dsmallwood wrote:
the Wevelgem forecast: 49° at the start, 50° at the finish, raining throughout.
I'm betting on a puncher; a Voelker-Gilbert-esq rider. somebody with legs and smarts Vanmarke?
perhaps more of a rouleur for this type of terrain, but close enough. Vanmarcke should be up there. He did well
5 years ago when the only person who beat him was Bernie Eisel. This may be the first feather to put on his cap.
A look back in the records seem to indicate that horrible conditions usually lead to smaller groups at this race
McNulty wrote:
Hugely skeptical of G Thomas. Drops everyone uphill at PN, then drops the WC and Sagan yesterday. Sky is doing something. Not saying it's illegal, yet, but this just doesn't smell right.
Also, when guys like Sagan are so dominant since their teens, they never learn to race. They just crush people. Same thing in many sports. Basketball in particular. The Kentucky kids are overwhelmingly talented but many haven't really learned fundamentals because of it and will struggle with a team that is fundamentally sound- and talented of course. I see Sagan still not conserving watts and being in the wind too much. He's getting better but this is tough learning.
I'm telling you, Sky has developed plenipotent stem cell technology. Need a climber? There's a stem cell for that helps with lipid oxidation. Need a rouleur? There's a stem cell for packing on pounds of muscle without the fat.
Jest aside, yeah, Thomas is sketchy. THough as previously alluded to, so is Sagan.
Landyachtz wrote:
Yeah same here. I think the CIRC kind of outed sky without naming them. When they mentioned a team that abused cortisone TUEs to drop weight for the TDF I immediately thought of sky. No other team has been able to have riders drop weight, seemingly at will, so quickly without losing power.
especially that
back-dated TUE
