Aru was too strong. But he'll be on the podium, monumental result for his career and expected future earnings.
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No one would've expected this before. Well, except Leclercq! Good call Mister expert!SeriousSam said:Aru was too strong. But he'll be on the podium, monumental result for his career and expected future earnings.
Red Rick said:Why are you so certain Aru will drop Dumoulin? It's no longer 8+ gradients anymroe. Cotos is 5% average. I think Morcuera is Aru's only shot in that stage.
I do think Dumoulin might have a bitter sprint, considering bonifications. If he doesn't he's gonne get screwed there.
And Sagan finish second?Dekker_Tifosi said:Yeah, it's strange we can even be disappointed if he loses the lead now and get's 2nd. Before the race 2nd would be an impossible result. Laughable even.
It's like saying Tony Martin will win the Giro
IndianCyclist said:He has proved to be a better podium contender compared to other GC hopefuls like Majka, Chaves, all current Dutch climbers. Hope he can sustain.
webvan said:So he was flying...at least in the beginning, but started out too fast apparently, needs to take some cues from Wiggins in that respect. In the end when you look at Valverde's and Quintana's or even Aru's times, his performance isn't that "great".
Anywy this is going to come down to the wire, great !
What more could he have done. this is 3rd week laden with fatigue. He took 1 min on Bodnar who is pretty good TTer and who didn't have to work on the climbssienna said:Forget Rodriguez. Despite his win today Big Tom is the big loser - he simply didn't take enough time from Aru. :|
That's why they'll let the breakaways go. Everyone who's smart and wants to win a stage should get in the breaks.Red Rick said:Why are you so certain Aru will drop Dumoulin? It's no longer 8+ gradients anymroe. Cotos is 5% average. I think Morcuera is Aru's only shot in that stage.
I do think Dumoulin might have a bitter sprint, considering bonifications. If he doesn't he's gonne get screwed there.
IndianCyclist said:Dumoulin is more Wiggins likeCarols said:Dekker_Tifosi said:Yeah, Froome was way more surprising. In fact Froome still is the most surprising GT winner ever and most surprising evolution ever.
Dumoulin at least had a 5th and a 3rd place in the tour de suisse. Froome had.. wel what? a 30th place on Alpe once
Difficult to disagree with this. Froome never showed an iota of talent pre-transformation.
Dumoulin certainly did.
Metabolol said:I think if Dumoulin wants to win this Vuelta he can't sit back and be defensive and just react to what Astana/Katusha/(Movistar) do. He and his team should try to be on the offensive and create opportunities for him.
Poursuivant said:Did anyone, anywhere, fan or within the sport, predict this performance from Dumoulin?
MatParker117 said:myrideissteelerthanyours said:KeldermanPremierAndrew said:Who's the dutch national TT Champion?
How the **** did that happen?