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He probably thinks it is just too hot in France and Spain. I always thought it was physical, but this week he even managed to perform well with higher temperatures. So maybe it is also mental after all.
For sure the Giro recently had some years with loads of bad weather and snowy days, but Giro would also mean he cannot do his normal race schedule in march and april. Not easy to decide.
BullsFan22 said:Irondan said:He certainly is one of the best stage racers out there, too bad he hasn't been able to ride GT's the way he rides week long stage races. It would be great to see more riders like him able to compete ftw in Grand Tours.Mayomaniac said:Recently Pozzovivo said that he didn't work on his TT skills for the Giro, the main focus was getting his climbing back on track, but that he'll focus on it for the Vuelta.
Rohan dominated the TTs, great wins for him.
Happy for Spilak, he's one of my favourite riders and when he's just an awesome rider.
Yeah I co-sign on that. It's a real pity he's hardly raced the GT's. I don't know if it's mental and physical or just mental, but if he can win big stage races like the TDS (twice), Romandie, win the Miguel Indurain GP, stages at the Dauphine, and plenty of other good races/stages, why shouldn't he be able to translate this to the GT's? Interestingly his best ever GT placing was 48th, in his first ever GT, at the 2008 Giro, when he was 21.
I don't know if he still has time to develop into a contender for the GT's in the future, but anyway, he rode well the whole week and deserves the win.
He probably thinks it is just too hot in France and Spain. I always thought it was physical, but this week he even managed to perform well with higher temperatures. So maybe it is also mental after all.
For sure the Giro recently had some years with loads of bad weather and snowy days, but Giro would also mean he cannot do his normal race schedule in march and april. Not easy to decide.