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Community Question: What first drew you to pro cycling?
- Apr 17, 2010
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He's ridden a good tour. He didn't have luck on his side this year, but I do think Tejay should be able to podium at some point in the future. Very talented GC rider, who is still rather young.
- May 7, 2013
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I definitely think he could podium at some point in the future, a tour with a longish flat TT and he would take a bucket of time on a lot of riders.
- Apr 17, 2010
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It would help if BMC supported him better with climbers. He is a rider that would really benefit from having a train similar to what Sky did with Wiggins in '12.richard_91 said:
- Apr 17, 2010
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The Tour needs more TTing. Having 54KM of time trails in a three week race is quite ridiculous.willbick said:
- Apr 30, 2011
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Nope, don't bet a lot on cycling, and never betted on TJ. Just don't like him (Like Hushovd and others).Angliru said:A bit harsh.Did you lose a bet?
And then my honest opinion is that he is vastly overrated. Perhaps more a sack of **** than a piece of **** though.
- May 17, 2013
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Maybe he is overrated.
If you listened and still listen to the two clowns on TV, he is a contender (NBC even listed Gerans as a contender as well), so 'rated' has a lot to do with the build up and promo. We need a US guy at or towards the top to keep ratings high, bike sales going, et caetera. So if he is overrated, I don't blame him.
On the bike he is really good, podium quality and maybe he can win a GT if the course suits him. Several posts after yesterday's debacle (i.e. he's not a three-week guy) were unfair IMO. So yesterday,to me, his stocks fell, and he was underrated.
Bottom line: he's still young. Let's wish him the best and enjoy.
If you listened and still listen to the two clowns on TV, he is a contender (NBC even listed Gerans as a contender as well
), so 'rated' has a lot to do with the build up and promo. We need a US guy at or towards the top to keep ratings high, bike sales going, et caetera. So if he is overrated, I don't blame him. On the bike he is really good, podium quality and maybe he can win a GT if the course suits him. Several posts after yesterday's debacle (i.e. he's not a three-week guy) were unfair IMO. So yesterday,to me, his stocks fell, and he was underrated.
Bottom line: he's still young. Let's wish him the best and enjoy.
- Mar 13, 2009
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He just had 1 bad day, and thats the problem, he always has 1 of them.
The trick is to better limit the damage on those days.. Usually it gets better when you get older
The trick is to better limit the damage on those days.. Usually it gets better when you get older
- Jun 16, 2009
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It would be hard to argue that BMC have not supported him. Stetina, Moinard and Velits have all been with him on the climbs for most of the vital parts until nobody has any team mates. The others have supported him well on the flat.MBotero said:
- Mar 19, 2009
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Overrated in relation to thinking he'll one day be a regular podium contender, maybe. But a piece of whatever was censored there, what makes you say something like that? I know you've stated you don't like him. But a piece of whatever? What? Honestly, what the ****!Netserk said:
- Jun 28, 2014
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They've been terrible support and they ride like idiots. On his worst day, they spent all of their energy in the first half of the day protecting him like wore a jersey. They all pulled off early on the climb but found the strength for all of them to catch him and then TTT him back?auscyclefan94 said:
Avermaet attacked when TJ went down in one of the earlier stages.
They ride around him, sure, but they save no energy and ride like their world class only to end up blowing up well before he needs them to actually help.
Him and his team crack mentally before physically, which is easy to see when they're ****ing catching him or riding away from him on descents. Weird how they do that stuff yet disappear when he's on a climb and needs to make up time. It took three of them to close a thirty second gap on a descent and then they were gone.
They take up a ton of face time. You'll see Stetina doing his now patented Second Line off to the side of Astana at the base of a climb acting like he's pulling TJ up to a better position when you can see TJ hanging back behind his competition. It happens every climb. Stetina moves out to do something worthless at a bad time. I'm more confident in Phinney's ability to pace TJ up a climb than Stetina and Velits together.
Shame about Atapuma, though.
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Do you know him personally? I don't blame you for calling him overrated but that's a bit harsh!Netserk said:
- May 4, 2011
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Also, I don't think the climb suited him.Dekker_Tifosi said:
Let's see how he handles Hautacam today - the most irregular HC climb in this Tour by a fair margin (even if most profiles don't show it).
- Jan 11, 2010
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It was a 240 k stage, which is probably the most important factor. Tejay doesn't have that much experience over that distance.18-Valve. (pithy) said:
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