thatzone wrote:
I honestly donāt think the World Pro Tour guys are that far ahead of the top triathlon guys when it comes to straight power. LOOK at Andrew Talanskyās bike performances in triathlon..
Bike handling skills are a different subject.
We all saw how hard Phil Gaimon went up Lemmon now we have 2 triathletes that went harder..
Hey, when pro cyclists just do cycling, they are way above triathletes. Once they have to swim and run, their bike suffers (ex Talansky, Chann McRae. Even Lance even got outsplit by Kienle at Galveston 2012 and Lance was only 2 years of racing as a pro cyclist). How good can some triathletes get if they just bike, we don't know. Richie Porte is probably a good example of a triathlete turned cyclist. I bet if he turned back to triathlon he would not have the fastest bike split in Kona. I think he's too small to ride as hard as some of the bigger tri guys like (Wurf...he is a good example of a diesel pro rider who is better as a triathlete than cyclist). But I bet Porte would blow the doors off Lemmon given his size.