Won't he?First, they seem to be making an issue of the point that Bernal's season is over. He won't be riding the Italian classics he normally does.
He's currently training in Italy.
Won't he?First, they seem to be making an issue of the point that Bernal's season is over. He won't be riding the Italian classics he normally does.
Bernal attacked before Yates in that Vuelta stage 20. He was followed by Haig and Lopez. The rest of the group caught them after 200m. Then Yates jumped and was immediately followed by Roglic and Mader. Mas and Haig closed the gap a few seconds later.Maybe there was more to it than a tactical move all agreed on? When they went all in with Yates on stage 20. López abandoning the race and Bernal might not feeling all that happy about it too?
Even if you think Bernal > Carapaz, you can't seriously think Bernal is far and away better.He's far and away Ineos' best GT-rider for the foreseeable future
I do actually. At his best he's just better everywhere than Carapaz, apart from maybe having a slightly worse sprint.Even if you think Bernal > Carapaz, you can't seriously think Bernal is far and away better.
I always put this sort of "xyz rider is good in xyz weather conditions" mostly down to coincidence.Does anybody have an overview how Bernal does in cold/rainy hot weather?
I already mentioned this, but I did get the feeling this year the weather is quite important for his performances, that he's significantly better in cold conditions, that is, suffers less in those, while heat can get to him. Anybody with confirmation/ opposition performances, impressions or thoughts?
Yet his best performance occured when the weather was terrible and he wasn't better than his rivals in the final week (in warmer weather).I always put this sort of "xyz rider is good in xyz weather conditions" mostly down to coincidence.
I mean based on his form in May & the opposition he faced in Italy (Caruso & Simon Yates), Bernal would have walked that Giro even in a heatwave... & then people would have talked about his great races in the heat.
If that's the case then he has a problem. I just find it hard to believe he has problems with the heat like that to the extent it shaves serious watts off his performance.Yet his best performance occured when the weather was terrible and he wasn't better than his rivals in the final week (in warmer weather).
Almost the whole Vuelta was hot and Bernal was struggling with his form. Suddenly he got better in the Cantabrian mountains - in cold and rainy weather.
I wouldn't call it coincidence.
That’s also how secured his Tour victory—on the rainy, weather-shorted stage with mudslides.Yet his best performance occured when the weather was terrible and he wasn't better than his rivals in the final week (in warmer weather).
Almost the whole Vuelta was hot and Bernal was struggling with his form. Suddenly he got better in the Cantabrian mountains - in cold and rainy weather.
I wouldn't call it coincidence.
Well, it didn't actually rain while the stage was still on...That’s also how secured his Tour victory—on the rainy, weather-shorted stage with mudslides.
You mean because it was snow and hail instead?Well, it didn't actually rain while the stage was still on...
No, there was no drop of precipitation on the riders before the stage was called off. Rewatch the footage of when it happened, there were still completely dry roads.You mean because it was snow and hail instead?![]()
The gruppetto actually did get tortured by a hailstorm on their way to the top of the Iséran but not the front riders.I guess I’m remembering shots from cams away from the race on other sections of the course. I stand (well, sit) corrected!
Oh TdF next year... So probably none of the three (Rog, Pog, Bernal is going to the giro next year then![]()
Brailsford says Bernal will fulfil his contract with Ineos
'He's still got two years on his contract' says team principalwww.cyclingnews.com
There you have it.
Laughs in Portuguese.Oh TdF next year... So probably none of the three (Rog, Pog, Bernal is going to the giro next year then)
He's articulate and knowledgeable, but, unfortunately, for my money, but he's also being a bit of a chauvinistic blow-hard. YMMV. My take is that it was clear early on that Adam Yates wasn't going to win the Vuelta and the shared leadership and giving Pidcock and Van Baarle freedom to go after stages ended up costing Ineos a podium. And ultimately the impression after this season is that Bernal and Roglic are the only guys who might give Pogacar a run for his money, and Acquadro is just doing right by his clients by trying to drum up some interest and see where the market is before the river card comes. All of the riders understand this and so does Ineos. So that whole never-ending Colombians don't have a team of their own so they should keep their chin downs and take whatever the teams give them spiel is bull$#*t. I mean, it's good advice for a guy who wants to have a long career as a domestique, but not for someone who's aiming to win Grand Tours.Good vídeo about Bernal'd situation
View: https://youtu.be/vIcQKgmSNl4
Tldr: there's nothing concrete,and he has nowhere else to go. And the riders should cope with shared leaderships.
On the weather, I don't know if Bernal is better at the cold, but he was third at the Strade Bianche, won a Paris Nice and demolished the super cold stage in the Dolomites. Pogacar states clearly he fares better in the cold. I'm not a pro, but I can clearly see I'm much better in the cold. These things happen.
I'm not sure, with a Giro stage finishing in Slovenia and RCS getting extra money from the start in Hungary I expect them to throw some money at at least one of the Slovenians, probably Pogacar.Oh TdF next year... So probably none of the three (Rog, Pog, Bernal is going to the giro next year then)
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