Aru won La Vuelta that year, and Landa out climb both him and Contador in that Giro. That's two out of three GT winners that year. Hype was justified.
Today he showed again what a fighter he is, form was not exactly there, but the will certainly is.
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Today he showed again what a fighter he is, form was not exactly there, but the will certainly is.
I don't get why People hate so much on Landa. Yes, he wasn't the strongest since 2015 but the guy keep doing top5 on every GT he finished while not begin the strongest guy in the race. I think he's one of the most regular GC guy since 5 years. And at least, he's trying to blow up the race by putting all his team settings the pace yesterday and even attacked on today's stage while begin chased by one of the strongest team in recent years.
Dumoulin will probably have to go back to the Giro which he is capable of winning again.
Media hype isn't hate. I never hated him but I thought his best GC days were in the past.
Dumoulin has 1 Gt and 2 Podiums and WTT. Pinot has 1 podium and 1 monument whereas Landa has one podium. He had a chance to make it possibly 2 podiums but thru his own inattentiveness, he lost. All in all he has the worst palmares.
Dumoulin also plans his targets in advance which suit his ablities. He has chosen the Giro over TDF for TTs. Landa had no such choice due to his decisions
Dumoulin also plans his targets in advance which suit his ablities. He has chosen the Giro over TDF for TTs. Landa had no such choice due to his decisions
Good effort from Landa yesterday. He attacked, can't ask for much more.
Generally speaking, Mikel is not a great time trialler, but he has had some okay performances (2017 Giro?). He is still an outside chance to steal third. Needs more than 20 seconds on Porte and two minutes on Lopez; highly unlikely, but not unfathomable.
Anyway 125-1 is alright value in my opinion, though my predictions are also never a safe bet
Generally speaking, Mikel is not a great time trialler, but he has had some okay performances (2017 Giro?). He is still an outside chance to steal third. Needs more than 20 seconds on Porte and two minutes on Lopez; highly unlikely, but not unfathomable.
Anyway 125-1 is alright value in my opinion, though my predictions are also never a safe bet
It is a bit simplistic to bring up the palmares and general reputation of Contador and Aru as an argument when my point stood on the premise Contador's level in that particular race was lower than many believed it to be despite winning it. Contador was the yardstick for evaluating Landas climbing level in that Giro and if he was weaker than thought to be, then at least some of that hype around Landa was built on wishful thinking.
I don't know it for certain and may very well be wrong. Its just my opinion based on what Landa himself and his main rivals in that Giro have shown since. I wasn't completely buying the hype back then and if anything that opinion has strenghtened with years passing.
I hope after this Tour he realizes that it will be hard for him to win in France and goes for Giro-Vuelta, which I believe are within his reach.
This.
Decent ride from Mikel in the ITT and overall 4th place is probably not what he wanted, but is still a very good result.
He's just had the misfortune of facing a once in a lifetime trouble free Richie Porte
I only saw him on the fist section, thought he looked like decent TT position but putting out 12 Watts max, then he gets a good time overall. Pleasantly surprised.
He got to the finish just a few seconds after Richie Porte who had started 2 minutes later, so it's obvious that he was able to use Porte as pacesetter after being overtaken. That puts him well ahead of Lopez.
Any change of Landa riding Vuelta? Last he rode it in 2015. His calendar is only showing Wallonne.
Well he is not riding the Vuelta then. Anyway I dont wanna get any more hype, but I played the PCM 2020 and Landa won the UCI World Championship Road Race. Just saying.
PCM 2020 must have a model of what Landa thinks of himself instead of the real Landa.
It's too bad he isn't riding Vuelta, the master of the double GT peak. Hopefully we see him next year in the Giro again.
I think it was smart decision. He went really deep during the Tour, the pain was often visible on his face, which is unusual for him. Maybe the level was really high this year, maybe lockdown didn't help or maybe it was the first year with new team. Anyway I really hope the next year will be better for Landa.
I agree that he should try to win the Giro, he probably can podium the Tour but his attacking style is really wasted and contained by the trains in France.
4th place in this years tour had been a very good result for him and I think it´s more or less the optimum that he can reach with his potential at the tour. Because of his time trial ability he has few chances to defeat Roglic and Pogacar in the next years.
So I agree that he should focus on the giro and the vuelta next year. Perhaps there he has better chances to win a grand tour.
Really disappointed he didn´t ride the Vuelta, he could have gone for stages or podium there. Read somewhere he didn´t wan´t to race in the cold... Anyway I expect him to be in great shape early next year and go for Giro-Vuelta and not focus on the Tour.
He doesn't have any businesses left in TdF. This year was the best opportunity for him and he was beaten by Richie Porte and barely beat Enric Mas in a year where Bernal DNF-ed and Quintana who looked rock solid in the spring had health problems.
I expect next year for him to ride Giro and fight for a podium. Not so sure that he's GT winning material. Evenepool will eat for him breakfast and I rate Carapaz better than him at this moment.
I expect next year for him to ride Giro and fight for a podium. Not so sure that he's GT winning material. Evenepool will eat for him breakfast and I rate Carapaz better than him at this moment.
Bahrain Victorious 'all-in' for Mikel Landa at Giro d'Italia
Bilbao, Caruso, Mader, Mohoric provide support
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I don't get this. On one hand I can understand, this might be Landa's best shot at a GT victory ever. Although we had a similar feeling in 2019 and he wasn't even on the podium, but OK. But to put the whole team of very strong riders completely at his disposal, it's not a very smart decision IMO. The same happened at last year's Tour. We are talking about very strong individuals here, who can also do big things on their own. Pello Bilbao is a top 5 contender himself and he needs to work for Landa? I don't buy this. I hope they are going with a 1A, 1B approach. Also having Mohorič for the n-th time riding strictly as a domestique is a sacrilege. Every time he had any kind of freedom, he won a stage. Let him do his thing. Free the man! For the others I can understand why, although I wouldn't mind Caruso going for the stage win a couple of times.
Gorazd Štangelj really is one of the worst DSes in pro cycling. He was terrible when he was at the head of Slovenian national team. I wouldn't trust his decisions.
I like Landa, but he has had his chances and has never delivered. He still deserves to lead a team in a GT of course, but in this time of his career, I don't think he deserves a full team for his GC ambitions. To me, his GT career has been very similar to the one of Kruijswijk. I often compare those two when I'm trying to rate GC riders. I probably rate Landa's ability a little higher. Both very good riders, who can podium if everything goes right for them. But they are not GT winning material. Well, Bahrain has made the decision and it looks like Landa is going to have perfect conditions to make me look dumb. I'd actually like to see that.
Bahrain Victorious 'all-in' for Mikel Landa at Giro d'Italia
Bilbao, Caruso, Mader, Mohoric provide support
I don't get this. On one hand I can understand, this might be Landa's best shot at a GT victory ever. Although we had a similar feeling in 2019 and he wasn't even on the podium, but OK. But to put the whole team of very strong riders completely at his disposal, it's not a very smart decision IMO. The same happened at last year's Tour. We are talking about very strong individuals here, who can also do big things on their own. Pello Bilbao is a top 5 contender himself and he needs to work for Landa? I don't buy this. I hope they are going with a 1A, 1B approach. Also having Mohorič for the n-th time riding strictly as a domestique is a sacrilege. Every time he had any kind of freedom, he won a stage. Let him do his thing. Free the man! For the others I can understand why, although I wouldn't mind Caruso going for the stage win a couple of times.
Gorazd Štangelj really is one of the worst DSes in pro cycling. He was terrible when he was at the head of Slovenian national team. I wouldn't trust his decisions.
I like Landa, but he has had his chances and has never delivered. He still deserves to lead a team in a GT of course, but in this time of his career, I don't think he deserves a full team for his GC ambitions. To me, his GT career has been very similar to the one of Kruijswijk. I often compare those two when I'm trying to rate GC riders. I probably rate Landa's ability a little higher. Both very good riders, who can podium if everything goes right for them. But they are not GT winning material. Well, Bahrain has made the decision and it looks like Landa is going to have perfect conditions to make me look dumb. I'd actually like to see that.
Land and Remco will tie for the win to make you feel double the dumb
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