Nikoloz said:Height 1.86 m
not 4 tour
How does height play into GT performance? Weight I can understand but why height?
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Nikoloz said:Height 1.86 m
not 4 tour
Ryo Hazuki said:I said this 6 years ago. Most overrated talent. The man is way to inconsistent and will never do well in a GT because he recuperates too slow after the first week.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Indurain was 1m88 and weight 80kg
ingsve said:How does height play into GT performance? Weight I can understand but why height?
So?Nikoloz said:Thomas Löfkvist
Height 1.86 m
Weight 70 kg
Andy Schleck
Height 1.86 m
Weight 65 kg
Andreas Klöden (34)
Height 1.83 m
Weight 63 kg
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kloden also has no chance to win tour... (he just had)
I am trying to say that 1.86 m is not good for climber...
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auscyclefan94 said:Good at the giro last year, but faded.
Dekker_Tifosi said:At the moment there about 18 guys better than him (excluding Kruijswijk who willingly gave up his better GC place today by attacking), so I really think Löfkvist should look at himself.
He's not good enough
TRDean said:The dynamic of the race would have been different...and it would have.
Tyler'sTwin said:Probably because he's clean.
Sneekes said:Lofkvist simply doesn't climb well enough to be GT GC contender. I think he'd be a much better classics and one week tour contender if he'd forget about try for the GC in GTs.
Sneekes said:Lofkvist simply doesn't climb well enough to be GT GC contender. I think he'd be a much better classics and one week tour contender if he'd forget about try for the GC in GTs.
jsem94 said:+1
He could win the Tirreno type races, and spring semi-classics and autumn classics instead of trying to be too much of a GT star. BTW if he has any shot at a good GT placement it's at the Vuelta imo.
TRDean said:He didn't say he was...what he said was that Contador should not be racing. The dynamic of the race would have been different...and it would have. I agree with him.