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Gigs_98 said:
El Pistolero said:
He couldn't even beat Van Avermaet on the uphill finish in Strade Bianche, why on earth would he think he can win FW by waiting for the final ascent of the Mur de Huy?
Yeah because Valverde would easily beat GVA if they would come to the final ramp of strade bianche together...
Valverde also couldn't beat him on a semi-mountainous course in the biggest one-day race there is,so that shouldn't surprise you. Greg is one of the last true classics specialists, together with Gilbert.
His palmares is evidence of that:
- Olympic Road Race (around 4000 meters of elevation gain)
- Paris-Roubaix (almost entirely flat and with nasty sections of pavé)
- Gent-Wevelgem (final hill at 34 km from the finish-line)
- E3 Harelbeke (a mini-Ronde van Vlaanderen)
- Omloop het Nieuwsblad (2x)
- Paris-Tours (often called the sprinter's classic)
- GP de Montréal (around 3893 meters of elevation gain)
- Tirreno-Adriatico
- Two Tour stages (one from a break and the other from an uphill sprint)
- One stage in the Vuelta (defeating Rebellin) and the points jersey
- Tour of Belgium (he won it in the Ardennes stage)
He has also been on the podium three times in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, twice in the Strade Bianche and he was once seventh in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. He can't win La Flèche Wallonne in its current state though.