My pick for this competition, Amaury Capiot, is most likely out of it, as his season is more or less over due to injury.
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Zinoviev Letter said:I think I find Konrad the most surprising top contender for this one. He has good finishing speed for a climber and usually a guy with a bit of a kick who is top tenning so often will win a few.
Potomac said:What is indicated by a name being in bold?
Yeah, we should make a team classificationAlexandre B. said:Superb collective performance, Bora climbers.
Vasilis said:Yeah, we should make a team classificationAlexandre B. said:Superb collective performance, Bora climbers.
Zinoviev Letter said:It’s almost unbelievable. 75 top 10 finishes from their best four climbers so far this year and zero wins. Seventy five! How is it even possible to be simultaneously that consistently good and that consistently bad?
It’s just as well that their GC leaders are on the same team as their prolific sprinting / classics wing.
Zinoviev Letter said:Vasilis said:Yeah, we should make a team classificationAlexandre B. said:Superb collective performance, Bora climbers.
It’s almost unbelievable. 75 top 10 finishes from their best four climbers so far this year and zero wins. Seventy five! How is it even possible to be simultaneously that consistently good and that consistently bad?
It’s just as well that their GC leaders are on the same team as their prolific sprinting / classics wing.