SKY climbers

Team4Luke

who now is the best climber in team SKY.

LeicesterLad

An imposible question, very subjective.

Over what terrain? gradient? Climb Length?

dave_1

It's very hard to tell..maybe they aren't as good as we think?

Richmond Racer

Dave_1 wrote:

It's very hard to tell..maybe they aren't as good as we think?

Out of interest, if you were asked who's the best climber in other teams, say BMC and Garmin, who would you say? Seems to me that in most teams there's no universal stand-out individual who's the best climber. Too many variables to answer with one single name who everyone would agree on.

Team4Luke

they have signed at least one climber and also JTL, there is Froome and Wiggins, is JTL anywhere near their level or will he get there, how good is he.

dave_1

Richmond Racer wrote:

Dave_1 wrote:

It's very hard to tell..maybe they aren't as good as we think?

Out of interest, if you were asked who's the best climber in other teams, say BMC and Garmin, who would you say?

I am not sure of those two teams...but I still grudingly like Garmin. I can't see anyone of climber build there e.g. Herrera physique. It's all rounders nowadays

dave_1

Team4Luke wrote:

they have signed at least one climber and also JTL, there is Froome and Wiggins, is JTL anywhere near their level or will he get there, how good is he.

I think climbers should be good at various races throughout the year otherwise it is fishy. The can say they are ill...but they might be dropping off blood too, so who knows. Froome says he was ill last winter and early-to mid season and recovering...but he made sure not to be ill in July.. I reckon power to weight ratio is an advantage regardless of form. Over the season, who is the best climber is safer to discuss, no?

Turfle

Time for a Bunk gif.


High mountains: Froome
Punchy climbs: Henao or Nordhaug
All round: Uran

symo

Doesn't anything SKY now belong in the JTL thread?

LeicesterLad

Team4Luke wrote:

they have signed at least one climber and also JTL, there is Froome and Wiggins, is JTL anywhere near their level or will he get there, how good is he.

Sky is a strong team of climbers these days, Your missing a pair of Colombians, an Aussie, and a fair few others out of that equation!

tailwindhome

Is Wiggins a climber?

rick_chasey

Froome is the strongest climber.

That's a no brainer.

Richmond Racer

TailWindHome wrote:

Is Wiggins a climber?

Wiggo: phenomenal TTer who can climb

Froome: climber who can TT bloody well

LeicesterLad

Rick Chasey wrote:

Froome is the strongest climber.

That's a no brainer.

Looking at the Tour he was, at the Vuelta Uran looked better - thats why its subjective. Form, Fatigue, Route, Climb, Gradient, Length, Opportunity (IE. Had Uran not been working for Froome could he have outclimbed him in the Vuelta?)

pomtarr

Dave_1 wrote:

I am not sure of those two teams...but I still grudingly like Garmin. I can't see anyone of climber build there e.g. Herrera physique. It's all rounders nowadays

Dan Martin.

frenchfighter

Have you seen them off the bike. Henao is a proper little gangster.

Ron Stuart

TailWindHome wrote:

Is Wiggins a climber?

Wiggins is a Pursuit rider turned, Prologue rider, turned TT rider, turned Climber, turned Lead-Out man but will always have a good old drink and a fag when off season....

cal_stewart

and a rollie at that

alihisgreat

Ron Stuart wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

Is Wiggins a climber?

Wiggins is a Pursuit rider turned, Prologue rider, turned TT rider, turned Climber, turned Lead-Out man but will always have a good old drink and a fag when off season....

He's a sprinter too.

Ron Stuart

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

Ron Stuart wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

Is Wiggins a climber?

Wiggins is a Pursuit rider turned, Prologue rider, turned TT rider, turned Climber, turned Lead-Out man but will always have a good old drink and a fag when off season....

He's a sprinter too.

Yeh,

but one swallow and all that

BelgianBeerGeek

Geraint Thomas can acquit himself pretty well in the hills.

mroli

So can EBH for that matter... And did you see Stannard drop Talansky in the Worlds?

They're a team that can all pretty much do a job when it goes uphill...