- Nov 12, 2010
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- Feb 16, 2010
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- May 29, 2019
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- Apr 1, 2019
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On this parcour, with a cobble stage and 60 km of TT, it almost has to be Thomas. Carapaz and Yates would lost minutes on these 3 stages.
- Apr 13, 2021
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I think they can take Dylan Van Baarle and turn him into a gc guy. He would be perfect for that tour route. He has such an engine, great TT great on the cobbles. He can also apparently win mountain dauphine stages.
Or maybe Kiwato wants finally to try doing GC in a grand tour after 2013
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Yates, Carapaz and Geoghegan Hart can be super strong but a shambles in the cobbles.
It would be a bit funny if, given how much they chuck money at riders and buying superstars, they end up having Thomas as leader in TDF again. Although given the circumstances, not that funny.
Or maybe Kiwato wants finally to try doing GC in a grand tour after 2013
.Yates, Carapaz and Geoghegan Hart can be super strong but a shambles in the cobbles.
It would be a bit funny if, given how much they chuck money at riders and buying superstars, they end up having Thomas as leader in TDF again. Although given the circumstances, not that funny.
- Apr 1, 2019
- 3,862
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They could also turn Ganna in a GC rider. Paris-Roubaix U23 winner and also not that shabby at TT's.I think they can take Dylan Van Baarle and turn him into a gc guy. He would be perfect for that tour route. He has such an engine, great TT great on the cobbles. He can also apparently win mountain dauphine stages.
Or maybe Kiwato wants finally to try doing GC in a grand tour after 2013
Yates, Carapaz and Geoghegan Hart can be super strong but a shambles in the cobbles.
It would be a bit funny if, given how much they chuck money at riders and buying superstars, they end up having Thomas as leader in TDF again. Although given the circumstances, not that funny.
- Sep 2, 2011
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Let's turn Luke Rowe in a GC rider.
- May 29, 2019
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The internet: Thomas now has a chance of the lifetime.
Thomas: Why is this happening to me.
Thomas: Why is this happening to me.
- Nov 14, 2009
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Maybe Tom Pidcock will be called up for the TdF. He won the U23 baby Giro and also the U23 Paris Roubaix...as well as an Olympic Gold medal winner. He's much better at staying on his bike the G. Thomas.
- Nov 16, 2013
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If you watch the race tonight, you'll see that he gets off his bike and runs very often. Not a good strategy if you're going for a Tour win.
- May 9, 2010
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It worked out pretty well for Froome.
- Nov 16, 2013
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That doesn't make it a good strategy. Just as well as taking a poop break at the bottom of a mountain is not a good strategy.
- Sep 26, 2020
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I don't think Pidcock usually runs a lot in MTB either, so as long as he's aware of the kind of race he's doing, he should be alright.
That said, he did lose out on a victory just a week ago, because he wasn't able to stay on his bike.
- May 5, 2010
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I'd certainly be surprised if there was suddenly random stairs in the middle of the Tour route.
I generally hope most riders know what kind of race they're doing.
- Sep 26, 2020
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They probably generally know the type of race, but they certainly don't always know the parcours well, and there have also been incidents where they didn't even knew what country they were in!
It wouldn't surprise me if there's a couple of the riders racing on Mallorca, who aren't quite sure of the name of today's Trofeo.
- May 5, 2010
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As long as they know that the TdF - and road racing in general - doesn't usually involve stairs.
- May 9, 2010
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Get off your bike and run and get same time as everyone who put time into you sounds like a good strategy to me.
- Sep 26, 2020
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- Nov 16, 2013
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It's not even good enough for you to have it as an avatar...
- May 5, 2010
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They're not usually racing on the podium, silly!You're sure about that?
Apart from when they're racing to see who can finish a beer first.
- Sep 26, 2020
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Even if you take the lead on the last stage, you would still have stood on a podium at the presentation and before each stage, and you might get injured if you can't walk up the stairs correctly.
- May 5, 2010
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You are being very silly.
I don't think any has ever in the middle of a road race randomly thought; "I'm gonna run up those stairs!"
Maybe you have...
- Nov 16, 2013
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Didn't Démare and Breschel once go into an autocamper in order to take a dump? That's actually a combination of those two very bad strategic choices we're talking about as entering most autocampers would involve a couple of stairs.
- May 5, 2010
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In fact, that would be a combination of three very bad strategic choices:
- Going up stairs in the middle of a road race.
- Taking a dump in the middle of a (road) race.
- Entering a random autocamper in the middle of a (road) race.
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