airstream said:Fuglsang's media activity obviously prevails over his results. Overly strange decision by Astana.
Astana must be aiming for the top 20 on GC.
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airstream said:Fuglsang's media activity obviously prevails over his results. Overly strange decision by Astana.
movingtarget said:Astana must be aiming for the top 20 on GC.
Ferminal said:Dombrowski is a pure GT rider, pretty much the only races which suit him. It makes a lot of sense to do the Giro which has more of his terrain in three weeks than a whole calendar of non-GT races.
Ferminal said:The Gila ITT was up and down was it not? California would be a better indicator as to his abilities as a rouleur.
The Vuelta would be an option, if the season goes well. Maybe only 2 weeks, but will be very valuable for the future.Ryo Hazuki said:I doubt he will do a gt. the guy is 21 and been riding for only few years
greenedge said:If i were Sky i would send JTL to the Giro, if they want him to lose weight quickly.
Everyone keeps forgetting Boswell.
airstream said:Fuglsang's media activity obviously prevails over his results. Overly strange decision by Astana.
Ryo Hazuki said:astana often completely miss the boat with their transfers. nibali will be another huge disapointment, then there's brajkovic, kreuziger and a ton of others
airstream said:Yes, but I think it could be too optimistic too. Fuglsang's recovery still causes many questions. He can easily finish one of the 3rd week stages in a sprinter grupetto.
Vino attacks everyone said:ton? Kreuziger have not been as good as we hoped, but noone thought Brajko would do any better than a top 10 in the tour.
18-Valve. (pithy) said:Fuglsang flat out sucks on steep climbs, too. Kitzbuheler Horn proved that he didn't improve in that regard. He got his *** beat by Di Luca and a number of third and fourth-tier climbers.![]()
18-Valve. (pithy) said:Fuglsang flat out sucks on steep climbs, too. Kitzbuheler Horn proved that he didn't improve in that regard. He got his *** beat by Di Luca and a number of third and fourth-tier climbers.![]()
are there steep climbs in the Tour?18-Valve. (pithy) said:Fuglsang flat out sucks on steep climbs, too. Kitzbuheler Horn proved that he didn't improve in that regard. He got his *** beat by Di Luca and a number of third and fourth-tier climbers.![]()
Ryo Hazuki said:I will post a number of the abysmal transfers astana have gotten in recent years and brajkovic makes a ton of money and they got him to be a leader in gt. just as much of a joke as fuglsang is now and he's also making a ton of money at astana
brajkovic - ton of money? you got his salary, please share with me
kreuziger - agreed
petrov - He is a good domestique, was he any better before?
bozic - yea, we all knew he was the new Cav...
masciarelli - retired because of something, we don't know why (?)
seeldrayers - He was bought as a dometique (what i mean by that is that he came to Astana after the most extreme hype had dissapeared)
allan davis - never that good anyway, but i agree that he has improved in GreenEdge)
pereiro - .......
and those are just from past few years
Eshnar said:are there steep climbs in the Tour?![]()
airstream said:True. I'd even say on the climbs with the average grade >=7%. Any continuous 9 and more % sector and ... Fuglsang is dropped like a cork. Jani got slimmer for the last few years and his TT is for him too. Why do Astana prefer Fuglsang??Probably he guaranteed them something?
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Vino attacks everyone said:ton? Kreuziger have not been as good as we hoped, but noone thought Brajko would do any better than a top 10 in the tour.
Ryo Hazuki said:losing weight?? dombrowski is 188 and 68 kg![]()
Ivan_Basso_77 said:Ivan Basso is going to disappoint many British who watch cycling since this year's Tour![]()
movingtarget said:Ivan is on the slippery slope, heading in the same direction as Dennis Menchov. He won't make the podium I don't think. His last good grand tour was the 2010 Giro.
The Hitch said:He was ok.in 2011 tour considering his preparation was badly messed up by the may etna crash
Ryo Hazuki said:brajkovic got slimmer? he was 177x52he only got heavier and thank god for that
movingtarget said:I suppose, all things considered, it wasn't a bad performance. I thought he was disappointing in the this year's Giro though.
Jason_Mercier said:Very very disappointing if we consider Scarponi wasn't the Scarponi of 2011 and Kreuziger did a crappy race. The shadow of the 2010 Basso would had won the Giro.