Career-wise, which is the subject, the results are obvious.
And you simply know his results would've been better if he had changed teams at some point?
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Career-wise, which is the subject, the results are obvious.
And you simply know his results would've been better if he had changed teams at some point?
No, but his failure at GTs suggest he needs a new approach.
Moreover, I'm entitled to my own opinion.
Well, I have the opinion, that it's probably best to trust that he knows what he's doing.
Maybe he just likes GTs despite his history with themNo, but his failure at GTs suggest he needs a new approach.
Moreover, I'm entitled to my own opinion.
Maybe he just likes GTs despite his history with them
Looks who's mentally weak again
Looks who's mentally weak again
7 DNFs... but how's that possible?
Tour: finished four times - four DNFs.
Vuelta: finished two times - two DNFs
Giro: finished once - one DNF.
Shouldn't the number of finishes and the number of DNFs be the same? Is he breaking math or something like that?
Nevermind; it is 7:7! So glad my brain isn't broken after all!
If anything he seemed unusually phlegmatic about his back issues in the Pyrenees, given his emotions last year.give some examples of the 'whining' that he did then if they were so numerous
unless those are also only in your head
He’s won a monument, stages in all GTs, and a podium in the TdF. He has a good palmares, all at the same team. It wasn’t Madiot who smashed his knee against his handlebar last year, or took a lead pipe to his back this year.Career-wise, which is the subject, the results are obvious.
This is the thing for me. I couldn’t believe when I found out he’s never raced the Ardennes, and I really hope he does next hear. If he should switch anything in his preparation, I think it should be to ditch some of the 1-week stage races and ride some classics.Maybe he just likes GTs despite his history with them
He’s won a monument, stages in all GTs, and a podium in the TdF. He has a good palmares, all at the same team. It wasn’t Madiot who smashed his knee against his handlebar last year, or took a lead pipe to his back this year.
Especially one who has won LombardiaThis is the thing for me. I couldn’t believe when I found out he’s never raced the Ardennes, and I really hope he does next hear. If he should switch anything in his preparation, I think it should be to ditch some of the 1-week stage races and ride some classics.
I would think it a terrible waste of a career as a climber to never even attempt Liege.
He views himself as a GT rider, podium contender. He has one podium. In 2014.
It wasn't Madiot that smashed his knee against the handlebar, or whatever. I didn't say Madiot is at fault, neither am I interesting in discussing those kind of shenanigans.
What I'm saying, and I thought it was obvious, is that people sometimes need to change their sorroundings to overcome whatever that is preventing them from performing at their best and achieving success in their pursuits.
What had Thomas before his miracle conversion to TdF winner ?
You said he was stupid for staying with the team that has given him all the not-inconsiderable success he has had.He views himself as a GT rider, podium contender. He has one podium. In 2014.
It wasn't Madiot that smashed his knee against the handlebar, or whatever. I didn't say Madiot is at fault, neither am I interesting in discussing those kind of shenanigans.
What I'm saying, and I thought it was obvious, is that people sometimes need to change their sorroundings to overcome whatever that is preventing them from performing at their best and achieving success in their pursuits.
I don't know, never followed, nor cared about Thomas.
You said he was stupid for staying with the team that has given him all the not-inconsiderable success he has had.
What I'm saying, and I thought this too was obvious, is that FDJ didn't cost him all those possible podiums. He's had some huge performances, and some terrible luck. I think he's a talented rider, but not quite on the level of talent of some of the GT winners leading some of the big teams; if he were to join Jumbo, or Ineos, or even UAE now, he would be a super-domestique. If he were to join AG2R or Lotto-Soudal, it would just be a step sideways for no gain. And Movistar, well...