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Super consistent in losing chunks of time in the first week by riding at the back, then going on desperate stage hunts in the third week?
Don't get me wrong, dude is super talented, and is a GT winner, but he had me screaming at the TV every time I saw him at the back of the field during the Giro. Which was quite often. A lesser talent would win a whole hell of a lot less with the tactics he employs, that's for sure.
Don't get me wrong, dude is super talented, and is a GT winner, but he had me screaming at the TV every time I saw him at the back of the field during the Giro. Which was quite often. A lesser talent would win a whole hell of a lot less with the tactics he employs, that's for sure.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryder_Hesjedal
pretty dang consistent.
And also consider he was supposed to ride in support of Dan Martin in a few races.
pretty dang consistent.
And also consider he was supposed to ride in support of Dan Martin in a few races.
green jacket, gold jacket...who gives a sh*t
LeDuke wrote:Perhaps I'm just being overly sensitive, but whoever wrote the captions for this gallery was pretty disrespectful. Domestic women's teams don't have the same budgets as WorldTour teams? You don't say.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sram-wi ... challenge/
I think you are over reacting. They are just stating the truth. Sometimes that hurts.
"Marginal gains are the only gains when all that's left to gain is in the margins."
CerveloBert wrote:deek wrote:I got a chuckle out of this quote from Valverde after today's stage:“I knew it was him (Sagan) because I kept getting flashes of his hair."
I also get a pretty good laugh out of Sagan post-race interviews as well. I was hoping he'd allude to the size of his testicles again. Great finish today though!
That finish was for me more entertaining (and, given the results, surprising that he didn't get dropped) than his defend of leader's jersey at ToC, or even some TdF stages. Rodriguez, Valverde, and other climbers around him, and he stayed with them in a finish which wasn't hard as he (they) had expected, it was harder.
And, as happens every year, that was in grand tour less popular than TdF, but always more entertaining. No play with stress or week of sprint stages - "let's finish stages with climbs in first week, so there is more fun."
I think Ryder Hesjedal could do well at Trek. He's a bit like Cadel Evans to me. Not a great amount of wins, but some great wins instead. All of them accomplished by holding the f*ck on or long raids.
If Trek racing sorts him out with a decent rouleur as a bodyguard I can see him scoring big in the next years. If they have one or two guys who can be relay in the mountain stages Hesjedal and Mollema could be scoring well.
If Trek racing sorts him out with a decent rouleur as a bodyguard I can see him scoring big in the next years. If they have one or two guys who can be relay in the mountain stages Hesjedal and Mollema could be scoring well.
Ride it like you stole it
Lets not forget Hes has had some ultra shitty squads supporting him the past 2 seasons since the old guard at Garmin all retired.
I couldn't care less about Hesjedal. He's never going to be strong on GC again and I think the reasons for this are fairly clear. TFR suits him- no real pressure for consistency and occasionally go nuts having lost enough time on GC to be let off the leash by the peleton. Martin is more frustrating because he clearly has the talent but is quite open about not wanting a strict training regime and is more happy to just enjoy his time on the bike. Anyone who was suggesting a few weeks ago that he may go to SKY was off their rocker as the two appear polar opposites
So do we need to start taking Chaves seriously as a GC candidate at the Vuelta? Dumoulin too? Are the big boys just keeping their powder dry while they get back into race mode?
edit- Chaves w/ an 's' not a 'z'
edit- Chaves w/ an 's' not a 'z'
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Let's talk about it after today's stage has finished
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ultyguy wrote:So do we need to start taking Chaves seriously as a GC candidate at the Vuelta? Dumoulin too? Are the big boys just keeping their powder dry while they get back into race mode?
edit- Chaves w/ an 's' not a 'z'
I was thinking the same thing. Especially with Tom and that flat TT at stage 17 but man then i remembered stage 11. I'm setting the over under at 20min back.
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another motorcycle hitting a rider? what is this...amateur hour?
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