Porte at BMC 2016
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Just wondering how this will work out and will watch with interest. I still think TJVG can win the Tour and Carusso could improve in the Giro Porte did well in the mid stage races last year but somehow I can't see him taking a 3 week Tour ??
How good is he actually against the clock - he took the Col d Eze but could lose out on flatter stages ( is the pont d arc one up the ardeche valley - if it is - it is tough
How good is he actually against the clock - he took the Col d Eze but could lose out on flatter stages ( is the pont d arc one up the ardeche valley - if it is - it is tough
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- @ddraver
TJVG 2 x 5th at Tour and never out the top 3 until l he was forced out last year - just needs some Nibali type luck and he's podium bound at least He had that lovely stage in the Dauphin where he was the only one in Froome's orbit
He's good, but not the one.
And he whines more than I do.
I have an irrational hatred of TvG.
For some reason I like him but no idea why - this will be a good talking point post Tour !
As for Titchie Richie, I don't think he's got a GT win in him, personally
Ultimately I reckon Dennis will go further than both of them
I think porte is a shoe in for the 1 week races. he is very very good at them. though perhaps that's not what he wants.
However I like Porte so I hope he does well be it 1 week or 3 week races
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- @ddraver
Yes, FF is the soothsayer to end all soothsayers
Last year's Giro persuaded me that Porte aint got the necessary mental attitude
It was the moment when he and Bert had crashed, and whilst Porte stood there fumble fumble with his bike, Bert had yelled at a team mate to give him his bike and was halfway back to the peloton
Harsh but there you go. It just summed it up for me.
Dang... I was just about to say that! Reckon Dennis is more likely to win a GT than either Porte or TJ...
This. Has Rohan Dennis ever shown himself on a high mountain stage?
@gietvangent
Well, tbf Porte hasn't shown himself at the head of affairs over 4 consecutive days, before going BOOM
I dont think he has the mental fortitude. Unlike Quintana, Froome, Bert etc. I think he's a choker.
Dennis...I'll place £20 on the desk that he ends up placing better than 5th by the time he's done. Which is the best either Tejay or Porte have done to date.
I'll take that action.
@gietvangent
I'm in with RR2 (barring career limiting injury). On the right course... and I reckon if Wiggins can do it so can Dennis. Plus he has age on his side...
100 internet pounds? No worries
Remember, Porte is the same age as Froome, bar a couple of months. Quintana is much younger. As is Dennis. Pleeenty of time to show a la Wiggins.
Unlike Porte.
Nah. I'm happy with £20. And I'm not saying he is the finished article, but more likely to outperform TJ and Porte in a GT.
Remind me where Froome finished in his first Tour? oh yeah, 83rd.
*sounds the incoming doping chat alarm*
Nooooooooooooo.......
Dont worry, I 'm not uttering the D word, in this post. I know the ingenue had only come swooshing down from the Rift Valley a couple of years previously.
Agreed.
Lets do a Holy Thread Resurrection in, say, 2020?
@gietvangent
I dunno, if oil prices keep heading down then inflation is going to be zip anyway...