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bladerunner said:Now that the inevitable has been confirmed, do you think Wiggins will win Le Tour with Sky?
I say NO because although I think Wiggins is one of the greatest talents ever he does not have the mental toughness and discipline needed to beat the likes of Contador or Armstrong. It's a real shame that Wiggins did not really start to concentrate on road races until 2009.
maltiv said:Definitely not if all the stuff he writes on twitter is true, cause in that case he will be incredibly fat by next year..
ethnik said:can wiggo win?
sure anything is possible - Contador illness, crash, or cycling hooligan accident
Schleck bros' illness, crash or cycling hooligan accident
Nibali/Kreuzinger illness, crash or cycling hooligan accident
perhaps a rock slide will bury the lead peloton on the Tourmalet, while a dropped Wiggo makes his way round the mess and into the lead.
ANYTHING is possible![]()
I'd say it's more likely that Nibali wins the tour next year than Wiggins. At Nibali's age, improving massively is likely. Improving massively from 29-30...uhm, not so much.dimspace said:hang on.. you think nibali or kreuzinger have any chance of winning the tour?
Alpe d'Huez said:As would I for the same reasons. The route suits both Nibali and Kreuzinger more than Brad as well.
dimspace said:hang on.. you think nibali or kreuzinger have any chance of winning the tour?
Jancouver said:Kreuziger will be in TOP 5 (unless they make him to work for Basso). He was TOP 10 this year and most of you dont even know that he was sick during the TDF with some stomach flu crap.
Hopefully next year he will sign with some team where he can be THE leader because this co-captain BS with 3 others (Nibali, Basso, Pellizotti) just doesnt make any sense to me. He already won TD Swiss & TD Romandie.
Nibali on the other hand didnt win (almost) anything that would be worth of posting here.
J.
maltiv said:I'd say it's more likely that Nibali wins the tour next year than Wiggins. At Nibali's age, improving massively is likely. Improving massively from 29-30...uhm, not so much.
Jancouver said:Kreuziger will be in TOP 5 (unless they make him to work for Basso). He was TOP 10 this year and most of you dont even know that he was sick during the TDF with some stomach flu crap.
Hopefully next year he will sign with some team where he can be THE leader because this co-captain BS with 3 others (Nibali, Basso, Pellizotti) just doesnt make any sense to me. He already won TD Swiss & TD Romandie.
Nibali on the other hand didnt win (almost) anything that would be worth of posting here.
J.
ethnik said:what he said. though I will admit that last year was Wiggo's first proper full road season, and with 2 grand tours in his legs the cumulative training adaptation to this year (provided he doesn't get sidetracked by too much lager and wine this winter....) might surprise us all.
no, read Wiggans aims and goals in 2006. Simon Jones who left GB Cycling was also on record about 2006.ethnik said:before you get all ****y and defensive take a deep breath, step away from your keyboard and allow me to re-phrase;
last year was his first, DEDICATED season on the road. i would not consider any prior road racing season of his to be anywhere near dedicated and thoughful in his training approach in general, and certainly not specific for GT's. he coasted on natural ability, and was a rather directionless ship for years on the road until 2009.
clearly there is a rather large population of Wiggo fan boys on this board who take exception to any comments or questioning. i like to call that ironic given the level of vitriol hurled by some at the fan boys of other riders around here.
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ethnik said:what he said. though I will admit that last year was Wiggo's first proper full road season, and with 2 grand tours in his legs the cumulative training adaptation to this year (provided he doesn't get sidetracked by too much lager and wine this winter....) might surprise us all.
Hombre El Asso said:'Cause he's not on the Shack
SHACK ATTACK![]()
dimspace said:But i do hope you hang around until July so that we can all snigger at your silliness..
dimspace said:im not totally sure i see the point in you, little man. But i do hope you hang around until July so that we can all snigger at your silliness..
edit: its coming to something when you have to cheat to avoid the censors..