What can Cunego do in the Tour?

[will10]

Look more closely at the competition in Suisse before sweeping predicitions like that. Everybody else is at the Dauphine, frankly.

 

[Escarabajo]

Look more closely at the competition in Suisse before sweeping predicitions like that. Everybody else is at the Dauphine, frankly.

So Wiggins would have been able to follow Cunego easily. Correct?

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

Look more closely at the competition in Suisse before sweeping predicitions like that. Everybody else is at the Dauphine, frankly.

Wiggins winning should tell you all you need to know about the level of competition at the Dauphine. The supposed competition treated the race like it was the Tour of California.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Wiggins winning should tell you all you need to know about the level of competition at the Dauphine. The supposed competition treated the race like it was the Tour of California.

The same could of course be said about Cunego leading in the TDS.

 

[Parrulo]

The same could of course be said about Cunego leading in the TDS.

are you really comparing cunego to wigans? lol

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

are you really comparing cunego to wigans? lol

Errr...no?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Today, for the first time, he looked as good as he did in 2004.
Those weren't mugs he took 2 minutes out of inside 5kms.

Anyone down playing this race, in relation to the Dauphine, should think again.
The only guy who could possibly have gone with him, on this form, from that field, is the one who rode the Giro and isn't at Le Tour.

Of course, 4 weeks from now and he may well be getting dropped on the big cols by Cancellara and Voigt, again.

 

[El Pistolero]

Today, for the first time, he looked as good as he did in 2004.
Those weren't mugs he took 2 minutes out of inside 5kms.

Anyone down playing this race, in relation to the Dauphine, should think again.
The only guy who could possibly have gone with him, on this form, from that field, is the one who rode the Giro and isn't at Le Tour.

Of course, 4 weeks from now and he may well be getting dropped on the big cols by Cancellara and Voigt, again.

Ah, good memories of Valverde getting dropped are coming back now.

 

[Parrulo]

Today, for the first time, he looked as good as he did in 2004.
Those weren't mugs he took 2 minutes out of inside 5kms.

Anyone down playing this race, in relation to the Dauphine, should think again.
The only guy who could possibly have gone with him, on this form, from that field, is the one who rode the Giro and isn't at Le Tour.

Of course, 4 weeks from now and he may well be getting dropped on the big cols by Cancellara and Voigt, again.

exactly. either this was one of those days where the stars are aligned for cunego or he is back into good form after a couple years in the dark.

i hope he can be like this in july. watching damiano getting dropped by voigt was a very sad sight lul

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

The same could of course be said about Cunego leading in the TDS.

Dauphine: Wiggins, winner of just about nothing on the road, does well in a time trial. The TdF contenders are unwilling to go too far into the red to win the Dauphine so they can save themselves for a meaningless top ten at the Tour. Looking at you, Evans.

Suisse: Cunego, Giro winner and three time winner of Lombardia, takes control of the race with two ballsy rides in two stages.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

takes control of the race with two ballsy rides in two stages.

Yeah... and takes in those two stages a minute on Molema and 2 on De Greef... Both clearly podium candidates for the Tour.

 

[just some guy]

Dauphine: Wiggins, winner of just about nothing on the road, does well in a time trial. The TdF contenders are unwilling to go too far into the red to win the Dauphine so they can save themselves for a meaningless top ten at the Tour. Looking at you, Evans.

Suisse: Cunego, Giro winner and three time winner of Lombardia, takes control of the race with two ballsy rides in two stages.

Then rides to defend the lead and finish 26th at the tour........ good way of looking at things

I hope he wins the suisse cause he will do sh!t at the tour - he is not a GT guy

 

[Simply The Best]

Dauphine: Wiggins, winner of just about nothing on the road, does well in a time trial. The TdF contenders are unwilling to go too far into the red to win the Dauphine so they can save themselves for a meaningless top ten at the Tour. Looking at you, Evans.

Suisse: Cunego, Giro winner and three time winner of Lombardia, takes control of the race with two ballsy rides in two stages.

What do you expect from Evans he is going to continue to go for his dream of winning the TDF until he is simply to old and by that time he would have lost anychance of ever winning a LBL title which could be realistic in my opinion he tried to peak for this race

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

What do you expect from Evans he is going to continue to go for his dream of winning the TDF until he is simply to old and by that time he would have lost anychance of ever winning a LBL title which could be realistic in my opinion he tried to peak for this race

Barring a miracle, he is already too old to win the Tour. He mismanaged his career. He could have had a lot more wins if he had peaked for achievable goals. I am not sure if Evans peaks for anything. He seems to be at about the same level all the time.

Forza Cunego!

 

[gilbertador]

Wiggins and Cunego are very comparable.....to lesser extents each one has one stand out great GT GC position and none others that compare to it, Wiggins a 4 and nothing close to it Cunego a 1 and has never looked a favorite for the win again

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

Wiggins and Cunego are very comparable.....to lesser extents each one has one stand out great GT GC position and none others that compare to it, Wiggins a 4 and nothing close to it Cunego a 1 and has never looked a favorite for the win again

Cunego has three top fives in the Giro including a win. He has won a monument three times. He won Amstel-Gold. He took second in the world championship road race. He has multiple stage wins at the Giro and the Vuelta. He has a very long list of top fives in one day races ranging from LBL to Montepaschi Strade Bianche. He has won many short stage races. Aside from all that they are comparable.

 

[Parrulo]

cunego has three top fives in the giro including a win. He has won a monument three times. He won amstel-gold. He took second in the world championship road race. He has multiple stage wins at the giro and the vuelta. He has a very long list of top fives in one day races ranging from lbl to montepaschi strade bianche. He has won many short stage races. Aside from all that they are comparable.

+100000000

 

[Lanark]

Today, for the first time, he looked as good as he did in 2004.
Those weren't mugs he took 2 minutes out of inside 5kms.

Anyone down playing this race, in relation to the Dauphine, should think again.
The only guy who could possibly have gone with him, on this form, from that field, is the one who rode the Giro and isn't at Le Tour.

Of course, 4 weeks from now and he may well be getting dropped on the big cols by Cancellara and Voigt, again.

I agree this was a fantastic showing by Cunego, but I don't think it was really better than the 2009 Vuelta. He won the stage to the Alto Aitana, being the only one from the favorites group who could pass Moncoutie, but his stage win to Pandera was especially great, being in the front group all day, attacking with 15km to go, and still barely losing time to all the GC favorites who hadn't done anything all day.

This was really good, but not better than that, he was pretty much the number one favorite for Mendrisio after that. The problem for Cunego the last couple of years wasn't really that he can't climb, he had some great days (he had a terrible season last year, but still finished 4th on the Zoncolan). It's just that in GT's he is too inconsistent, and doesn't seem to recupperate to be a real contender.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Cunego ftw at le tour!!!!!!!

 

[Parrulo]

Cunego ftw at le tour!!!!!!!

lol ofc not

in my case i am just surprised when i see people saying wigans and CVV are going for the top 10 and then saying cunego has no chance of going for it.

 

[luckyboy]

It's just that in GT's he is too inconsistent, and doesn't seem to recupperate to be a real contender.

 

[Parrulo]

that tattoo is famous. what does it says?

 

[luckyboy]

I am doping free!

 

[Parrulo]

I am doping free!

ya i thought soo. ty LB

i just started downloading today's stage from cyclingtorrents so i can enjoy the show the little prince gave

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Top 10 and stage wins. He should just go for the latter.

Although the stages that suit him suit Gilbert even better.

cunego is a bit more versatile then gilbert, he can win on one of the tougher stages on his day, or if he is a break or something.

I'm not so sure he can really handle the intense pace of the tour for 3 weeks tho. Probably 10-20 and a stage win.