says that if he was in other team he could be competing, he isn't competing due to internal policy. Interview with two days.
HelloDolly said:Landa will ride the Tour I'd say .....i certainly would if I were him
He can help Froome and do a top GC ...maybe he needs to be the second man to perform ....Anyway it would be great experience for him and its possible he gets on the podium or even if anything happened to Froome take over...
He has only ridden a week in the Giro so he could be ok for the Tour
Irondan said:Imagine a Tour team with Landa, Henao, Gthomas, Wout Poels, Froome, ect... Holy crap!
movingtarget said:A bad dose of gastro will stop anyone racing. I suppose if it was Contador or someone it would be seen as a heroic retreat ?
This isn't about Sky. There were like two jokes in the race thread. Nobody was laughing at Landa.dacooley said:its quite sad what evil emotions hate for sky makes people to experience. apparently in real life you are proud of being sky haters as well. that's extremely pathetic.
wwabbit said:movingtarget said:A bad dose of gastro will stop anyone racing. I suppose if it was Contador or someone it would be seen as a heroic retreat ?
Obviously if {rider_i_like} withdraws from a race, it is because of legitimate illness or injury and was robbed of an assured great result, and if {rider_i_hate} withdraws from a race, he must be faking the illness/injury to avoid an embarrassing bad result.
staubsauger said:Can't they send him to the Tour of Switzerland first? That race looks tailor-made for him this season.
Golden jersey at Switzerland + a stage win at the Tour would be a good save for his season after all!
Hgriffiths2606 said:That's such a load of crap, Landa would have beaten Aru if he wasn't so loyal, he climbs better than anyone with the exception of Mr Quintana, Landa will win a GT and probably several, he's far better that any GT contender outside of the big 3 simple as, He has proven time and time again that his climbing will win GTs like Pantani's didray j willings said:staubsauger said:All eyes on the Vuelta.
Should be the major favorite there.
like he was for the giro
Its LRP all over again. Landa is not good enough to win GT. Never will be.
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TMP402 said:Matteo. said:Today is yours ray. I image what a party you gave.![]()
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Yeah, drinks all round Casa Willings. What a night.
ray j willings said:Hgriffiths2606 said:That's such a load of crap, Landa would have beaten Aru if he wasn't so loyal, he climbs better than anyone with the exception of Mr Quintana, Landa will win a GT and probably several, he's far better that any GT contender outside of the big 3 simple as, He has proven time and time again that his climbing will win GTs like Pantani's didray j willings said:staubsauger said:All eyes on the Vuelta.
Should be the major favorite there.
like he was for the giro
Its LRP all over again. Landa is not good enough to win GT. Never will be.
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seriously . He got dropped the other day by Nibs and co who are not exactly the best climbers i.e Bertie ,froome etc and he was lucky to get back on. Landa was a domestic for Astana because that's what he his best at. Aru has already won a GT . Landa was a mountain top ahead of Bertie last year and he caught them all up .
If he was that good Bertie would never have caught him up " a whole mountain"
Comparing him to Pantaniyou are dreaming and have no idea about cycling , go ride a bike and get some education.
Irondan said:Imagine a Tour team with Landa, Henao, Gthomas, Wout Poels, Froome, ect... Holy crap!
Taxus4a said:ray j willings said:Hgriffiths2606 said:That's such a load of crap, Landa would have beaten Aru if he wasn't so loyal, he climbs better than anyone with the exception of Mr Quintana, Landa will win a GT and probably several, he's far better that any GT contender outside of the big 3 simple as, He has proven time and time again that his climbing will win GTs like Pantani's didray j willings said:staubsauger said:All eyes on the Vuelta.
Should be the major favorite there.
like he was for the giro
Its LRP all over again. Landa is not good enough to win GT. Never will be.
I
seriously . He got dropped the other day by Nibs and co who are not exactly the best climbers i.e Bertie ,froome etc and he was lucky to get back on. Landa was a domestic for Astana because that's what he his best at. Aru has already won a GT . Landa was a mountain top ahead of Bertie last year and he caught them all up .
If he was that good Bertie would never have caught him up " a whole mountain"
Comparing him to Pantaniyou are dreaming and have no idea about cycling , go ride a bike and get some education.
Pantani with BP would have nothing to do with Landa in a mountain stage both in a good shape. We are not in 2000 year.
i was a great fan of Pantani, but It is time for a lot of people to change mind as I did.
You are giving lesons with no idea of current cyclingand with no idea about who is Landa.
Landa is weak rider in terms of heath, so that is a problem always for 3 weeks, but he ha a huge talent for cycling.
Taxus4a said:[quote="[.
I fear Landa in LRP's role suits Froome way more.SeriousSam said:Personally I can't wait what Postal will be doing this year's Tour now that Heras has become available to ride it as well. Armstrong will love it and might even send him up the road forcing others to react whilst he stays safely tucked behind Hamiltondacooley said:until people stop associating sky (us postal) with universal evil and italian/spanish climbers with cycling knights and real champions, all the debates remain completely senseless.
Think we might have a militant Astana fan here, Froome will win this Tour with 3+ minutes to everyone but Quintana only cycling illiterates will deny that those 2 will be dominant, Aru won't have that good a team because their A-team is largely with Nibali, Sky will have the best team by far with Movistar, Contador is too old and Aru hasn't competed with a world class field before, he'd have come 4th at best if the Vuelta field had made it to the end and his time trials are appalling, in the last week Sky and Movistar will be dominant and Aru will be the big casualty, despite his Vuelta win I think he'll struggle to make top 5 and you'll find that Sky and Movistar will cope very well I suspect Aru will be isolated and struggling to stay with Sky and Movistarray j willings said:Irondan said:Imagine a Tour team with Landa, Henao, Gthomas, Wout Poels, Froome, ect... Holy crap!
Whats the difference. Landa replaces LRP and Sky will still be in pieces like they were in last years tour going in to the last week and a half . If Froome never had Thomas to hang onto he would have lost with more than a week to go. This team like any team will make no effect against the likes of Bertie and Quintana going into the last week.
Bertie ,Quintana just follow Froome simple. Astana will be the strongest team they will rip the tour apart. Aru
will attack at every opportunity and will cause everyone problems with the exception of a 100% bertie.
Froome, Quintana will not be able to cope on a "daily basis"
We have seen this all before about how great a team looks. Well its about how great they ride their bike over 3 weeks and none of the Sky riders last 3 weeks including froome. They all fade away.
That's such a load of crap, Landa would have beaten Aru if he wasn't so loyal, he climbs better than anyone with the exception of Mr Quintana, Landa will win a GT and probably several, he's far better that any GT contender outside of the big 3 simple as, He has proven time and time again that his climbing will win GTs like Pantani's did[/quote]portugal11 said:Taxus4a said:[quote="[.
like he was for the giro
Its LRP all over again. Landa is not good enough to win GT. Never will be.
I
The amount of people on here saying that Landa is worse than Aru because he was dropped the other dayTaxus4a said:ray j willings said:Hgriffiths2606 said:That's such a load of crap, Landa would have beaten Aru if he wasn't so loyal, he climbs better than anyone with the exception of Mr Quintana, Landa will win a GT and probably several, he's far better that any GT contender outside of the big 3 simple as, He has proven time and time again that his climbing will win GTs like Pantani's didray j willings said:staubsauger said:All eyes on the Vuelta.
Should be the major favorite there.
like he was for the giro
Its LRP all over again. Landa is not good enough to win GT. Never will be.
I
seriously . He got dropped the other day by Nibs and co who are not exactly the best climbers i.e Bertie ,froome etc and he was lucky to get back on. Landa was a domestic for Astana because that's what he his best at. Aru has already won a GT . Landa was a mountain top ahead of Bertie last year and he caught them all up .
If he was that good Bertie would never have caught him up " a whole mountain"
Comparing him to Pantaniyou are dreaming and have no idea about cycling , go ride a bike and get some education.
Pantani with BP would have nothing to do with Landa in a mountain stage both in a good shape. We are not in 2000 year.
i was a great fan of Pantani, but It is time for a lot of people to change mind as I did.
You are giving lesons with no idea of current cyclingand with no idea about who is Landa.
Landa is weak rider in terms of heath, so that is a problem always for 3 weeks, but he ha a huge talent for cycling.