Rigoberto Uran Uran
tailwindhome
Posts: 18,370
So Uran goes to bed tonight knowing that he is now the leader of the Sky team, is 2mins off the lead and has at his disposal one of the best teams in the race.
Does he have what it takes to win this race?
How do you think it will play out?
Does he have what it takes to win this race?
How do you think it will play out?
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
0
Posts
https://www.youtube.com/embed/BinjR2caXOE
No.
I reckon he'll finish somewhere between 6 - 10'th place
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
Going to be tough to beat Nibz who is looking superb.
But then...illness can strike any of them, especially in this race...
Nice to see you've moved on from Evans is past it to his team is useless :P
Until then, I would have said he was the better bet.
You would think, with so many +2000m climbs to come, (well, in theory at least) Sky's Colombians
should be well suited to succeed.
However, last year, both of them had a bad day in the high Giro mountains.
Neil Gaiman
I hope he avoids illness and his predicted "one bad day". If he can do both of those things, he can potentially end up on the podium. He doesn't really have any pressure on him as Bradley Wiggins' problems certainly weren't in Sky's plans for this Giro. Anything further that he achieves in this race will probably be a bonus for Sky. He seems like a fairly laid-back character and that could stand to him in the final week. He also seems to be able to handle a lot of hardship, so the next 10 ten days will be very interesting.
A Colombian on a Grand Tour podium would be very fitting, given their impact on so many of this year's races.
DD.
I think he may have been Plan C
Liked that vid RR, Henao looked almost tearful when Rigo said about racing against eachother - made me laugh!
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
If he does win, he should definitely celebrate by putting Jane Fonda in a giant loony sex piano thing:
Agree with this. Can see Evans having a bad day before Uran does.
www.dotcycling.com
***************************************************
Sky will postal it up those mountains and destroy everyone.
Nibs himself could have a bad day.
I think Henao would have probably been the better bet for getting 2nd or 3rd given there is so much steep climbing to come. That said, the final three days in the mountains look so tiring that it's impossible to predict how the likes of Evans, Scarponi, Santambrogio, Uran etc. will react. It's still up in the air.
'His name is Rigo and he turns the pedals round'
(to the tune of 'Rio')
Personally I just hope he doesn't get sick. Sky should have made sure the most unwell member of the team was at Nibali's side on every stage, always couging in his direction. That may be the only way to break his grip on the GC this year. Having said that, there are a lot of very tough mountains to come, combined with poor weather, so anything can happen. Unlike the Tour, the Giro has a good habit of throwing up surprises.
Do you think he has fitted his ratchet straps the wrong way round (and upside down) as a superstitious thing? A too dumb to do it right thing? Or a doesn't pay attention to such trivial details?
Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
Existential. It's the pools of blood in his eye sockets: this rider "supports the conditions". Would love to see him avoid a bad day and make the podium. And, with a more than decent supporting cast freed from nursing Wiggo, maybe he can have a go.
Or needs some of these...
http://www.screwfix.com/p/bolle-clear-l ... ecs/95382#