Teams & Riders The official Egan Bernal is the new Egan Bernal thread

[SHAD0W93]

1995, 1998 Pantani, 1996 Riis, 1999, 2001 Armstrong, 2006 Baso. Maybe!!

Note: When I say Pantani I mean in the whole race, not the ITT!

Wow. No love for 97 Ullrich.

 

[Cookster15]

Wow. No love for 97 Ullrich.km

Agree. But when I mentioned nobody on the planet - I meant nobody on the planet in 2020 - not ever. Mind you I think Pogi would have been interesting against those guys on that stage. I mean he was ahead of some of the best time trialists in the world even before the climb started. But I really want to see what Roglic and Pogi could do on the Alpe. I think that is the best benchmark against prior generations.

 

[lenric]

so... will he ride the Vuelta this year?
If he does and ends up winning it, he'll be the youngest winner of all 3 GTs.

 

[gregrowlerson]

1995, 1998 Pantani, 1996 Riis, 1999, 2001 Armstrong, 2006 Baso. Maybe!!

Note: When I say Pantani I mean in the whole race, not the ITT!

95 Pantani?

People who die before their time are overated.

And unfortunately they're not even around to hear all the plaudits.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Agree. But when I mentioned nobody on the planet - I meant nobody on the planet in 2020 - not ever. Mind you I think Pogi would have been interesting against those guys on that stage. I mean he was ahead of some of the best time trialists in the world even before the climb started. But I really want to see what Roglic and Pogi could do on the Alpe. I think that is the best benchmark against prior generations.

Oh I knew that but responding to Escarabajo leaving him out.

 

[elastico]

I'm impressed by how Egan makes every attack count. He's been riding rather conservatively, attacking occasionally, with 2 to 4 min efforts. With this route design so far he's done a magnificent job of creating 1'30 gap over his closest opponent.
As far as comparing different riders in different races- an absolute waste of time IMO. There is an important element missing in those comparisons (apart from many factors, like the wind on the day, the equipment of the time etc., the form on a particular stage) which is factoring in the racing mano-a-mano dynamic that can motivate and enable you to dig deeper or, conversely, lose confidence against a stronger rival.

 

[jnormanroach]

so... will he ride the Vuelta this year?
If he does and ends up winning it, he'll be the youngest winner of all 3 GTs.

Vuelta will be awesome if we get to see him go against the Slovenians… and I don’t know if there’s a chance of landa being healed by then. Could be the strongest field of the three GTs this year?

 

[SafeBet]

Vuelta will be awesome if we get to see him go against the Slovenians… and I don’t know if there’s a chance of landa being healed by then. Could be the strongest field of the three GTs this year?

Well it depends.
If my favorite rider wis the race it's a very strong field, otherwise it's a very weak field (sometimes historically weak field).

 

[Red Rick]

Well it depends.
If my favorite rider wis the race it's a very strong field, otherwise it's a very weak field (sometimes historically weak field).

Yes because nobody is capable of arguing in the least bit of good faith.

 

[Bonimenier]

Unfortunately we haven't see a lot of it, but how exciting is a Bernal in top shape? Gotta love it.

 

[Eclipse]

Best rider in the race but also probably the most exciting rider in the race.

Ruthless and ballsy

 

[SafeBet]

Wonderful maglia rosa.

 

[SafeBet]

Bernal to RAI: "This is the cycling I love. Hard stages, big mountains. I wanted to put on a show."
Italian fans have a new hero.

 

[roundabout]

absolutely dominant

 

[Bonimenier]

First rider in the maglia rosa winning a stage since Yates, Yates and Yates in 2018.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Could potentially have 3 GT wins without the crash. Just has to not crack and he’s molly whoped everyone.

 

[Netserk]

Good to see him honouring the jersey, both on Giau and at the finish.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Bernal to RAI: "This is the cycling I love. Hard stages, big mountains. I wanted to put on a show."
Italian fans have a new hero.

The fact that he has the same birthday as Pantani also helps a lot.

 

[pvieira91]

So much better than the rest. Stage after stage, he shows that he's not here to defend but also to attack. Incredible! Best performance in a Giro I ever seen

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So much better than the rest. Stage after stage, he shows that he's not here to defend but also to attack. Incredible! Best performance in a Giro I ever seen

Simoni in 2003?
Basso in 2006?
Contador in 2011?
Froome in 2018?

Just from the top of my head.

 

[pvieira91]

Simoni in 2003?
Basso in 2006?
Froome in 2018?

Just from the top of my head.

I started to watch Giro last year

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats EB!

 

[BigCoward]

Simoni in 2003?
Basso in 2006?
Contador in 2011?
Froome in 2018?

Just from the top of my head.

Froome was garbage in 2018. Bernal would probably still be leading if you took the best time on each stage from his rivals.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

1995, 1998 Pantani, 1996 Riis, 1999, 2001 Armstrong, 2006 Baso. Maybe!!

Note: When I say Pantani I mean in the whole race, not the ITT!

This is a good list. IMO on a course like PDBF peak Armstrong would be the strongest of them. On the flat part he would put time into everyone except Indurain (and maybe Ullrich) and he would outclimb everyone except Pantani.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Froome was garbage in 2018. Bernal would probably still be leading if you took the best time on each stage from his rivals.

First 3 from my list were overall performances and the last one was single stage performance (as I wasn't sure what exactly the poster meant).