plus they've got history with that Froome crashThe preseason training camp is turning into a crashfest. They should rethink their training plans/location. This is the richest team and if they cant properly ensure the safety of their riders then they have failed miserably
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.Considering Bernal has a long road to recovery. Who will get a chance now to lead the team on races such as the Tour?
Thomas could be it but i feel that his head is not in it anymore. That leaves Carapaz or Yates? Or do they have a youngster capable of a surprise?
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.
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.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.
It worked out pretty well for Froome.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.
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.It worked out pretty well for Froome.
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 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.
I'd certainly be surprised if there was suddenly random stairs in the middle of the Tour route.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.
I generally hope most riders know what kind of race they're doing.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.
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!I generally hope most riders know what kind of race they're doing.
As long as they know that the TdF - and road racing in general - doesn't usually involve stairs.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!
Get off your bike and run and get same time as everyone who put time into you sounds like a good strategy to me.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.
You're sure about that?As long as they know that the TdF - and road racing in general - doesn't usually involve stairs.
It's not even good enough for you to have it as an avatar...Get off your bike and run and get same time as everyone who put time into you sounds like a good strategy to me.
They're not usually racing on the podium, silly!You're sure about that?
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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.They're not usually racing on the podium, silly!
Apart from when they're racing to see who can finish a beer first.
You are being very silly.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.
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.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...
In fact, that would be a combination of three very bad strategic choices: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.