Well even Froome looks like he's struggling. Without a 80km solo, Dumo would perhaps be on for the first Giro-Tour double since pantani, a year after losing a fair bit of form in third week of Giro
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I agree, with a right route and a decent team he can absolutely do itPremierAndrew said:Well even Froome looks like he's struggling. Without a 80km solo, Dumo would perhaps be on for the first Giro-Tour double since pantani, a year after losing a fair bit of form in third week of Giro
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Steady on. His first time riding the TdF for GC. With a long mountain stage and a TT still to come, he’s in 2nd place, less than 2’ behind yellow. Without his time lost at Bretagne, he would be less than 1’ down. He’s 4-5 years younger than Thomas or Froome so has a few years left of GC contention. It’s too early to call this Tour over (though it probably is) let alone future years.Dekker_Tifosi said:On course to have an Ullrich / Zoetemelk career of many second places
Dekker_Tifosi said:On course to have an Ullrich / Zoetemelk career of many second places
Dekker_Tifosi said:On course to have an Ullrich / Zoetemelk career of many second places
We're in uncharted freaking territory anyway. What else is there to do but try? He can end the season, which doesn't happen too often but I wouldn't begrudge him for it, or he can ride some races that are still worth ridingDekker_Tifosi said:I dunno, he tried peaking 3 times in a season earlier and that failed badly (Giro, Olympics TT, World TT). He was bad at worlds.
However, he had a super light schedule up to the Grand Tours. So who knows.
Poursuivant said:I can really see him targetting the TDF next year, in fact I thought he would this year . If there is a lot of TT miles, he would be very hard to beat.
Poursuivant said:I can really see him targetting the TDF next year, in fact I thought he would this year . If there is a lot of TT miles, he would be very hard to beat.
Expect a battle for the breakawayCinemaniak said:I expect some kind of coupe for tomorrow between him and Roglic. They are both great in the decent and the Tourmalet provides an excellent opportunity for that. Sunweb has the ability to send guys in the front. Haga, Kragh Andersen & Arndt could set a very high pace in that tricky part after the Tourmalet and Lotto-Jumbo can put pressure on the sky train uphill. It's going to be a very spectacular stage on friday, "for sure" (Roglic)
I guess he'll take some weeks rest after the Tour and then will properly build up to the WC (and Lombardia), he must be aware that this is the WC course where he has a chance of winning, it will not happen often.Dekker_Tifosi said:I dunno, he tried peaking 3 times in a season earlier and that failed badly (Giro, Olympics TT, World TT). He was bad at worlds.
However, he had a super light schedule up to the Grand Tours. So who knows.