If he doesn't win the 3 GT's, P-R, the WC and the TDU for good measure then he's underpeformed by expectations!
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TeamSkyFans said:Exactly. When lance was 23 did anyone ever imagine he would win 7 tours.
fox1981 said:thats a pretty long list.
leipheimer, hamilton, landis, kloden, rogers, evans, schleck, cunego, ulrich (is that in the last 15 yrs?), lemond (ok well over 15 yrs). just off the top of my head.
considering he hasnt ridden the tour, i dont see how riding in the support of contador will hurt him at all.
Bottle helped Clentador win the Vuelta. And got 2nd himself.dsut4392 said:Perhaps my comparison wasn't clear - I'm starting from the presumption that Porte himself is not cut out to evolve into a genuine GT contender, hence he needs chances to target stages and placings. This is quite unlike most of those you mention,
Even so, who of those was riding in the service of their leader when they were given that chance? Evans wasn't even picked for the T-mobile TDF team, Klöden and Rogers absolutely flogged themselves for Ullrich, Bottle has done what exactly? Ullrich and Riis maybe, but the Riis of 1996 was never going to happen again, and Ullrich was younger then than Porte is now (and an obvious future star unlike Porte). The situation with Lemond/Hinault was again quite different as Lemond had also well and truly demonstrated star potential the previous year. Schleck again is different. Sure he rode for Sastre, but he was again much younger and his TT was godawful then.
auscyclefan94 said:leave that to the clinic!
theyoungest said:Bottle helped Clentador win the Vuelta. And got 2nd himself.
The Hitch said:+ helped Contador win the Tour and got 3rd himself.
The Hitch said:I dont know. Contador wasnt to keen on staying with Astana for 2010. But once it happened, he just put his head down and got the results.
Ferminal said:http://player.sbs.com.au/cycling#/cycling_08/interviews/interviews/playlist/Richie-Porte-Interview-/ (geo-restricted?)
Richie with "Tomo".
Porte says he will be doing:
Romandie
California
Suisse
Tour (regardless of Contador).
I can only assume that comes after a heavy Ardennes campaign.
Looks a bit much for a 2nd-yearer.
The Hitch said:Well replace Romandie with Pais Vasco and throw in Tirreno Adriatico and thats Andrews schedule last season, and Porte is only half a year younger than Andrew was then.
All right so its only Richies 2nd year but id say age is more important than years spent in peloton, and hes not going to be going as hard in the tour or in the Ardennes. Probably more so than at Cali though.
Ferminal said:http://player.sbs.com.au/cycling#/cycling_08/interviews/interviews/playlist/Richie-Porte-Interview-/ (geo-restricted?)
Richie with "Tomo".
Porte says he will be doing:
Romandie
California
Suisse
Tour (regardless of Contador).
I can only assume that comes after a heavy Ardennes campaign.
Looks a bit much for a 2nd-yearer.
Ferminal said:http://player.sbs.com.au/cycling#/cycling_08/interviews/interviews/playlist/Richie-Porte-Interview-/ (geo-restricted?)
Richie with "Tomo".
Porte says he will be doing:
Romandie
California
Suisse
Tour (regardless of Contador).
I can only assume that comes after a heavy Ardennes campaign.
Looks a bit much for a 2nd-yearer.
Ferminal said:http://player.sbs.com.au/cycling#/cycling_08/interviews/interviews/playlist/Richie-Porte-Interview-/ (geo-restricted?)
Richie with "Tomo".
Porte says he will be doing:
Romandie
California
Suisse
Tour (regardless of Contador).
I can only assume that comes after a heavy Ardennes campaign.
Looks a bit much for a 2nd-yearer.
Ferminal said:Yeh but Andrew just waltzes around the back of the peloton looking for good nightspots, I'm not sure Richard has that natural ability and might fall into the trap of actually racing.