So who likes Pirazzi??

rick_chasey

I'm ambivalent, but currently I've swung to not liking him.

Just irritating seeing someone who probably could make a good race of it just ride like an idiot.

What do you lot think?

Pross

I like him, he seems to get in breaks to either win stages or at least get KOM points rather than to just be seen on TV.

smithy21

Dislike, seems to ride like a moron. Disruptive in breaks as likely to attack at random (attack the break I mean).

blazing_saddles

Seen a lot of him in Italian races, over the past few years. Doesn't win much, but rarely gives less than his best.
So I think he's good value. OK, so he rides on heart, not head, but he also knows his limitations.
Clearly not the best climber you will find in any given GT, but he won the KOM, last year
on guts, determination and a pre determined goal.

Personally, I prefer to see the odd spontaneous attack to everybody riding to script, like robots.

RichN95.

He's too low profile for me to have a real opinion. He just seems like someone who is good enough to get early mountain points but not much else, and maximises that.

knedlicky

I like Pirazzi because I like the idea of a rider using the system to win a jersey, and which he did very well last year.
The race isn’t just about the overall GC winner, even if that is on which the media (and this forum) concentrate.

In a way, winning the mountains jersey, without being a supported GC contender in a GT, requires a great deal more effort than a GC contender has to show, because on average every other day is important for points and a mountains contestant who isn’t a GC contender gets relatively little support from a team.

The successes of Virenque (in his later years) and of Charteau at the Tour, and of Garzelli (although past his peak), and of Rabottini at the Giro, should be valued; they were all tactical successes, no less than the GT-cushioned leaders achieved.

thomthom

I loved how Arredondo just placed a poo on his forhead yesterday and left him after he had ruined the rythm of the break completely with his unnecessary attacks..

Richmond Racer

ThomThom wrote:

I loved how Arredondo just placed a poo on his forhead yesterday and left him after he had ruined the rythm of the break completely with his unnecessary attacks..

Yes, that was a highlight of yesterday. Props to Arredondo for that.

Yellow Peril

I agree with Knedlicky, he plays the system well and appears to be a bit of an annoyance to the Peleton. I like riders that can be stones on the shoes of the others.