Pro Cycling Discussion 2017

Roady said:
I've not really followed/spotted him outside of the Tour de Oz before, does he pop up in the classics team at all, or just more of a stage/tour rider?
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Pure sprinter - gets dropped on most hills IIRC. I do worry about his position and how long before he causes an enormous crash in the finale of a proper sprint.
 
Roady said:
Have to agree, Chaves without either of the Yates to support him/take over is a bit of a hindsight as I think he'll struggle to be an outright leader and real GC contender. Equally I want to see him nail a few stages, but don't think he quite has it (yet) for a GC tour win. Although he's young, so I'm convinced he has the pedigree for it to come sometime!

They could've put 1 of the twins in the Giro as leader, the other in the Vuelta as leader and Chaves in the tour. Then the others acting as leutenants for those they're not leading, so they could support each other. Not many teams have 3 real GC contention climbers, so they should've used that to their strength!

Ref: Underdog. All 3 of them will always be underdogs! ;)
I think being seen as an 'underdog' is how Adam did so well in the tour last year, Chaves seemed to be marked more.
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The Cycling Podcast were discussing this a few weeks back and Matt White has said they are putting Chaves into the TdF to make him more experienced for next years Giro, rather than genuinely challenging for the GC
 
GSVBagpuss said:
Matt White has said they are putting Chaves into the TdF to make him more experienced for next years Giro, rather than genuinely challenging for the GC
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Wasn't he 2nd in the Giro last year? Doesnt sound like he needs any more experience.
Never trust a DS when he says that his rider isn't the one to watch ;)
 
Caught up with various cycling today.

Great win by kwiatkowski on Saturday. Looks like he could be back after a poor year last year. Hope so for someone to challenge sagan on occasion.

Paris Nice has as usual been grim, but great sprint by colbrelli and some great tt rides today. Looking forward to col d'eze finale!
 
That was a fantastic last 20km. Didn't expect the attack, but almost worked out, how Sagan stayed on at the lunge I don't know. Good to see something other than a sprint at MSR! Roll on the cobbles! :D
 
SoliD said:
That was a fantastic last 20km. Didn't expect the attack, but almost worked out, how Sagan stayed on at the lunge I don't know. Good to see something other than a sprint at MSR! Roll on the cobbles! :D
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agreed - amazing finish - Sagan's destruction of the peleton on the final climb was amazing!!! Great finish!!
 
It surprised me how hard dumoulin made it look whilst Danny Van poppel just sat at what looked like a tempo. He must have been tired from Tirreno-Adriatico attacks.
 
Only caught up with MSR last night and could only find 'last 30km' coverage on YT. Fantastic end, well deserved by Kwait. DVP is a machine just tapping out tempo while others were dropping like flies!

Kudos to Dumoulin, what a monster effort before he sat up! Although it seemed fairly wasted?! Didn't really spot Matthews in the front group until Sagan went (think he got boxed in)? Without Dumoulin's effort it I think Sky were lining themselves up to do the same thing for Viviani. He was looking fresh but didn't spot where he'd come in results.

Good to see Kwait getting some good results in some obvious great form! Making up for being fairly quiet last year! ;)
 
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