- Feb 20, 2012
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I would change very little. Remove Jaen, and probably swap Amstel for Roubaix.
- Apr 30, 2011
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He could also start his season with Strade and race Tirreno.
- Sep 17, 2020
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Agree he shouldn't do Giro.. TDF fits better with his spring classic season.
Strade, Tirreno, Sanremo, E3, Ronde, Roubaix, Fleche, Liege, Slovenia should be his race program before TDF.
Strade, Tirreno, Sanremo, E3, Ronde, Roubaix, Fleche, Liege, Slovenia should be his race program before TDF.
- Aug 3, 2015
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I'd love Roubaix, but realistically it aint gonna happen IMO
- Jul 7, 2013
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His TdF preparations were complicated by his crash in LBL so they may be more cautious regarding PR indeed. It'll happen at some point though: sooner or later. Hopefully the former.
- Sep 16, 2021
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Would be disappointing if he did. They already have Yates. Yates was still the strongest climber in the race last year. Just gotta work on staying near the front on the windy sections, where he lost the race.
At this point in his career he should have 5 objectives: OGRR, WCRR, giro, vuelta, and all 5 monuments. Seriously. If he falls short at the tour again he should put it on the back burner.
- Apr 30, 2011
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No. Always Tour ahead of the Giro, if you have to choose.
Ticking all the boxes (or die trying) is not the measure of a great palmares. Great victories are, and the more, the better. 7 Tours >>> 2 Giri, 2 Tours & 3 Vueltas.
- Jun 11, 2021
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Him doing the Giro would be cool because he'd finally do the Vuelta again and potentially be in top shape for Olympic RR / Worlds.
Him doing the Giro would also be shite because he'd annilihate the competition.
Just from a collecting as many trophies as possible perspective next year would be the perfect year by some distance to skip the Tour. Terrible competition at the Giro, weakened competition at the Vuelta with everyone doing the Tour. Olympics in the perfect spot.
Him doing the Giro would also be shite because he'd annilihate the competition.
Just from a collecting as many trophies as possible perspective next year would be the perfect year by some distance to skip the Tour. Terrible competition at the Giro, weakened competition at the Vuelta with everyone doing the Tour. Olympics in the perfect spot.
I am not all that sure Rogla, Pogi, Jonas and Remco will all target Tour 2024.
P.S. That is not on how cycling works.
P.S. That is not on how cycling works.
I would prefer to see him do Tour de Suisse instead of Slovenia pre tour and tick off another big one week stage race
How many Giros and Vueltas add up to a Tour though? If he can win 2 Giros for every Tour, is that a fair trade? Or a Giro win and podium vs 2 Tour podiums?
If you have won 5 tours you are in the discussion for greatest grand tour cyclist of all time. 5 giro and 5 vuelta, but no tours wouldn't have you in that discussion.
- Jul 7, 2013
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About 2 years ago I wanted him to try Giro-Vuelta double but now I think Tour + monuments is by far the best combo for such a versatile rider.
- Aug 1, 2016
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Not in my opinion.
I would rather have won 3xGiri, 2xTdF, 2xVuelta + All Monuments than 10TdF.
Likely I rather win 1MSR, 1Roubaix, 1RVV, 2LBL, 5 Giro di Lombardia than 7 LBL and 7 Giro di Lombardia.
The first establish you as 2nd best rider all time (to reach Eddy Merckx level will be hard to achieve). The latter as the greatest TdF rider in history but "nothing else".
It's something like Rafa Nadal. He will be the best Roland Garros / clay player in Tennis History, but won't be the best all-around player.
I'm not sure he can win the tour if Vingegaard is doing it, too, though.
He's got some special qualities wrt the ability to race at an insanely high level all year long on all terrain, plus he's young enough to scarf up some other objectives and return to the Tour later (at the ripe old age of 30) with maybe a lighter schedule. I'm not saying he needs to pile up lesser GTs, but winning all 3 at least once would be huge. Although all 5 monuments would be yuger...
- Jul 7, 2013
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If he doesn't win the Tour anymore so be it. You never know what the future holds and he has a very high level - too high not to try to win Tour #3. He might go for Giro-Vuelta double at some point but as I said before - Tour matches very well with his one-day races excellence and I'm not expecting any schedule change in the next couple of years.
I think it is perfectly doable to ride UAE Tour, SB (can be removed), T-A, MSR, Dwars or E3, Flanders, Fleche and LBL before doing Giro.
Take a week or so off after the Giro, ride the nationals and a smaller race before Olympics or just go straight to the Olympics. Pog goes well after a break. He will probably be flying either way and be able to fight for the win, if he wins is another story but not much more he can do.
Take a week or so off after the Giro, ride the nationals and a smaller race before Olympics or just go straight to the Olympics. Pog goes well after a break. He will probably be flying either way and be able to fight for the win, if he wins is another story but not much more he can do.
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- Jul 7, 2013
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Teddy in the spring has good power for classics but is fat. He would be crushed by real men on mythical Giro climbs.
So you’re saying he can choose to go against the hard men of the classics or real men of the Giro. We all know who would win in a bar fight, just saying.
- Jul 10, 2014
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I'm happy I'm not in Twitter, I would need to work full-time just to correct people there.
- Jul 7, 2013
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Pretty much this. He's a one-day racer who can climb a bit.
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