La Vuelta a Espana *Spoiler*

[smutchin]

Simon Clarke and EF ditto
...
Feel free to add.

Michael Woods deserves an honourable mention too, but Uran has been a bit Zubeldia-like again.

You can add Nibali and Aru to the losers list as well.

 

[rich p]

Michael Woods deserves an honourable mention too, but Uran has been a bit Zubeldia-like again.

You can add Nibali and Aru to the losers list as well.

Uran always looks like he's holding something back.
I feel sorry for Aru - not sure why but he looks like a sad case.And he rides like a bag of spanners.
Kruijswijk put in a good shift too.

 

[roadrash]

Uran always looks like he's holding something back.
I feel sorry for Aru - not sure why but he looks like a sad case.And he rides like a bag of spanners.
Kruijswijk put in a good shift too.

Aru always reminds me of a chimp trying to ride a bike for the first time, then again I probably do too, but not as fast

 

[Adam4868]

I dont think Nibali was in this for anything else other than building his fitness for the Worlds.

 

[Andrew Br]

I am now relatively sanguine at the way Simon Yates rode past me up Holme Moss a few years ago

Even after today, I think Yates, S will still regard overtaking you as one of his greatest achievements.
And I bet that he (Yates, S) didn't have a pair of flip-flops in his jersey pockets.

 

[nickyboy]

Even after today, I think Yates, S will still regard overtaking you as one of his greatest achievements.
And I bet that he (Yates, S) didn't have a pair of flip-flops in his jersey pockets.

I'd only been cycling a few months at the time. Now I've got a few miles under my belt things could be very different

 

[rich p]

I'd only been cycling a few months at the time. Now I've got a few miles under my belt things could be very different

A few more somethings under your belt these days Nick!

 

[Crackle]

A few more somethings under your belt these days Nick!

All inclusives, with all you can eat buffets.

 

[nickyboy]

All inclusives, with all you can eat buffets.

I think I'm banned from that hotel chain now

 

[iandg]

All 3 grand tours in one year won by Brits. Amazing eh? Especially when you grew up in the 70s listening to Phil Ligget's radio 2 reports every evening and the higlight was a stage win for Barry Hoban in the TdF

Actually it's bigger than the 3 grand tours in a year - the last 5 grand tours have had a British winner.

(This may have been mentioned up-thread but I haven't read all 17 pages).

 

[Crackle]

Froome didn't come through the BC system though did he? It's only really the last two GTs that the British cycling authorities can take any credit for.

on an individual basis, on an infrastructure and influence basis, much harder to quantify, they've probably been reasonably influential.

 

[Crackle]

Surely Sky can take credit but BC?? I suppose the lines between the two have been pretty blurred. Actually I'm pretty ignorant of the behind the scenes matters so perhaps I should keep schtum.

Cookson in some paper or other at the weekend described him as "an outlier" which seemed fair enough.

Don't forget Brailsford came from BC. He honed everything he put into Sky in BC. All the marginal gain sport science and nutrition, the mentality etc.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Don't forget Brailsford came from BC. He honed everything he put into Sky in BC. All the marginal gain sport science and nutrition, the mentality etc.

Yes, he was the most obvious link for me. Which kind of gives him a rather impressive honorary palmarès.....

 

[smutchin]

Brailsford takes a lot of the credit for the groundwork put in by others, especially Peter Keen and Chris Boardman.

 

[iandg]

Froome didn't come through the BC system though did he? It's only really the last two GTs that the British cycling authorities can take any credit for.

I was referring to 'nationality' rather than governing body.