When will Geraint Thomas win a GT?

[42x16ss]

he is a good classics rider so obviously thats how you get better in mountains also so poten...

wait a minute,i might have the things mixed up

Armstrong was a decent classics rider and look how he went in the Grand Tours.

 

[willbick]

Has there ever been a thread in this forum where a Sky rider was mentioned without it going a bit wierd and clinic-y?!

 

[Carols]

About the same time as Lil Richie

 

[jaylew]

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No chance over 3 weeks. He has good engine but no chance in the mountains in a GT.

Everybody thought the same of Valverde and jalabert, but I think like you.

What on earth are you talking about? Valverde has always been good in the mountains. He finished on the podium of a GT in his 2nd year as a pro.

 

[Taxus4a]

I don't know how he became that good but I have the feeling I have seen another rider who was suddenly a good climber and then dominating a gt, hm who was this guy and where there any similarities.
I have absolutely no idea

Valverde, Jalabert,...

You must take into consideration that most of british riders came form the track, it is the especiallity that was most popular there. Except Froome that grown in the high altitudes of norther Nairobi, riding among Lions with David Kinjah.

For that reason they are not classic riders that become climber, but the contrary, they are climbers that were track riders.

it is not exactly like that, becouse nor Wiggins nor Thomas are climbers, but it is more like this that how you said it.

 

[carton]

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Has there ever been a thread in this forum where a Sky rider was mentioned without it going a bit wierd and clinic-y?!

No, but here are a couple comprehensively positive Hincapie threads in the forum:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3182
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3324

So I wouldn't read much into it. Maybe PRR-forum perceptions do not correlate well with reality. Or maybe team-first all-rounders and all-around 'nice guys' eventually gain a fanbase, no matter what colors they sport.

G's best recent comp so far outside Big George is probably Sylvain Chavanel, both 6ft, 11-stone National Champs and Algarve winners who had their first good high mountain tour stages around age 30, with good days in the breakaway preceding it. On a historical note were a lot of real all-rounders within the pelotons of the 80s and even more before then. A dying breed, the lot. Some where stars, but most were journeymen. So maybe a grand tour win is not quite as feasible as some seem to think midway through a Pyrenean spell. A grand tour stage win, on the other hand, may be fast approaching.

On a not entirely unrelated side note I think the decline of the all-rounder and the rise of the true mountain men has not been entirely due to specialization. The parcours seems to tilt ever more towards the Sky, despite the protestations of some.

 

[sienna]

I don't know how he became that good but I have the feeling I have seen another rider who was suddenly a good climber and then dominating a gt, hm who was this guy and where there any similarities.
I have absolutely no idea

Valverde, Jalabert,...

You must take into consideration that most of british riders came form the track, it is the especiallity that was most popular there. Except Froome that grown in the high altitudes of norther Nairobi, riding among Lions with David Kinjah.

For that reason they are not classic riders that become climber, but the contrary, they are climbers that were track riders.

it is not exactly like that, because nor Wiggins nor Thomas are climbers, but it is more like this that how you said it.

I can't see how either Thomas or Valverde can be mentioned in the same context as L. Jalabert.

 

[rghysens]

I can't see how either Thomas or Valverde can be mentioned in the same context as L. Jalabert.

A lot of people can see it

 

[toolittle]

How long Geraint Thomas pull today?
How much attacks neutralized by GT?

Strong, Strong, Strong...And it looks like that Geraint don't show any signal of tire.

2 years ago, Richie porte droped at Alps after endless of pull for 2 weeks.
Froome had a hungry lock, up his hand. Richie come back like a rocket. Pull again for Froome....

Ridiculous

See Geraint, I think more ridiculous things may happen

 

[oldcrank]

When you've done a whole Tour
with a fractured pelvis a day like
today might not seem that tough.
True Hardman is our Super G.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

He could have dropped Froome today...srs

 

[Miburo]

This tour, froome will crash out

 

[Sasquatch]

Never

He'll be like Porte and crumble when given leadership.

 

[bassano]

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Never

He'll be like Porte and crumble when given leadership.

Yeah, there definitelly should be option Never because people are too overrating some guy who did good just few stages as a domestique