Given how most flat stages at the Tour look, I should think so.
In terms of pure speed, I'd say he's capable of matching the best, but his inability to climb and position himself means that he rarely gets a chance to challenge them.
Wait what? Will he even ride the tour? He is not on Blanco's long list...
GESINK Robert
MOLLEMA Bauke
TEN DAM Laurens
NORDHAUG Lars Petter
BOOM Lars
RENSHAW Mark
SLAGTER Tom-Jelte
TANKINK Bram
LEEZER Tom
TANNER David
TJALLINGII Maarten
VANMARCKE Sep
WYNANTS Maarten
Bos beated Cavendish already in his first month as a road cyclist. Nothing new. Now if Renshaw can lead him out like he did in 2011, who knows what's possible
Pellizotti2 wrote:
It was just hypothetical thinking.
EDIT: CountArach takes revenge for Goss' close miss on Tuesday
Too soon
But seriously I saw that reported on a general news program (like a non-sport one) and they said "The surprise winner was Arnaud Demare". I almost screamed at the TV - I would tip Demare over Matthew "Second-every-time" Goss any day.
If that shiny line on the ground in the finish shot (2:39) is the finish line itself, Bos nearly threw away a whole bike lenght of advantage to Greipel to take the win by not much more than millimetres...
Also quite funny, due to the huge gaps, Greipel actually has a shot at the GC.
From today's front group, I only rate Roelandts and Boom better on the hills, and you never know how good the Gorilla does Edited by cio93 on 14-06-2013 00:41
cio93 wrote:
So here is the video from the Ster ZLM Toer.
If that shiny line on the ground in the finish shot (2:39) is the finish line itself, Bos nearly threw away a whole bike lenght of advantage to Greipel to take the win by not much more than millimetres...
Also quite funny, due to the huge gaps, Greipel actually has a shot at the GC.
From today's front group, I only rate Roelandts and Boom better on the hills, and you never know how good the Gorilla does
Well, I don't know the parcours this year, but last year Cav won due to bonus seconds and holding on in the hilly stages.
Thüringen-Rundfahrt, Stage 5: Streufdorf - Streufdorf I.T.T. (27.4 km) (2.2U)
Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 1: Luxembourg - Hautcharage (193.8 km) (2.HC)
