TDF winner, welcome to a man that never ever attacks...richly deserved...not

[Libertine Seguros]

Yawn. Once more, Cadel lost that Vuelta by more time than he lost to the mechanical. He was in Samu's group after the mechanical, but Samu dropped him. Evans then didn't attack Valverde at any point afterward, though there were two more mountain stages.

He could have won that Vuelta, but to say he WOULD have won it is very presumptuous. Caisse d'Epargne had a very strong team, and Evans took a grand total of 39 seconds out of Valverde over 3 ITTs - almost all of that in the final section of the final ITT where Valverde knew he was safe as long as he kept it on the island. Valverde took a lot of time in bonuses. Evans' sprint is underrated, but it isn't as strong as Piti's.

Look, for far too long we've been endlessly debating why Evans hadn't won a GT. Debunking myths about screwjobs, querying his tactics, mental state, his team's capacity to help, and so on.

He's won one now, so let's not dwell on the past.

 

[El Pistolero]

He definitely wouldn't have won 2007 Tour as ACF seems to believe lol.

 

[kenny79]

climbing towards the greatest race on earth

google that and see what comes up and have a quiet look at the names mentioned /stephens anderson besanko white et al /ligget(sorry bout that one !) 1998 and they are predicting he would one day win !well done cadel ./and he never attacks ?the guy is smart .

 

[skippy]

@special_oz_ed BRILLIANT reply !

Masterful ride by Cadel for three weeks ! Even thursday night i doubted that he would win but had a lump in my throat as the " Aus Fair " played BUT JUST FOR ONCE COULDN@T IT HAVE BEEN " WALTZING MATILDA " !

 

[malknight]

Sorry to dissapoint you that cadel can not do the type of contador attack in the mountains but he has been attacking and aggressive for the whole race and he fully deserves this win. .

Neither apparently can Contador.

I wonder why.

 

[The Ripper]

Funny trolling by the OP. Evans had a great race, especially given this was a "climber's tour" and it had been presumed by numerous folks that he would have no chance. Every year it's a different race, with different things happening. Some folks had crashes and injuries this year. Evans had no crashes or injuries ... so good for him

Comments about a lack of attacking are just funny. Yes, Evans has never been able to attack like a rocket, for a few reasons, not the least of which are body weight (130 lbs vs 150 is a big diff at 9%+ grades), but he has and does attack.

 

[Martin318is]

No idea why this junk thread stayed open so long.

Sorry everybody!