theyoungest said:
IIRC, your idol tried to win the Vuelta last year. Didn't quite succeed, though.
That was beyond Evans' control.
Evans would have obviously won that Vuelta if it wasn't for that flat tire, punctured on purpose by the Spaniards, that lost him 15 minutes.
He could hold on on La Pandera, he just thought it would be tactically wise to get dropped. If he wasn't pushed into the barriers by Gesink he would have taken at least 2 minutes in that sprint on Xorret de Cati.
And if Gesink would have stayed on his bike Evans would have taken him in a breakaway in the Madrid stage. Solo.
Valverde was in a doping case about 4 years ago and hasn't been tested since, so he was obviously doped up to extremes.
Menchov's GT win was a fluke. And a fluke. And a fluke.
/s