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| mb2612 |
Posted on 03-03-2014 21:46
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Smowz wrote:
I'll put it out there - Madrazo doing this plus the Tour may be a 'waste' of his talents? Tenorio could still be good enough to win this - he is a poor mans Phinney outside of Spain. Interesting dilemmas for mb. Going to be very difficult for new Protour teams not to want to go big on some of the available climbers.
Yeah that's my debate, Madrazo would be prohibitive favourite, but could he win the others. Tenorio would be behind Pluschkin, Schleck and Machado, but he's got a shot if only one of them turns up. And he has no chance of beating Phinney in the Tour or Cuengo in the Giro.
Tough decisions ahead.
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| niconico |
Posted on 03-03-2014 21:51
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mb2612 wrote:
Smowz wrote:
I'll put it out there - Madrazo doing this plus the Tour may be a 'waste' of his talents? Tenorio could still be good enough to win this - he is a poor mans Phinney outside of Spain. Interesting dilemmas for mb. Going to be very difficult for new Protour teams not to want to go big on some of the available climbers.
Yeah that's my debate, Madrazo would be prohibitive favourite, but could he win the others. Tenorio would be behind Pluschkin, Schleck and Machado, but he's got a shot if only one of them turns up. And he has no chance of beating Phinney in the Tour or Cuengo in the Giro.
Tough decisions ahead.
Tough decisions indeed.. even just doing the team goals, since they are dependent on which rider to send where 
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| Roman |
Posted on 03-03-2014 21:55
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mb2612 wrote:
Tough decisions ahead.
No training for Tenorio this season? 
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 03-03-2014 22:03
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Roman wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
Tough decisions ahead.
No training for Tenorio this season?
If I can afford it then maybe, but he would still be a step below the three guys I mentioned, and they can be trained as well.
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| Roman |
Posted on 03-03-2014 22:11
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mb2612 wrote:
Roman wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
Tough decisions ahead.
No training for Tenorio this season?
If I can afford it then maybe, but he would still be a step below the three guys I mentioned, and they can be trained as well.
Well I think Tenorio would seriously have some chances to beat them in a good course for him. If Phinney could beat Madrazo in the Giro, and after some training he can be almost as good as him! 
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 03-03-2014 22:17
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Yeah, if there was the long overdue TT heavy Vuelta next year () then Tenorio might be favourite.
On this course though, I can't see it happening.
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| Roman |
Posted on 03-03-2014 22:59
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Yeah, Tenorio would probably have more chances in this year's Giro, it seems. But if you will train his MO, he can still be at least a rival for the win in Vuelta... Or could get Valls a chance? You have really nice worries indeed.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 03-03-2014 23:19
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Valls is tempting, his backup stats make him the one of the best 79 Mountains around, they are nice problems, as long as I can pretend the season is only 3 races long (4 including the Spanish Champs)
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