roundabout said:Whole FDJ dot fr got destroyed today. Says it all when Vichot is the best man.
Complete implosion.
Oh well, they can try and do a Garmin Chaos stage later maybe.
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roundabout said:Whole FDJ dot fr got destroyed today. Says it all when Vichot is the best man.
search said:there was a long article in l'equipe today, he was totally scared in yesterday's stage and utterly disappointed afterwards. it seems to be more a mental than a physical thing, I hope he can recover from that and still go for a stage win
search said:there was a long article in l'equipe today, he was totally scared in yesterday's stage and utterly disappointed afterwards. it seems to be more a mental than a physical thing, I hope he can recover from that and still go for a stage win
search said:there was a long article in l'equipe today, he was totally scared in yesterday's stage and utterly disappointed afterwards. it seems to be more a mental than a physical thing, I hope he can recover from that and still go for a stage win
webvan said:Thanks, I missed the stage on Saturday but recorded it. Was he in the lead group at the top of Port de Pailhères and then lost tons of time in the descent?
This is why:forkboy84 said:Yeah, he has a phobia of crashing or something like that, thought he was over it but had a crash earlier in the season & so is definitely finding it tough mentally. Seems a hellish thing for a cyclist to have to deal with.
Poursuivant said:Apparently he was really down after Saturdays stage, he felt he let himself down on the descent.
maltiv said:I'm sorry, this is my fault. I put both Pinot and TJVG on all my manager teams. Obviously they've been the two biggest failures of the race so far
gustienordic said:Apparently he didn't let himself down fast enough
Rajna31 said:Last year he was great in the Alps and then all the French hype and disappeared in the Pyrenees (maybe there was something else back then but I don't recall anything). Should get much better with age and experience.
Ramira said:The odd thing though is that in the Tour de Suisse he finished only 9 seconds behind the leaders in stage 7 and 46 seconds in stage 2. Both these stages ended in a descent, and I'm almost positive he was dropped by the summit in both.
I'm really wondering what happened in the last few weeks that totally shattered his confidence. It's not like he's taking it a bit easy in the descents, he seems completely terrified.
Climeon said:Nope, was dropped in the descent of both of those stages
Ramira said:Hmmm must have recalled that wrong. Still those losses are nowhere near what he's doing right now.