2016 'PRO' cycling discussion.
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Shark's going to eat them both.
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Landa will have to go on a crazy mountain raid to pick back up the 3+ minutes he's going to lose in the Chianti ITT. Nibs is the safe choice but he hasn't shown much of any form yet...but nor did he before he won the Tour.
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tymon_tm wrote:frankly I have very mixed feelings about guys who come out of nowhere and start kicking everyone's butts from the day one.
Zakarin didn't come out of knowhere.
...unless you count a 2 year ban as knowhere.
Colour me sceptical.
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I think either Nibali or Landa. But I love to see Zakarin win
IMHO Zakarin doesn't have what it takes, both in terms of his own fitness & experience and his team's strenght. he might win a stage or two, but if he places himself in top 5 overall I'll be really surprised.
after checking out the stages, I must say it looks really yummy. the terzetto of mountain stages (14,15,16) looks very cool, esp. given the ITT in the middle. even if you have a team to carry you through the Alda Badia stage (14), you must give all you've got in the uphill TT (15), so the next day is a to be or not to be kind of a stage (16), the real moment of truth.
Nibbles and Valv have the experience and the teams, Landa has, well something that makes him go fast, and the team as well, Majka probably won't have much help from Stinkoff but he knows his craft in the mountains, there are also Chaves (who's probably gonna lose time during first 5 stages), Ag2r,'s Pozzo (it seems no fancy DH sections this year?) and Peraud who both can pull something off, and of course the uber-motivated Cad boys, who, judging from frequent CN adve.. sorry, articles, are planning to pull a Mapei 1-2-3 finish - the question remains if they'll pick a stage or take the whole race by storm.
after checking out the stages, I must say it looks really yummy. the terzetto of mountain stages (14,15,16) looks very cool, esp. given the ITT in the middle. even if you have a team to carry you through the Alda Badia stage (14), you must give all you've got in the uphill TT (15), so the next day is a to be or not to be kind of a stage (16), the real moment of truth.
Nibbles and Valv have the experience and the teams, Landa has, well something that makes him go fast, and the team as well, Majka probably won't have much help from Stinkoff but he knows his craft in the mountains, there are also Chaves (who's probably gonna lose time during first 5 stages), Ag2r,'s Pozzo (it seems no fancy DH sections this year?) and Peraud who both can pull something off, and of course the uber-motivated Cad boys, who, judging from frequent CN adve.. sorry, articles, are planning to pull a Mapei 1-2-3 finish - the question remains if they'll pick a stage or take the whole race by storm.
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no it's team illuminate , which used to be airgas i think.
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nathanong87 wrote:no it's team illuminate , which used to be airgas i think.
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The minimalist kit works!
Very nice kit indeed.