First time this year that Romain shows something. He looked good. Being out-kicked by Valverde was to be expected. The wheel is turning hopefully. Good for morale. Whatever happens now, Bardet finally has something to feel good about.
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Late reply but Contador rode the rest of the stage much harder than in 2016. This year he was about 20s faster on Cote de Peille and had to work much more in the valley, last year he had two teammates. He also did all the work on Col d'Eze while last year he started the climb in a group.hammerthaim said:Interesting to see that last year Bardet (main group) did Eze in 20:09
https://www.strava.com/activities/516698563/
And Barguil (main group) did Eze in 20:31
https://www.strava.com/activities/897587395/
Maybe Contador ain't that fire this year.
These kind of statements are always perplexing. He was literally a Froome crash from winning the biggest GT last year. If Andy Shleck can win a GT, I fail to see why Bardet couldn't.Jancouver said:Bardet is like Purito. Kind of one trick pony that can only succeed on one type of parcour. Its pretty much guaranteed that he will never win any GT.
Do you really think pinot is better?Tonton said:Not bad for the second best French GC rider ...
With no real improvement in ITT, Romain Bardet may become slightly better than Pierre Rolland...but never a true GC threat. A post-ban Virenque kinda rider. That's not bad though...it's a matter of re-defining objectives.
I'm super disappointed...
SafeBet said:He's about to hit his prime, so I wouldn't be surprised if he steps up and challenges the very best of the sport uphill.
We'll see how he'll go at the Dauphiné , but with last year's form he's a serious podium contender, even with no one crashing out - so I don't get the "not higher than 4th place" at this point. Too early to tell, IMOlenric said:Imo, top-5 (well, not higher than 4th place) is achievable. Below that would be a subpar performance. All this, obviously, assuming the favorites won't have accidents, mechanicals, etc.
18-Valve. (pithy) said:We'll see how he'll go at the Dauphiné , but with last year's form he's a serious podium contender, even with no one crashing out - so I don't get the "not higher than 4th place" at this point. Too early to tell, IMOlenric said:Imo, top-5 (well, not higher than 4th place) is achievable. Below that would be a subpar performance. All this, obviously, assuming the favorites won't have accidents, mechanicals, etc.