Teams & Riders Tao Geoghegan Hart discussion thread

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Hey, what‘s up with Tao these days? He‘ll do Burgos, then Plouay. No Vuelta - so no GT in 2022!…

Today, he wasn‘t so good in San Sebastian, was beaten by Euskadi‘s Angulo by two minutes almost… OK, Tao is no one day racer, and had a longer break.

I hope Ineos take him to the Vuelta, and I hope he‘ll do a good Vuelta (fight for podium vs Hindley)…

Go, Tao!… You want to win the TdF one day!…

 

[samhocking]

Not sure he had much choice today with how the race turned out so well for Sivakov did he?

 

[SHAD0W93]

First win since the Giro!!

 

[RedheadDane]

Congratulations to the redheaded boy!

 

[fmk_RoI]

TGH is still battling with Ryder Hesjedal for the title of Crappiest GT Winner in Recent Memory, based on the emptiness of their post-win palmarès.

 

[staubsauger]

TGH is still battling with Ryder Hesjedal for the title of Crappiest GT Winner in Recent Memory, based on the emptiness of their post-win palmarès.

Geoghegan Hart wholeheartedly beats Hindley!

 

[Red Rick]

TGH is still battling with Ryder Hesjedal for the title of Crappiest GT Winner in Recent Memory, based on the emptiness of their post-win palmarès.

Chris Horner tho

 

[fmk_RoI]

Chris Horner tho

Fair point but he practically retired as soon as he won, riding a year with Lampre and then being little more than a semi-pro with demi-serious teams.

But you do raise a serious point: who is the crappiest GT winner of the twenty-first century? Ángel Casero FTW? (It's not fair to ask for the all-time worst but feel free to try.)

 

[staubsauger]

The question is whether you want to measure that by performance before / after the major success or performance in the race he actually won.

If it's the latter than no way its Horner and Geoghegan Hart slightly beats Hindley IMHO.

 

[fmk_RoI]

The question is whether you want to measure that by performance before / after the major success or performance in the race he actually won.

The question says winner not win so you go with the palmarès. Many greats of the sport have some seriously crap victories on their record but that doesn't make them crap.

On this basis Hindley is too soon to judge. Ditto Vingegaard.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

It's been almost 5 years since Chris Froome won the Giro and he hasn't won a single race since.

 

[fmk_RoI]

For the record, in the two years and however many months since TGH won the Giro in 2020 his best results have been three second places: in stages of the Tour des Alpes and the Dauphiné in 2021 and a stage of the Vuelta in 2022. He almost added a fourth second the other day in Valenciana before breaking his Curse of the Pink Jersey hex today.

 

[tobydawq]

Chris Horner tho

I'd say Nibali.

 

[topcat]

I’d say wtf, time for a coffee.

 

[tobydawq]

Okay, he has had a pretty good start to the season and is a Grand Tour winner, let's not forget. I'd say this is the best level by far he has shown since then.

It will be interesting to see if he can play a role in a Grand Tour again.

By the way, I read in the Rouleur magazine that he was supposed to lose time on the day to Agrigento (stage 2) and actually had let go of the peloton before he decided that it would probably be a good idea to keep close to Geraint Thomas if he should need a different bike given that they have the same size, so he kept going on the uphill finish, passing lots of riders and didn't end up losing much time. Apparently, it was a random spur of the moment decision, and if he hadn't made it, he would have lost five minutes and never gotten close to the front of GC. He thought that it was pretty strange to think about how such a little thing ended up being that important.

 

[JRanton]

Okay, he has had a pretty good start to the season and is a Grand Tour winner, let's not forget. I'd say this is the best level by far he has shown since then.

It will be interesting to see if he can play a role in a Grand Tour again.

By the way, I read in the Rouleur magazine that he was supposed to lose time on the day to Agrigento (stage 2) and actually had let go of the peloton before he decided that it would probably be a good idea to keep close to Geraint Thomas if he should need a different bike given that they have the same size, so he kept going on the uphill finish, passing lots of riders and didn't end up losing much time. Apparently, it was a random spur of the moment decision, and if he hadn't made it, he would have lost five minutes and never gotten close to the front of GC. He thought that it was pretty strange to think about how such a little thing ended up being that important.

He had the occasional good day in 2021 and 2022 but could never sustain it for more than a day so the way he was getting gradually better in this Tirreno for three straight days has been very encouraging.

 

[Lequack]

Not a bad performance at all. Maybe the best GC guy at Ineos at the moment?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634997519347507200

View: https://twitter.com/emmecipi_/status/1634997519347507200?s=20

 

[movingtarget]

Hindley has two Giro podiums. Two more than a lot of people expected. Jack Haig has a GT podium. Time for Ben O'Connor to do the same. TGH kinda disappeared after the Giro win. Hesjedal was the same but then even Thomas De Gendt has a Giro podium...........Rodriguez could have won two grand tours but Hesjedal and Contador decided to play spoiler...........

 

[SafeBet]

It's nice to see him back at a good level. He is a very likeable character going by the interviews and his social media accounts.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just got another win, and there's a little something I need to make up for (mainly because I hadn't gotten this crazy idea last time he won):

Official Redhead Certification

I, RedheadDane, by the power invested in me, by me, hereby declare Tao Geoghegan Hart an officially certified redhead!

 

[JRanton]

The best TT of his career. Promising start.

 

[BigCoward]

The best TT of his career. Promising start.

Yep. Other than Remco he was man of the match today (Honourable shout out to Vine).

 

[SafeBet]

He is back.
Very happy for him.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Been robbed of the KOM jersey by corrupt timing equipment, having Pidcock Amstel flashbacks here

 

[Bonimenier]

Been robbed of the KOM jersey by corrupt timing equipment, having Pidcock Amstel flashbacks here

It's possible they change it overnight or tomorrow morning, but even if they don't I doubt he would really care that he can't wear the jersey for 1 day.