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Best Pure Climbing Talent in the World
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 20-03-2008 13:14
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Tom Danielson
A Tour of Spain stage winner and Tour of Georgia overall winner, Tom is considered the best pure climbing talent in the world.
That was directly copied from the Slipstream website. Don't you think that is a little ridiculous, he would barely make my top 50 
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| Dankan |
Posted on 20-03-2008 13:16
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"An eternal promise", we say at the country where Slipstream's based on. Barely capable to repeat his 5th position at the Vuelta two years ago. |
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Posted on 20-03-2008 13:20
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Valverde, Riccio, Contaador, Cobo, Sanchez - there are five (reasonably) young talents (u30), anyone want to name anymore |
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Posted on 20-03-2008 13:23
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Deadpool wrote:
Valverde, Riccio, Contaador, Cobo, Sanchez - there are five (reasonably) young talents (u30), anyone want to name anymore
Riccio? Bernardo Riccio is a young sprinter, no chance he'll turn into a climber at Tinkoff. 
Seriously: Soler, Gesink, Mollema, Schleck... are way better. |
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Posted on 20-03-2008 13:24
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One word: Andy Schleck, wait that was two
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Posted on 20-03-2008 13:24
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Ricardo B) - He won a nice mountain stage in the tour, and yes, the ones you mentioned are also great
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Posted on 20-03-2008 13:25
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Deadpool wrote:
Tom Danielson
A Tour of Spain stage winner and Tour of Georgia overall winner, Tom is considered the best pure climbing talent in the world.
That was directly copied from the Slipstream website. Don't you think that is a little ridiculous, he would barely make my top 50
P.S. - You can't keep me down CrueTrue B)
hype, hype, and more hype. He beat a bunch of american climbing records on a bike that was below regulation weight and suddenly he was "awesome"
We haven't seem him 100% healthy and fit not even once since 2005 (yes, that includes his Vuelta results. he was injured), but still, I see no indication that he's going to snap out of it. especially considering he's injured again.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 20-03-2008 13:28
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Yes, too many promising riders have been felled by injuries (even Eddy Merckx, can you imagine how good he would have been if the injury in '69 didn't make him hurt on the climbs). Danielson is a good climber, but that is ridiculous. |
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Posted on 20-03-2008 13:37
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Screw injuries, if Tyler Hamilton can complete two tour de frances with broken collarbones, a little illness here and there shouldnt put people out of action 
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Posted on 20-03-2008 13:38
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Deadpool wrote:
Ricardo B) - He won a nice mountain stage in the tour, and yes, the ones you mentioned are also great
"Richie rich"? ..even he no. Piepoli was pulling him for stage win..let him win. After in the Zocolan where he was after young rider jersey he was droped directly.
Danielson hasnt developed has Lance expected...(ofcorse he had bad injures also).
Gesink, Soler, A.Schleck (and all those youngsters will get now on much harder to get away in the climb..all them are now "marked" climbers)
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Posted on 20-03-2008 13:48
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Viborg FF wrote:
One word: Andy Schleck, wait that was two
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 20-03-2008 13:58
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SOOOOOOOOO ridiculous!!!
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| Setzel |
Posted on 20-03-2008 14:02
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Mollema Intauxti Pozzovivo
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Posted on 20-03-2008 14:38
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rjc_43 wrote:
Screw injuries, if Tyler Hamilton can complete two tour de frances with broken collarbones and some doping, a little illness here and there shouldnt put people out of action
Fixed that one for you.
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| t-baum |
Posted on 20-03-2008 15:13
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You better hope Levi doesn't come in this thread...
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 20-03-2008 15:13
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Yeah but considering according to the majority of this forum, everyone is doping, so that wouldn't make a difference smart ass
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Posted on 20-03-2008 15:28
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"danielson is a superb cimber but he loses so much energy positioning himself in the bunch especially on the flat" |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 20-03-2008 15:37
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Bjarne Riis was the best ever, although I wouldn't use the word talent to define that. |
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| Setzel |
Posted on 20-03-2008 15:52
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Nooooo The Best ever was Jaschke 
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 20-03-2008 16:09
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What about Soler, he was thrown into the picture, but hasn't come-up since, do people think he is a fluke (yes, i know this debate already happened). |
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