1066familyman
Radio User
- Jan 15, 2008
- 15,185
Some good add ins.
I didn't include Simon Yates myself because I thought the White jersey competition was pretty weak. Meintjes is a naturally defensive rider and his TT isn't up to much. Had Buchmann and Latour been in top form we might have had a better competition.
I agree on Cannondale. Uran is a wheel sucker by and large and despite the climbing talent his team had they did nothing to offer him a chance to do anything different anyway.
Ned and Dave I really like. Millar's race analysis is superb and he's better than anything Eurosport have to offer (Brian Smith is pretty good over there though). Ned got me a bit fed up with his Aru musings near the end. He didn't seem to understand that Aru was spent due to lack of race miles and was about as likely to attack in the Alps as you and me were. Astana were up the road to offer help when he was off the back, not as a bridge for attacks. Ned also seems to believe Dan Martin is a bettter TT'er than Aru... Bizarre, even with the British rose tinted specs on
P.S. I forgot to add in the lows about the Fugslang and Cataldo crash and DNF. Although ultimately it wouldn't have made a difference to Aru's chances anyway.
