Nothing. Which is a lot less than Pinot and I could pull other riders too
I can also pull riders, or other sportsman who performed better after they had changed their environment/team, so it works both ways.
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Nothing. Which is a lot less than Pinot and I could pull other riders too
I can also pull riders, or other sportsman who performed better after they had changed their environment/team, so it works both ways.
Pinot is one of my favourite riders, but starting a 3 week race with an unsolved back problem seems very careless to me.
“We noticed an improvement a little after his post-Tour de France break, and because of this improvement, Thibaut had made the bet to come to the Vuelta to go for a stage win”,
"Since the Tour, my back has not recovered 100 per cent. That's the slight uncertainty I have going into the Vuelta. We'll see. I hope it goes in the right direction. In any case, it's better than it was at the Tour, but I can't say it's 100 per cent," Pinot said.
He still had to try, in order to find out if he could do it.
Some people don't seem to get that's why the likes of Madiot are love by some. I watch sport for the emotional if I want rational I'll watch a science program. I'll take stupid attacks and no hope long range efforts over power meters and marginal gains any dayThat's where I think the team went wrong. It feels more like an emotional decision then a rational one.
It makes a bit of sense if he thought he could ride into form for stage wins later, but I think the first week was way too hard for that if he's still recovering from a back problem.Still entirely possible that he thought being at less than 100% - and we're probably talking maybe 80%-90%, not 20% - would be enough.
What had Thomas before his miracle conversion to TdF winner ?
Prior to winning the Tour, Thomas had won Paris-Nice, the Dauphine, Volta Algarve, Tour of the Alps, Bayern-Rundfart twice despite rarely being team leader. Pinot has been team leader his entire career and has a record similar to Rafa Majka (but slightly worse). He's only talked up as a contender because he is French and rides for Madiot who hypes him up.
Prior to winning the Tour, Thomas had won Paris-Nice, the Dauphine, Volta Algarve, Tour of the Alps, Bayern-Rundfart twice despite rarely being team leader. Pinot has been team leader his entire career and has a record similar to Rafa Majka (but slightly worse). He's only talked up as a contender because he is French and rides for Madiot who hypes him up.
^ the hard truth.
Pinot once podiumed the Tour, in one of his few finishes, and this is why the French still hype him.
Majka has ridden 14 GTs, (DNFd twice) podiumed in the Vuelta and been in GC numerous times. But nobody talks about him.
Riders win GTs by being consistent. They dont get there by having a couple of good days then abandoning.
Majka is a great comparator because regardless of the whataboutery in your head, the results demonstrate that he has come as close to a GT win as Pinot. And yet, as you imply, he is nothing particularly special
It's a shame that you feel the need the resort to personal insults.
You are just trolling here.
How often has Majka done anything more than hang on as a top GC contender. I like the guy but his high GC positions have all been about hanging on as an also ran who the top guys really are not too concerned about dropping. Regardless of whether he fails at the end Pinot is considered a threat by top GC guys and affects any race he is competitive in.By all means, lay out your argument as to why you disagree.
Regardless of whether he fails at the end Pinot is considered a threat by top GC guys and affects any race he is competitive in.