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I hope he realistically doesn't care for the podium and goes berserk from Agnello. Give me some late Contador madness.Can he realistically aim for the podium?
We don't know yet. B-theory isn't as advanced as string theory or m-theory. Sadly research funds and capable theoretical physicists are scarce.Isn't the inside of a bag just the outside of an inverted bag?
Finished as a GC winner?
In fairness if he was in last years shape he would still win this riding backwards but his shape is just absolutely horrendous.He was finished years ago and we didn't notice.
I wouldn't go that far, he was fairly close from the win last year. Pretty sure this is the first time he flops so hard in a GT (not counting the TDFs coming off the Giro because he wasn't targetting the GC) in some while, assuming his form doesn't improve in week 3.He was finished years ago and we didn't notice.
In fairness if he was in last years shape he would still win this riding backwards but his shape is just absolutely horrendous.
His decline seemed to start in his early 30's after he wasn't able to get back to his 2014 self again but then it stalled for years. Last year's giro argubly wasn't any worse than 2017 and although his best days were a lot better back then he didn't look much better in 2015 and 2016 either. But now it seems like age has really caught up with him.
So from now:
Games over.
- there is no nibali vododo
- there is no bag
- there is few times champion going to retire.
The bag will be like Milano Sanremo. Nibali won't find her but she will come to him when he stops looking.How many times are you going to repeat yourself here?
Thank goodness for Ignore