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Will Tony Martin reach a Top Ten overall finish at this year's Tour de France

  • Hell No

    Votes: 4 100.0%

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Bavarianrider said:
Checking the profile i don't see those places:rolleyes:

If you can't see how
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is more selective than
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then I simply don't know how you think cycling works.
 
Libertine Seguros said:
If you can't see how
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is more selective than
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then I simply don't know how you think cycling works.

Ok it's harder but not really a place where you could excpect real gaps.
I am sure you complained about the route in 2009, too.
It's not Tonys fault that JROD can't TT. nor is it his fault that they didn't ride harder into Eibar yesterday.
 
Bavarianrider said:
Ok it's harder but not really a place where you could excpect real gaps.
I am sure you complained about the route in 2009, too.
It's not Tonys fault that JROD can't TT. nor is it his fault that they didn't ride harder into Eibar yesterday.

But I'm not blaming Tony. Why shouldn't Tony try to win?

I'm blaming the organisers for putting out a crappy course that means Tony can actually be successful despite his strengths being so far away from what País Vasco should be about it's not even funny.

Some races are more for the strong men, some are more for the featherweights. If Igor Antón wins the Eneco Tour, you know they've done something wrong in the course design. Likewise if Tony Martin wins País Vasco.
 
Libertine Seguros said:
But I'm not blaming Tony. Why shouldn't Tony try to win?

I'm blaming the organisers for putting out a crappy course that means Tony can actually be successful despite his strengths being so far away from what País Vasco should be about it's not even funny.

Some races are more for the strong men, some are more for the featherweights. If Igor Antón wins the Eneco Tour, you know they've done something wrong in the course design. Likewise if Tony Martin wins País Vasco.

Ok i agree. Still ithink it would be unfair to downplay Tonys victory. If he wins he is the best. I agree though that the organizers should be able to find more climbs in Pais Vasco.
 
By the way, in his daily report on his homepage Tony writes that he is currently at 74 kilos.
So he is pretty much on his limit already. Hope he doesn't drain himself too much.
He should gain a few kilos the next weeks again. Then cutting slowly back till July and enter the Tour at around 74 Kilos again.
 
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Sad news, there's a lot of gentle mocking of Tony around here but he's certainly a great rider who looked like he was coming into some good form, hope he's ok and not off the pedals for too long.