Teams & Riders Tom Dumoulin discussion thread

[May0maniac]

Meh, I'd rather have him ride Poland, Olympics and the Vuelta, let Barguil be the team leader for the Tour and then you have him and Ten Dam working for Dumoulin at the Vuelta.

 

[robin440]

Re: Re:

Dumoulin will start in the Tour

Don't know how I feel about that.

With all these crashes at the Tour, you'd think that would be enough reason to skip this race. Most certainly after his 2015 experience.

Many people believe Tony Martin lost his gold medal in 2012 because of his TDF injury.

Really? I thought it did not make much of a difference because it was a hand injury?

 

[GP Blanco]

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Meh, I'd rather have him ride Poland, Olympics and the Vuelta, let Barguil be the team leader for the Tour and then you have him and Ten Dam working for Dumoulin at the Vuelta.

They did not state he will be the leader. Most likely he will ride it as a Vuelta prep for the WC, take it easy and ride the TT's full gas.

 

[yaco]

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Meh, I'd rather have him ride Poland, Olympics and the Vuelta, let Barguil be the team leader for the Tour and then you have him and Ten Dam working for Dumoulin at the Vuelta.

Agree this is a far better plan.

 

[Red Rick]

Sneaky bastard coming in s.t. yesterday. Will get yellow, will create hype, will win this time

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Is not going to happen. Simply not enough climber for that

 

[Kwibus]

I agree with Tom that a stage like today is silly and should never be longer then 200km.

I totally disagree with him that stages longer than 200km are longer needed in GT's. The Giro this year showed once again the value of a long tough stage, a stage of attrition.

I totally dig short stages as well, but not at the cost of long stages.

 

[Red Rick]

Naturally it should be a mixture of both, but the length has to have a purpose. I'm totally opposed to the Tour 140km queen stages for years now.

 

[Kwibus]

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Naturally it should be a mixture of both, but the length has to have a purpose. I'm totally opposed to the Tour 140km queen stages for years now.

The short mountain stages add a lot of spice and certainly have their value. The tdf keeps on forgetting to add a long 220-240km mountain stage in the mix though.

 

[RattaKuningas]

I agree with Tom that a stage like today is silly and should never be longer then 200km.

I totally disagree with him that stages longer than 200km are longer needed in GT's. The Giro this year showed once again the value of a long tough stage, a stage of attrition.

I totally dig short stages as well, but not at the cost of long stages.

I think that flat stages should be like 160km maximum and should feature multiple cat 4 or cat 3 climbs. Might make cycling more attractive which is important because teams are losing sponsors.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Naturally it should be a mixture of both, but the length has to have a purpose. I'm totally opposed to the Tour 140km queen stages for years now.

The short mountain stages add a lot of spice and certainly have their value. The tdf keeps on forgetting to add a long 220-240km mountain stage in the mix though.

Exactly. I found the last stage of the TdS quite refreshing at 57km. Just make sure distance is also balanced out.

 

[SoigneurNL]

according to his twitter he ran into an rv for a 'number 2' during toddy's race. Imagine finding that when you return from the roadside... Lol

 

[Red Rick]

He felt like *** ting

 

[Amsterhammer]

An epic win! Chapeau, Tommeke!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Just when I thought his season would be average...nice! Great boost for Rio as well

 

[Red Rick]

Total boss. Winning the stage with the most altitude gain and beating some quality climbers.

This won't be his first

 

[BigMac]

Looking forward for more breakaway battles with him.

Clinical attack today.

 

[BigMac]

By the way, he's neither Tommy D nor Tommeke, get him his own nickname.

 

[gunara]

By the way, he's neither Tommy D nor Tommeke, get him his own nickname.

Tommeke sounds flattering, while Tommy D does the opposite.

Today is another proof that he's no match for purer climbers in calculating a winning move.

 

[movingtarget]

Great win very deserved.

 

[classicomano]

 

[IndianCyclist]

He is reaffirming his climbing credentials but he should try with the GC specialists to get a real feel

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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He is reaffirming his climbing credentials but he should try with the GC specialists to get a real feel

Rio comes first now.

 

[Red Rick]

Champ

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Brutal TT. If he is in this kind of shape he will easily win Rio TT