Rigoberto Uran discussion thread.

[slosada]

What???? That's ESPN the narrator is Mario Sábato from Argentina, the commentator is Oscar "Trapito" Restrepo... football journo who moved to Miami around 10 years ago.

You may like it once in a while but having to deal with it day and day out... it's worse than Kirby.

Thanks god I can understand more languages

 

[memyselfandI]

https://www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/stage-19-20-power-analysis-rigoberto-urans-road-glory/

 

[zepecat]

From street vendor to Tour de France star, the extraordinary determination of Rigoberto Urán
http://www.businessinsider.com/rigoberto-uran-colombian-cyclng-violence-tour-de-france-2017-7

 

[SergeDeM]

Front page says he's in talks with Cannondale, UAE, Astana and Trek for next year. I'd like to see him wear that Trek kit.

 

[Escarabajo]

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From street vendor to Tour de France star, the extraordinary determination of Rigoberto Urán
http://www.businessinsider.com/rigoberto-uran-colombian-cyclng-violence-tour-de-france-2017-7

Excellent read.

I guess I knew about his cruel past, but interesting second article about the Money Ball Cannondale. I know that JV does not have many fans in this forum but in reality he is working hard in scouting the right cyclists and rolling the dice with them.

 

[Escarabajo]

Well there it is. Best sportsman of the year according to the Espectador newspaper.

It wasn't like the was too much fight this year. Still very good for him and the resurgence of his career.

http://www.revistamundociclistico.com/ruta/24555-rigoberto-uran-el-deportista-del-ano-fernando-gaviria-en-el-podio-de-los-elegidos-.html

 

[jmdirt]

I'm going to type the same thing about RU that I just typed about Bardet: I'm hoping for at least five GC guys to kick the crap out of each other, and he is one of the guys who can mix it up at the front. I hope that his legs are good and that his mind is on fight mode. RU has a history of better TTs than Romain, but as of the last few years his TTs are a little less dependable.

 

[DBotero]

On paper the GC battle should be way harder than last year so a podium place might be hard to achieve.A top 5 looks possible,higher placing not without a great TTT/TT.

 

[movingtarget]

On paper the GC battle should be way harder than last year so a podium place might be hard to achieve.A top 5 looks possible,higher placing not without a great TTT/TT.

Interesting though there is hardly any talk about him after hitting the podium last year but the field this year looks even harder. Not much being said about Bardet either. I get the feeling that most journalists seem to really only give Quintana or Porte any chance of beating Froome. Very open race I think.

 

[Anderis]

Unfortunalety, Uran's TTT prospects have taken a blow with Craddock's crash.

https://twitter.com/Ride_Argyle/status/1015611543789039616
Doesn't sound optimistic.

 

[Salvarani]

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Unfortunalety, Uran's TTT prospects have taken a blow with Craddock's crash.

https://twitter.com/Ride_Argyle/status/1015611543789039616
Doesn't sound optimistic.

Yeah, does not sound good

 

[Robert5091]

but 51 seconds up on Froome.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Re:

From street vendor to Tour de France star, the extraordinary determination of Rigoberto Urán
http://www.businessinsider.com/rigoberto-uran-colombian-cyclng-violence-tour-de-france-2017-7

Great story. Wish I’d known last year so I could have cheered harder!

 

[jmdirt]

Good TTT for UR and Slipstream Education!

 

[Escarabajo]

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Good TTT for UR and Slipstream Education!

He is 3rd of the GC riders.
Not bad so far.

 

[movingtarget]

Re: Re:

Good TTT for UR and Slipstream Education!

He is 3rd of the GC riders.
Not bad so far.

In a very good position as he is a stronger TT rider than many of the riders behind him. Early days of course. Couple of good stages coming up for him also on stage 5 and I think the Bretagne stage.

 

[del1962]

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Good TTT for UR and Slipstream Education!

Two good TTT from Garmin (I still call them that) , one yesterday in the final

 

[Anderis]

I'm slightly worried by what Uran has shown on stages 5 and 6. Mur de Bretagne should suit him, he finished 3rd there in 2011. But even on yesterday's finish he seemed to ride too far behind for a podium contender and risked losing seconds already. Looks like he might not be in as good form as last year.

 

[slosada]

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I'm slightly worried by what Uran has shown on stages 5 and 6. Mur de Bretagne should suit him, he finished 3rd there in 2011. But even on yesterday's finish he seemed to ride too far behind for a podium contender and risked losing seconds already. Looks like he might not be in as good form as last year.

Same here, he should have been upthere, maybe not for the win or bonus seconds (as there are good puncheurs like Bala, Martin, Ala, etc..) but enough to be in the leading group.
But the performance so far has been good... I wonder if he decided to start the race on the heavier side

 

[Escarabajo]

The only catch is that last year and last year is when I have seen him climbing the best because he looks leaner. And probably lost some weight. S along with weight he lost power. He used to be very good in this type of finishes. Just a thought!

 

[Simurgh]

I didn’t have great expectations for him ahead of the Tour, and today proves the gut feeling I had. A shame, ‘cause he seems to be a good man. But hey, he still has the rest of the Tour to prove me wrong!

 

[slosada]

He's done for this tour.. Maybe he can stage hunt in the Pyrenees.

In Slovenia he hanged and sprinted for one HTF, but lost Roglic's wheel in the next stage.
In the two HTF in this TdF, he only hanged and even lost 8 seconds in his preferred terrain.
His TTT was very strong but wasn't able to catch Landa's group in Roubaix stage.

Now he's dropping very early even before GVA. I don't think he's injured from the crash... He must be ill or he messed his preparation.

 

[gmedina]

His knee and back is bothering him a lot (he had some interview with the Colombian media and said that it was hard to pedal).

 

[DBotero]

He's injured but hopefully he can recover in time to go for a winning break.

 

[Taxus4a]

He is out, he should be thinking in La Vuelta...it is not clever to ride le Tour now.