Should G swallow his pride and retire?
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Trying to avoid spoilers but 5pm yesterday has came and went....wakemalcolm said:
Hmmmn, not sure I understand the time travelling rules of this game. Regardless, let's chat around 5pm tomorrow.kingstongraham said:
No spoilers, but I'm still putting him down as a GT contender. (Not Gaudu.)wakemalcolm said:
“I don’t know. I don’t think it’s for me,” Kuss said when asked by VeloNews. “If one year there is a course with tons of high altitude climbs and no time trials, maybe I can go for it.”kingstongraham said:
Sepp Kuss, Adam Yates, and some people tried to insist that Gaudu was a contender this year.wakemalcolm said:
I see where you're headed with this but to play censored Advocaat for a moment, the stars did align when Roglic pulled out due to injury.Pross said:
The stars aligned for 3rd behind the standout GT riders of the current generation at the Tour last year too then. If he should retire on the basis of two GT podiums in the last two seasons then there's no hope for the vast majority of pro cyclists.wakemalcolm said:
You mean the guy who had key team mates wiped out by COVID, spent most of the first week suggesting that he had COVID like symptoms, got taken out in week 2 by G's internal competition yet still had enough spare in the TT to drop his chain and win comfortably(ish),?Pross said:Is this the same G that was second in the Giro year and who for most of the race led the guy Remco is struggling with at the Vuelta?
Unfortunately, I think that's the kind of star alignment Geraint needs to place well these days. Should Ineos still take him along as Plan B (or plan G)?
Rather than looking at who he finished behind, which genuine GT contenders did he beat? I agree, there's no hope for the vast majority of pro cyclists in the GTs.
Should Ineos back G (and maybe hire censored Dastardly as a DS) or employ him in a different role to nurture emerging GT talent?
Yates was riding in the service of G
Gaudu? Like many, I was hopeful for him based on his 4th several minutes behind G. Am worried that he'll become the focus of celebrated French failure. Martinez might be the best thing to happen to him.1 -
Yup, Kuss still wasn't a GC contender at the '22 tour 😉kingstongraham said:
Trying to avoid spoilers but 5pm yesterday has came and went....wakemalcolm said:
Hmmmn, not sure I understand the time travelling rules of this game. Regardless, let's chat around 5pm tomorrow.kingstongraham said:
No spoilers, but I'm still putting him down as a GT contender. (Not Gaudu.)wakemalcolm said:
“I don’t know. I don’t think it’s for me,” Kuss said when asked by VeloNews. “If one year there is a course with tons of high altitude climbs and no time trials, maybe I can go for it.”kingstongraham said:
Sepp Kuss, Adam Yates, and some people tried to insist that Gaudu was a contender this year.wakemalcolm said:
I see where you're headed with this but to play censored Advocaat for a moment, the stars did align when Roglic pulled out due to injury.Pross said:
The stars aligned for 3rd behind the standout GT riders of the current generation at the Tour last year too then. If he should retire on the basis of two GT podiums in the last two seasons then there's no hope for the vast majority of pro cyclists.wakemalcolm said:
You mean the guy who had key team mates wiped out by COVID, spent most of the first week suggesting that he had COVID like symptoms, got taken out in week 2 by G's internal competition yet still had enough spare in the TT to drop his chain and win comfortably(ish),?Pross said:Is this the same G that was second in the Giro year and who for most of the race led the guy Remco is struggling with at the Vuelta?
Unfortunately, I think that's the kind of star alignment Geraint needs to place well these days. Should Ineos still take him along as Plan B (or plan G)?
Rather than looking at who he finished behind, which genuine GT contenders did he beat? I agree, there's no hope for the vast majority of pro cyclists in the GTs.
Should Ineos back G (and maybe hire censored Dastardly as a DS) or employ him in a different role to nurture emerging GT talent?
Yates was riding in the service of G
Gaudu? Like many, I was hopeful for him based on his 4th several minutes behind G. Am worried that he'll become the focus of celebrated French failure. Martinez might be the best thing to happen to him.================================
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I'm going out on a limb and saying that he beat anyone who could have been 3rd if he hadn't been there.0
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He must have seen this thread and forced himself into the break today to try and show he's still ok.0
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Do you mean the racing in late 2020 after the covid break? He struggled after over training. Came back mid September and got 2nd in Tirreno, 4th in worlds TT, not far off 2nd, and probably would have won the Giro but fir the crash.davidof said:
I think he is one of the Greatest British Cyclists. He struggled after Covid but really persevered to achieve great results.phreak said:Four podiums in GTs (1 win), wins at the Dauphine, Paris Nice, Romandie, and the Tour de Suisse along with top 10s in Roubaix and Flanders would have made him one of the greatest British cyclists ever until 15 years ago.
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