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Alexzulle said:When your team manager says this it is pretty evident that something you had before isn't there anymore.
Alpe d'Huez said:Well, the answer seems fairly obvious. From his fairly candid statements this past May, he's now riding clean when he wasn't in the past.
issoisso said:I've been saying this since he won that Giro. Until about 2007 the fanboys used to call me names. Then they stopped. I wonder why
He won a Grand Tour thanks to tactical and route circumstances that were a major coincidence and will likely never be repeated. Good for him, but it's pointless to insist. He's realized that just because he won the lottery once, he won't win it again no matter how hard he tries to.
Good for him that he's stopping the "I wanna be a GC guy" nonsense. By focusing solely on the classics, there's a chance he can become the world's number one at them. It's the same transition that worked well for both Rebellin and Bettini. They too did well as GC riders before they finally realised their strengths lay elsewhere.
Should be interesting to follow![]()
issoisso said:I've been saying this since he won that Giro. Until about 2007 the fanboys used to call me names. Then they stopped. I wonder why
He won a Grand Tour thanks to tactical and route circumstances that were a major coincidence and will likely never be repeated. Good for him, but it's pointless to insist. He's realized that just because he won the lottery once, he won't win it again no matter how hard he tries to.
Good for him that he's stopping the "I wanna be a GC guy" nonsense. By focusing solely on the classics, there's a chance he can become the world's number one at them. It's the same transition that worked well for both Rebellin and Bettini. They too did well as GC riders before they finally realised their strengths lay elsewhere.
Should be interesting to follow![]()
blaxland said:+1 agreed......and maybe some others should follow his lead..say cadel evans maybe?
forty four said:in fairness cadels gt results are not comparable to cunego. cadel is consistently almost there with the big win cunego does not have the same gt ability.
auscyclefan94 said:at that stage, people thought cunego was going to be the next big thing in world cycling with the classics and the grand tours. he's had a few top tens at giros but the past few years have been dry from him. i remember LA saying last year that cunego was too small to be a gt rider. i think in a GT cunego good be a good super domestique for a gt rider.
Alpe d'Huez said:Well, the answer seems fairly obvious. From his fairly candid statements this past May, he's now riding clean when he wasn't in the past.
skidmark said:Can you remind me what those comments were? I was away from computers in May and I don't remember hearing about this. Thanks.
forty four said:in fairness cadels gt results are not comparable to cunego. cadel is consistently almost there with the big win cunego does not have the same gt ability.
blackcat said:Armstrong says alot of things to court the respective national tifosi 'cross the conitinent.
Like that media ***** Megan Fox whenever she goes to a new foreign country she always says something provocative like how she thinks this <insert national icon> is sexy.
Just a pr strategy.
workingclasshero said:or perhaps she is a slút and actually does find someone in every country sexy (still not had her on my door or bed mind)
I used the well worn aphorism "meedja hore"issoisso said:She looks like you can catch STDs just from looking at her
issoisso said:She looks like you can catch STDs just from looking at her
Once again you confirm that your beliefs are unfalsifiable.blackcat said:He has shown alot since the Giro, just not as consistent as a guy on a big program. I reckon he is on a small maintenance program.
Basso is on a medium program, Cunego just maintenance.
blaxland said:+1 agreed......and maybe some others should follow his lead..say cadel evans maybe?