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Tejay Van Garderen Discussion Thread

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movingtarget said:
Good result for TJVG added to his Giro stage win, maybe next year he can keep the momentum going.


That was one of the hardest GTs in awhile with a stellar cast so top 10 is very good

However the way he rides he could do maybe 6th to 9th even 5th at a push if field is not top .... but look at the climbers coming through ...he is not going to challenge for a podium
Plus its a hard hard way to make a living

he would be better going for stages and KOM, and of course stage races...

Bite the bullet and make life easier for yourself Tejay
 
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HelloDolly said:
movingtarget said:
Good result for TJVG added to his Giro stage win, maybe next year he can keep the momentum going.


That was one of the hardest GTs in awhile with a stellar cast so top 10 is very good

However the way he rides he could do maybe 6th to 9th even 5th at a push if field is not top .... but look at the climbers coming through ...he is not going to challenge for a podium
Plus its a hard hard way to make a living

he would be better going for stages and KOM, and of course stage races...

Bite the bullet and make life easier for yourself Tejay

Yeah that would be easier. Top 5 looks a bit beyond TJVG at the moment, the younger generation is already coming through. Contador is going and Nibali and Froome are probably a few years away. Even riders like Michael Woods and George Bennett are making the top 10 now so the competition is only increasing. Kelderman and Zakarin are improving. Landa, Lopez and the list goes on. I actually thought that TJVG may have retired before Talansky but both of them were struggling. TJVG's results this year will give him some motivation. Needless to say it's a tough sport and it must be difficult having a family with so much travel involved and trying to find some balance especially when the career is not going too well.
 
NorthAmericanScum said:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ochowicz-van-garderen-will-win-a-stage-race-before-the-tour-de-france/

Thoughts? Certainly glad to see him focusing on one week races...I do think he can be successful, more so than chasing the ghost of his former self in grand tours at least.

It makes sense. I thought he looked much better in the Giro getting into breaks and chasing a stage win. Hopefully he can climb well in the Tour to support Porte.
 
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Unless I have missed something, the cyclingnews story doesn't really seem to suggest that TVG is focussing on one week races, just that Jim Ochowicz thinks he is in good form this year. To some extent whether or not TVG will be successful depends on the other big GC riders, their race programmes and the way in which they are building form ahead of the GTs. Froome's approach last year certainly opened up races for other riders!
 

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