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Last year his Tour could have been a complete failure with crashes and punctures, but he was riding very well in the 3rd week, which culminated on the Alpe.
Pinot has a better time trial than Aru, and with 2 of them in le Tour, he will already have an advantage. In the mountains they seem to be very close to each other. Cobo is a GT winner too, but it didn't go very well after 2011, did it? I get that it is a big deal to win a GT, of course it is, but it can never stand alone as an argument (if he had won multiple like Nibali/Contador/Froome, then you could say that he's experienced)
portugal11 said:Third place in tour only because the competition was very weak. Last year, he wasn't top 10 and finish almost half an hour to froome. Aru is wat more consistent and he is a gt winner. Pinot will never be a gt winnerCannibal72 said:portugal11 said:Juat a big lol... aru and pinot in the same level???Simurgh said:Good race he has ridden in Portugal. Just a handful of seconds after Contador (in GC). Every day we get closer to the Tour, the more I get excited for what Thibaut can do! He has IMO always been in second tier (1st tier being the Big 4), but that gap may be closing bit by bit. It seems that Pinot and Aru are almost at the same level, so a top 5 in le Tour isn't a certainty..well, we'll see!
Is there anything so ridiculous about that? Before last season, no one would have been surprised about that statement, at all (I assume you're suggesting Aru's the better one of the two) - third place at the Tour beats third place at the Giro, after all. Aru also has a much stronger team.
Last year his Tour could have been a complete failure with crashes and punctures, but he was riding very well in the 3rd week, which culminated on the Alpe.
Pinot has a better time trial than Aru, and with 2 of them in le Tour, he will already have an advantage. In the mountains they seem to be very close to each other. Cobo is a GT winner too, but it didn't go very well after 2011, did it? I get that it is a big deal to win a GT, of course it is, but it can never stand alone as an argument (if he had won multiple like Nibali/Contador/Froome, then you could say that he's experienced)