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Yeah, a bit disappointing today. But 10 K is too short for him, I guess.Mikkel Bjerg not really making a lot of improvement over the course of the year.
He hasn't really been shining in longer ITT's either so far.Yeah, a bit disappointing today. But 10 K is too short for him, I guess.
Rumour has it that he was climbing really well for an 80kg guy durning ther training camp, even Kerrison was impressedWhat, Ineos put all their season's efforts into Ganna?
Sure looks like it.Isn't Bjerg your average ' quickly adult body' type of rider who never progresses?
Pantani was one of the biggest introverts in sports. He'd be alone most of the time, didn't really like to talk to press, often trained by himself. Come to think about it, I don't recall ever seeing him laugh (but my memory could be the problem here).
He was charismatic in his own way, but his legendary status mostly comes from what he did on the bike and perhaps from his odd appeareance: bald at young age, slender figure, wearing a bandana.
Froome looks a lot more extrovert to me, at least this is the impression I gather from social media and interviews. Roglic, I don't know. I guess he's very good at hiding his feeling.
Froome clocked in at 80th place in the TT, one spot behind Rick Zabel.
Yep, but he was claiming to be one of the 10 best ITT'ers a while ago already, so it's remarkable that he hasn't managed to make the top 10 of either ITT's that he raced in 2020. He's really only been dominant in the WCC U23 so far. He's won 3 of those, but outside of that not much else. Even regular ITT's in the U23 were quite often won by other riders. Basically, i have my doubts about his trainers and other people guiding him. Either he is not progressing like he should/could, or they completely misread his actual potential and had him believe he was better than he actually was.Isn't Bjerg your average ' quickly adult body' type of rider who never progresses?
Thing is even when Froome was just riding TA for training he cranked out good ITTs.17 seconds down on Nibali and 40 down on Fuglsang. Could have been worse...
Lol a neo with barely fifteen race days. As an under he was close to top twenty in Avenir, won that Triptyque race and does not want to be a time trial specialist afaik. I thought it was a bad idea with a third under year though. He is doing the world's time trial next week, maybe a better distance.Yep, but he was claiming to be one of the 10 best ITT'ers a while ago already, so it's remarkable that he hasn't managed to make the top 10 of either ITT's that he raced in 2020. He's really only been dominant in the WCC U23 so far. He's won 3 of those, but outside of that not much else. Even regular ITT's in the U23 were quite often won by other riders. Basically, i have my doubts about his trainers and other people guiding him. Either he is not progressing like he should/could, or they completely misread his actual potential and had him believe he was better than he actually was.
Oh? What changed? There was some talk of him maybe going for GC's, but it was my understanding that had been shelved. He has been rather adamant that he was going to be a top ITT'er and attacking the world hour record. I was under the impression that he was really going for ITT's.... and does not want to be a time trial specialist afaik.
Doubt the first ITT will have big gaps with having an uphill start and mostly being downhill. Then last day ITTs area always weird.Ganna’s time is so fast that it actually makes it hard to judge how good others were. Yates won but he was shipping 2 seconds a km to Thomas, which would really start to add up at the Giro.
Is he really? His TT last year in the TdF was pretty good and that one wasn't exactly flat.Doubt the first ITT will have big gaps with having an uphill start and mostly being downhill. Then last day ITTs area always weird.
As for the middle hilly ITT, I don't think Thomas excels at the hilly ones I think he's better on really flat ones.
He was beaten by Alaphilippe and barely put a minute into most of his direct competitors. Sure it's always better for a GC guy vs specialists if there's hills, but vs other GC guys hills aren't great for Thomas.Is he really? His TT last year in the TdF was pretty good and that one wasn't exactly flat.