To be fair I did say he was similar to Porte in the sense of inconsistency and not riding qualities. Porte is the stronger climber however Thomas should be able to conserve energy better on flatter days.
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Team Sky will prepare a special barbecue for him like last year after the ITT. Problem solved.rick james said:https://www.instagram.com/p/BTgln_Vhjux/?taken-by=mikellanda.sky
mikellanda.skyMikel Landa: "If I find myself in another Giro 2015 and they tell me to stop, I won't"
exactlyHelloDolly said:deValtos said:therealthing said:They are taking a big risk not having Landa as sole leader. I would use Thomas as a tactical card. Landa has proved his worth over 3 weeks, Thomas less so and he has never led at a GT. Also Landa is defintely a better pure climberHelloDolly said:So what is this about then ?
https://twitter.com/oskarguinea/status/858601376523399170
If ever a man was on the market for a new team
Thing was if he had stayed with Astana he would be sole leader at the Giro
It really doesn't cost too much to have two leaders. I think it would be a mistake for Sky to pick one over the other before the race.
Ordinarily I would agree but everyone knows what will happen...Thomas will take an early lead, Landa will be roped in to protect that and then Thomas will fade but by thnbe Landa will have blown his chances ....
If that happens, Landa has only himself to blame as he could have just attacked on Etna then.HelloDolly said:deValtos said:therealthing said:They are taking a big risk not having Landa as sole leader. I would use Thomas as a tactical card. Landa has proved his worth over 3 weeks, Thomas less so and he has never led at a GT. Also Landa is defintely a better pure climberHelloDolly said:So what is this about then ?
https://twitter.com/oskarguinea/status/858601376523399170
If ever a man was on the market for a new team
Thing was if he had stayed with Astana he would be sole leader at the Giro
It really doesn't cost too much to have two leaders. I think it would be a mistake for Sky to pick one over the other before the race.
Ordinarily I would agree but everyone knows what will happen...Thomas will take an early lead, Landa will be roped in to protect that and then Thomas will fade but by thnbe Landa will have blown his chances ....
HelloDolly said:deValtos said:therealthing said:They are taking a big risk not having Landa as sole leader. I would use Thomas as a tactical card. Landa has proved his worth over 3 weeks, Thomas less so and he has never led at a GT. Also Landa is defintely a better pure climberHelloDolly said:So what is this about then ?
https://twitter.com/oskarguinea/status/858601376523399170
If ever a man was on the market for a new team
Thing was if he had stayed with Astana he would be sole leader at the Giro
It really doesn't cost too much to have two leaders. I think it would be a mistake for Sky to pick one over the other before the race.
Ordinarily I would agree but everyone knows what will happen...Thomas will take an early lead, Landa will be roped in to protect that and then Thomas will fade but by thnbe Landa will have blown his chances ....
thehook said:If Landa does not bury G. In the early stages of the race (Etna). He would be a fool. IMHO
Guy is to talented to let any opportunity slide by.
Shouldn't be a problem, I think he will lose at 3, maybe 3 and a half minutes at maximum to Dumoulin or whoever proves to be the strongest (hello Jungels) on the TT on stage 9. He can think about the flat time trial in the last week.Rollthedice said:First he has to get there and then without being 10 min. down. Anyway interesting comments coming from Shefer.
Well, I don't think Astana is a rival team anymore. That was probably why he said it.silvergrenade said:So the Astana DS says everybody should have buried Landa when he had that mechanical. He added that Landa will be strongest in the third week.
Pretty interesting comments from a rival team.