Tony Martin Bandwagon thread

[Parrulo]

Wow, did not realise this had 42 pages

are you still using 10 posts per page? you are insane

i can't imagine my life without 40 per page

 

[luckyboy]

Yeah never bothered to change it. Suppose your way is better for long threads though.

 

[Punter]

are you still using 10 posts per page? you are insane

i can't imagine my life without 40 per page

Thanks goodness I saw this, never knew you could change settings and 10 thread pages had me on the brink of suicide.

I took some 8/1 Martin would Top 10 so here is hoping!

 

[Parrulo]

Thanks goodness I saw this, never knew you could change settings and 10 thread pages had me on the brink of suicide.

I took some 8/1 Martin would Top 10 so here is hoping!

i am glad i could help you even if it was by accident.

its also better for race threads getting new posts very fast

 

[Bavarianrider]

Guys you've gotta give probs to Tony. He's upfront there every day. That's really a great team effort for a guy who hopes to do something in the GC himself. You may not like Tony, but is sportsmanship ethic is treamondous.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

So, we're supposed to give him props because his team have asked him to waste energy for the sprints? Or are we supposed to give him props because he hasn't cracked like an egg on the totally flat stages we've had so far?

I don't quite understand?

 

[Bavarianrider]

So, we're supposed to give him props because his team have asked him to waste energy for the sprints? Or are we supposed to give him props because he hasn't cracked like an egg on the totally flat stages we've had so far?

I don't quite understand?

Tony said he wasn't asked by the team, but he chose to help his teammates. His team would have allowed him to rest more, but he wants to fight alongside his teammates. Gotta love that.
Plus it proofs what a multidimesional rider he is. Very few GC riders could worrk for their team like this.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well, we'll see what effect it has on his GC aspirations when we get to the point at which the GC shakeups actually happen. So far, GC-wise, he has:
- avoided getting in the first of two crashes on day 1
- been in a good TTT
- nothing else

Tony is a very good rider, but giving mad props out to him at this point in the race is as premature as saying Evans is suddenly the favourite.

 

[Zoncolan]

Very few GC riders could worrk for their team like this.

Problem is, he's not a GC rider (for GTs at least).

 

[Bavarianrider]

Of course personally he hasn't accomplished anything in this Tour yet.
But he has worked a lot for his team and showed encouraged riding in the finals. Very few star riders would be as unselfish

 

[Dutchsmurf]

Very few GC riders could worrk for their team like this.

Nobody serious about his GC chances would do something like that. Because it is just a waste of energy. You are either a helper or a GC rider, can't do both at the same time. By choosing to help his team, Martin is basically admitting he isn't a GC rider (yet).

 

[Bavarianrider]

Nobody serious about his GC chances would do something like that. Because it is just a waste of energy. You are either a helper or a GC rider, can't do both at the same time. By choosing to help his team, Martin is basically admitting he isn't a GC rider (yet).

Ullrich was often riding in the sprint trains too in 1997-1998.
(I know it were different time back then, but still)

 

[TeoSheva]

Nobody serious about his GC chances would do something like that. Because it is just a waste of energy. You are either a helper or a GC rider, can't do both at the same time. By choosing to help his team, Martin is basically admitting he isn't a GC rider (yet).

from another point of view this help him to stay always in the front at the end of the stages, and he was never involved in crash... if this waste of energy brings one minute in front of Contador, S. Sanchez and others, I think that is welcome.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Of course personally he hasn't accomplished anything in this Tour yet.
But he has worked a lot for his team and showed encouraged riding in the finals. Very few star riders would be as unselfish

André Greipel in this very race? Thor Hushovd?

To pick some other examples from recent memory:
Vincenzo Nibali for Ivan Basso, 2010 Giro
Joaquím Rodríguez for Alejandro Valverde, more or less everywhere in 2008 and 2009
Kim Kirchen for Mark Cavendish, 2008 Tour
Fabian Cancellara for Andy Schleck, regularly
Peter Velits for Mark Cavendish, 2010 Vuelta
Alessandro Petacchi for Danilo di Luca, 2009 Giro

 

[Bavarianrider]

André Greipel in this very race? Thor Hushovd?

To pick some other examples from recent memory:
Vincenzo Nibali for Ivan Basso, 2010 Giro
Joaquím Rodríguez for Alejandro Valverde, more or less everywhere in 2008 and 2009
Kim Kirchen for Mark Cavendish, 2008 Tour
Fabian Cancellara for Andy Schleck, regularly
Peter Velits for Mark Cavendish, 2010 Vuelta
Alessandro Petacchi for Danilo di Luca, 2009 Giro

Exceptions verify the rule

 

[Anonymous]

I keep coming back to this thread, i love this thread.

 

[Midnightfright]

André Greipel in this very race? Thor Hushovd?

To pick some other examples from recent memory:
Vincenzo Nibali for Ivan Basso, 2010 Giro
Joaquím Rodríguez for Alejandro Valverde, more or less everywhere in 2008 and 2009
Kim Kirchen for Mark Cavendish, 2008 Tour
Fabian Cancellara for Andy Schleck, regularly
Peter Velits for Mark Cavendish, 2010 Vuelta
Alessandro Petacchi for Danilo di Luca, 2009 Giro

Alberto Contador for Richie Porte tour de France 2011

 

[Anonymous]

All of a sudden martin in the top 10 looks probable.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Tony looks great. Seems that he timed his form perfectly.

 

[Moondance]

Martin looked v. good today going uphill. And with the stream of GC men exiting, the bandwagon is approaching light speed at this rate. I will live to regret my Hell No response to this poll.

 

[Anonymous]

Tony looks great. Seems that he timed his form perfectly.

And did you forsee all these crashes while you were making this thread?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I still fully expect Martin to drop like a stone in one of the serious mountain stages. But so far, he is looking great, especially with all climbers who can possibly hurt him dropping out due to falls

 

[Libertine Seguros]

at this rate he could drop like a stone in a serious mountain stage and still top 10, simply because of the number of GC contenders dropping out.

And even with those who haven't dropped out, how much help can they possibly have? Euskaltel have lost 3 guys already.

 

[Jan the Man]

Velits also looks good...

 

[jobiwan]

For the record, I voted "Maybe"!