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Fight.The.Power said:Split between Mollema and Van gardren and voted for the latter.
BeagRigh said:Genuine question: What's the thinking behind TJ? I'm not aware of him doing any cobbled, or even many one day, races and whilst I don't think his bike handling is bad he's not Nibali...
Aware he was Junior National Cross Champ. but that was when he was 14 his focus has changed a lot since then.
Anyway, in an obvious fan vote I went for Nibs.
Fight.The.Power said:Nothing more than a gut feeling.
He has no track record or cobbles at all, but the amount of cobbles is fairly limited anyway. He did have a top 20 L-B-L but that was his best of the classics (I think).
He is in great shape and is an opportunist. He is largely off the radar of the big GC riders and this will be a rare opportunity to take risks where others don't want to.
Fight.The.Power said:Nothing more than a gut feeling.
He has no track record or cobbles at all, but the amount of cobbles is fairly limited anyway. He did have a top 20 L-B-L but that was his best of the classics (I think).
He is in great shape and is an opportunist. He is largely off the radar of the big GC riders and this will be a rare opportunity to take risks where others don't want to.
DenisMenchov said:Van den Broeck obviously.
maxmartin said:rain actually may spoil things make GC contenders less prone to ride full force
deValtos said:Zubeldia to board the Cancellara train all the way to the yellow jersey.