Richie Porte Discussion Thread.

[Jancouver]

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any hopes for Porte to deliver in Pays Basque?

Of course. He is very good at delivering top results at those meaningless events. That's why they call him the "King of the Willunga Hill"

 

[movingtarget]

Re: Re:

any hopes for Porte to deliver in Pays Basque?

Of course. He is very good at delivering top results at those meaningless events. That's why they call him the "King of the Willunga Hill"

Trying to win over the Spanish fans ?

 

[Nirvana]

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Of course he has to show up in the in Itzulia and ruin the chances of a potentia Teuns podium.

Now Dylan is forced to ride for the great manlet.

Caruso will be the leader, you should complain to him not to Porte.
https://www.bmc-switzerland.com/int-en/experience/the-feedzone/porte_to_return_to_racing_at_vuelta_ciclista_al_pais_vasco/

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

any hopes for Porte to deliver in Pays Basque?

Of course. He is very good at delivering top results at those meaningless events. That's why they call him the "King of the Willunga Hill"

Since when has País Vasco become a meaningless event? The highlight of the year in the cycling-mad region of the Basque Country and one of the biggest one-week races on the calender.

Jesus Christ, the arrogance of some people...

 

[EroicaStradeBianche]

Basque country is not the easiest of the races. Nervous stages, lot of ups and downs with tricky descends....probably it will also rain. Hope he'll be good

 

[perico]

Basque country is not the easiest of the races. Nervous stages, lot of ups and downs with tricky descends....probably it will also rain. Hope he'll be good

A recipe for disaster for Richie

 

[Lexman]

so what's happening with LRP?

 

[repre]

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so what's happening with LRP?

got a really bad bronchitis in february and just healed, so his spring is ruined. Probably will be better in Romandie if he'll ride.

 

[movingtarget]

Re: Re:

so what's happening with LRP?

got a really bad bronchitis in february and just healed, so his spring is ruined. Probably will be better in Romandie if he'll ride.

Seems he's there for training only.

 

[Blanco]

Re: Re:

so what's happening with LRP?

got a really bad bronchitis in february and just healed, so his spring is ruined. Probably will be better in Romandie if he'll ride.

Seems he's there for training only.

Only light training

 

[movingtarget]

Re: Re:

so what's happening with LRP?

got a really bad bronchitis in february and just healed, so his spring is ruined. Probably will be better in Romandie if he'll ride.

Seems he's there for training only.

Only light training

It seems he's there for the scenery.............

 

[vedrafjord]

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Yeah, lets send 7 domestiques to help Richie Porte crash out on the cobbles. Lmao.

Of course Greg should be on the team, there can't seriously be any doubt about that (as long he wants to go himself). There are a few very good stages for him and the guy has won 2 stages in the last 3 years.

Valverde might stay upright in the ITT of course.

There's simply too much risk to put all your eggs in ONE basket when we are talking about Richie Porte - he has proven that over and over again. You don't necessarily have to support Greg, either, and he can be an amazing asset on the cobbled stage. You also have to consider the whole contract negotiation - snubbing your best rider over the last 6 years like that won't make him happy. Gotta show some respect.

but GVA won't babysitting porte in the cobbled stage. he will fight for the win

In the recent history of cobbled stages in GTs, teams that had both cobble specialists and GC hopes have always used the former to babysit the latter (e.g. Cancellara for Schleck in 2010 or Thomas for Froome in 2015). I can't think of any exceptions off the top of my head.

 

[Brullnux]

Froome pulled put pre-cobbles, Thomas ended up babysitting Porte.

My bad, that was 2014. Tbh in 2015 it was pretty easy, nobody needed babysitting really. In 2014 there was also Bennati-Contador and Trentin-Kwiat (I'm fairly sure he was still considered a GC hope back then)

 

[DBotero]

Porte is looking back to his best and normally he'll win TdS.Good signs for TDF
Waiting to hear the words of his biggest fan Jancouver about his TDF perspectives

 

[silvergrenade]

Man, that was a brutal acceleration.
Porte vs Froome for the Tour win. EPIC!
I'm already excited.

HYPE HYPE!

 

[shalgo]

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Man, that was a brutal acceleration.
Porte vs Froome for the Tour win. EPIC!
I'm already excited.

HYPE HYPE!

It will be a battle the likes of which we have not seen since they were fighting it out for 4th place in the 2008 Herald Sun Tour.

 

[Cookster15]

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Man, that was a brutal acceleration.
Porte vs Froome for the Tour win. EPIC!
I'm already excited.

HYPE HYPE!

I think Porte is officially out of hibernation. A bit of a statement today. Good for him it confirms he is in good form after his long road back from his massive crash.

 

[JosephK]

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Man, that was a brutal acceleration.
Porte vs Froome for the Tour win. EPIC!
I'm already excited.

HYPE HYPE!

It has the potential to be a great, field-slaying duel, but I don't think it will happen. If it gets too close in the final week, BMC will wake up one morning unable to locate LRP for the race start. Too late -- he will have been fed to Froome's pet python.

 

[silvergrenade]

Re: Re:

Man, that was a brutal acceleration.
Porte vs Froome for the Tour win. EPIC!
I'm already excited.

HYPE HYPE!

It has the potential to be a great, field-slaying duel, but I don't think it will happen. If it gets too close in the final week, BMC will wake up one morning unable to locate LRP for the race start. Too late -- he will have been fed to Froome's pet python.

Totally agree with you mate..

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Still has nothing on Bernals accelerations in Romandie and California though

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Still has nothing on Bernals accelerations in Romandie and California though

Porte's accelerations are more Pantani-esque, gradually increasing the pace and just straight up dropping people from his wheel. Bernal's attacks were obviously much more fierce

 

[yaco]

Like to see an inform Landa go head-to-head with Porte at the TDF in a 10km finish at 8% - It could be a battle royale.

 

[Parker]

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Still has nothing on Bernals accelerations in Romandie and California though

Accelerations that dropped Tejay van Garderen but didn't drop Primoz Roglic?

Let's not get over excited. He'll be really good, but he's still a long way off.

 

[movingtarget]

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Like to see an inform Landa go head-to-head with Porte at the TDF in a 10km finish at 8% - It could be a battle royale.

Nightmare scenario for Sky but exactly what Bardet wants. Last year Bardet couldn't get much help from others and Uran wasn't going to risk a podium but Landa is another matter. if Froome can't react it could get interesting on some of the climbs which was what I was hoping for last year............intermediate stages with long range attacks can also be harder to control than climbing stages. Don't see Porte and BMC trying it but others will especially if Froome like last year is a little bit off his usual form. Dan Martin and Nibali will also take some risks, if anything Martin is sometimes too aggressive. I get the feeling that Sky are going to have to work much harder for this potential win. The bonus for them of course is the TTT but if they hold the yellow for a long time that can also difficult.

 

[Jancouver]

C'mon guys! Swiss is just another Willunga Hill one week race. We all know that he can sprint up one hill for a few minutes

... but we all also know that the little midget will crack sooner than later and will be out of contention by the 3rd week. Which may be a good thing as he may be targeting stages instead.

C'mon guys, TdF is not a Willunga Hill.

Jancouver's odds for TLMRP TdF.

1st - 0%
2nd - 0.5%
3rd - 1%
4-5th - 3.5%
6-9th - 5%
10+ 90%