Warren Barguil Discussion Thread

[Cance > TheRest]

Was especially impressed by him on the cobbles stage. Top 10 is not out of the question, but I think he needs to ride more defensively compared to the Vuelta last year (where he was 8th and attacked a lot). The competition for top 10 spots is undeniably tougher this year.

 

[King Boonen]

Being at Giant definitely helps him, if he was on a French team the pressure would be enormous. Hopefully he can slip into a break-away on an MTF stage, take some time and then test himself against the big 4.

 

[DBotero]

Re: Warren Barguil

Good that he's ok.I was very disappointed with that crash.I like this guy more than the 2 starlets Pinot and Bardet.He can do well this Tour as i expect that some of those star GC guys to crack hard at some point.Hopefully it will not be the case for Barguil and will get a high GC place.

 

[Eclipse]

I'm not sure I prefer him to Bardet (who's just great to watch with his willingness to try things on all terrain) but he's definitely a great rider.

Would love to see him finishing top 10 here, who knows, if his legs are good and he's made a step up he could even get amongst some of the guys pushing for top 5. Agree with Cance > TheRest that he probably needs to ride a bit of a smarter race if he's targeting as high a finish as he can manage.

 

[staubsauger]

If he's fine he'll attack Froome and Contador, anyway! He seems to have no shyness to expose himself, at all.

 

[Ramon Koran]

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If he's fine he'll attack Froome and Contador, anyway! He seems to have no shyness to expose himself, at all.

He wont hang on long enough to attack, the sky train will destroy him.

 

[Escarabajo]

French Renaissance

 

[seldon71]

Was right there again today while Pinot&Bardet lost some more time...

I'm in bandwagon ...but Peraud may challenge for being the best Frenchman...

 

[staubsauger]

Any talk about Peraud suddenly being competitive thid season should be moved to the clinic!

 

[King Boonen]

Barguil up two places on GC on the Mur, just as I predicted in the race thread

 

[May0maniac]

Barguil is as legit as it gets, 2 stage wins in his first GT and 8th overall in his 2nd GT when he targeted the gc for the first time.
Not riding for a french team really helps him.

 

[staubsauger]

Yep, certainly. But he seems to be a pretty intelligent kid as well, for smoothly developing at the Vuelta in first instance. Although there was some disappointment last year about his non-selection for the Tour. h
He went over it and used it tactically as an advantage.

 

[seldon71]

Just put small bet on Barguil (& for Peraud too) to be the best rider in overall competition outside the "Big4". Just takes a collapse of TJVG

 

[Bushman]

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Just put small bet on Barguil (& for Peraud too) to be the best rider in overall competition outside the "Big4". Just takes a collapse of TJVG

There is also Purito and Uran

 

[King Boonen]

9th on GC. Barguil is the real deal.

 

[DBotero]

Re: Warren Barguil

If it wasn't that crash,he would have done better today.He still should be able to move further in the GC,freaking T.Gallopin can't climb like this forever and G. is on a domestique mission.

 

[Amsterhammer]

Astonishing ride by Barguil. When I saw him climb back on after being in evident serious pain, and being over 3 minutes behind the peleton, I expected him to give up. His performance today was awesome. Chapeau!

 

[King Boonen]

He's still up there in 10th, fingers crossed he can avoid TJ in the Alps and improve on that position.

 

[Hakkapelit]

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He's still up there in 10th, fingers crossed he can avoid TJ in the Alps and improve on that position.

He seems to be on the brink of fading, there's a chance Bardet will best of the French-

 

[King Boonen]

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He's still up there in 10th, fingers crossed he can avoid TJ in the Alps and improve on that position.

He seems to be on the brink of fading, there's a chance Bardet will best of the French-

I'm hoping the rest day has done him some good, he's been there or there abouts so far...

 

[yetanothergreenworld]

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He's still up there in 10th, fingers crossed he can avoid TJ in the Alps and improve on that position.

I'm curious to find out. My understanding was that he was slightly on the back foot in the Pyrenees because of his crash. So it's possible he'll improve in the Alps now that he's had some time to recover. Of course, it's also possible that, being young, the third week will really start to tax him. We'll see.

 

[King Boonen]

Great to see Warren performing again after the training accident. Looking forward to see how he goes in the Ardennes.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Sadly he DNFed.

Illness.

 

[King Boonen]

Yeah, I saw on Twitter. Was still a great showing though considering what happened. Fingers crossed it's just a short illness and he can keep improving.

 

[May0maniac]

Apparently he suffered a knee fracture on stage 10 of the Tour.
Probably "just" a hairline fracture or another "minor" fractur, but still, riding half the Tour with a pretty bad knee injury and still finishing in the top 15 is impressive, the guy's tough as nails.
Source: http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-...it-le-tour-de-france-avec-une-fracture/652693