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theyoungest said:
This Tiernan-Locke guy seems to be the real deal... I know Sky have set themselves the goal of developing Colombian climbers, but maybe there's a spot for him next year.
Come on, it's certainly impressive but this was hardly a big race. Short stages, lack of big riders. Excellent results but we have to be aware of the competition.
 
trevim said:
Come on, it's certainly impressive but this was hardly a big race. Short stages, lack of big riders. Excellent results but we have to be aware of the competition.

Yeah but this guy is a British domestic pro, imagine one of the domestic Portugese guys from Carmin or some other team winning Tour of the Med, I think it would be considered very impressive.
 
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theyoungest said:
This Tiernan-Locke guy seems to be the real deal... I know Sky have set themselves the goal of developing Colombian climbers, but maybe there's a spot for him next year.

I wanted Sky to sign him after the Tour of Britain. Was great that he at least went to Endura with their ever-expanding European schedule - and already he has delivered a brilliant result. Strong field or not, a win is a win.
 
pmcg76 said:
Yeah but this guy is a British domestic pro, imagine one of the domestic Portugese guys from Carmin or some other team winning Tour of the Med, I think it would be considered very impressive.

I used the same word to describe his win :D I think it was impressive but there were some unusual factors in this years race.
 
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Brilliant result for Tiernan-Locke and Endura.

Hopefully Marc Madiot will eat his words now after he tried his hardest to ensure Endura didn't get a ride in the first place. HA!:)
 
jens_attacks said:
so who is this tiernan-locke guy?we're heading straight into an anglo-saxon age of cycling
i expected garzelli to take this with an iron fist :( but it's good he has the form,tirreno will be nice(if it doesn't snow on abruzzo of course)

27yo, decent Continental-level climber. Has been a bit lost in the British scene given that there's pretty much nothing in the way of races that suit climbers. He was 2nd in the Vuelta a León last year, winning the queen stage, and 6th (+KOM) in the Tour of Britain. However, Rapha don't really have the international program that Endura do, so he's getting a few better chances to show what he can do this year.

So he's not an especially young guy, nor a super-exciting prospect, but he is a pretty good climber who can do a decent job in the right races and hasn't really had the opportunities he's deserved yet.
 

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