Laporte zabels Coquard to take his first Vendee win, amazing! Perfectly timed sprint and (hopefully) proving to Cofidis that it's time for Bouhanni & Soupe to lead him out.
He's 25 this year and I think he's ready to take his first TDF stage win.
In both of his comebacks (2012 and 2018), Alejandro Valverde needed just 5 days of racing in order to win again. Class is class. pic.twitter.com/73FS4uvRlJ
Well 5-6 years ago he just came out of a doping suspension and, if I recall correctly, he never really admitted to doing something wrong. I always considered showing remorse an important part for moving on, so for me he'll always have that doping stain, even if he's riding clean now.
I'm not saying I can't appreciate his racing, but when you would ask me to describe him in 1 word, it would still be "cheater" instead of "champion".
You could also replace that with 8 years or 4 years ago, but yeah, he just got back from a suspension there which obviously is problematic. But a lot of ppl have now forgotten that (same with Contador) and is appreciating the greatness now. On top of that he has gotten a somewhat unfair reputation of being super conservative which definitely isnt true.
Johan Esteban Chaves won the queen stage of the Herald Sun Tour, and is now the new race leader. In second place finished a young Alexander Evans whom I never heard of but seems to be another prospect for the future of Australian cycling.
And Rúben Guerreiro with the top-3 and up to 4th in the GC.
Riis123 wrote:
You could also replace that with 8 years or 4 years ago, but yeah, he just got back from a suspension there which obviously is problematic. But a lot of ppl have now forgotten that (same with Contador) and is appreciating the greatness now. On top of that he has gotten a somewhat unfair reputation of being super conservative which definitely isnt true.
I always find it interesting how some riders are forgiven for doping despite never showing any remorse or apologies while others are hated forever, even before anything has been proven in the case of Froome/Wiggins etc.
"Ringo is exactly right", Shonak - 8 September 2016
Riis123 wrote:
You could also replace that with 8 years or 4 years ago, but yeah, he just got back from a suspension there which obviously is problematic. But a lot of ppl have now forgotten that (same with Contador) and is appreciating the greatness now. On top of that he has gotten a somewhat unfair reputation of being super conservative which definitely isnt true.
I always find it interesting how some riders are forgiven for doping despite never showing any remorse or apologies while others are hated forever, even before anything has been proven in the case of Froome/Wiggins etc.
Riis123 wrote:
You could also replace that with 8 years or 4 years ago, but yeah, he just got back from a suspension there which obviously is problematic. But a lot of ppl have now forgotten that (same with Contador) and is appreciating the greatness now. On top of that he has gotten a somewhat unfair reputation of being super conservative which definitely isnt true.
I always find it interesting how some riders are forgiven for doping despite never showing any remorse or apologies while others are hated forever, even before anything has been proven in the case of Froome/Wiggins etc.
I hate both forever
Haha, yeah.... we all hate them forever.
Bernal won the NC in Colombia in ITT, thats pretty amazing. He is just so talented.
Riis123 wrote:
Bernal won the NC in Colombia in ITT, thats pretty amazing. He is just so talented.
Well, he certainly is, but he has beaten Daniel Felipe Martinez by only six seconds. He has a decent level in TT, but his victory is mostly due to his good shape after the TDU.
The Colombia Oro y Paz will be a more precise indicator to judge Bernal's abilities.
FreitasPCM wrote:
Johan Esteban Chaves won the queen stage of the Herald Sun Tour, and is now the new race leader. In second place finished a young Alexander Evans whom I never heard of but seems to be another prospect for the future of Australian cycling.
And Rúben Guerreiro with the top-3 and up to 4th in the GC.
CyclingTips has written an article about the stage, he seems to be a talented former triathlete. He only ran U23 Australian Championships. https://cyclingti...olo-attack
Perfectly timed sprint and (hopefully) proving to Cofidis that it's time for Bouhanni & Soupe to lead him out. 
