Can Cancellara ever be a GC contender ?
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:10 pm
A lot of us here love this guy, great TT rider, Paris Roubaix winner and great team man (see his work for Sastre at last years tour).
My question is can he ever become a contender for overall honours at a grand tour. He's got the TTing skills ala Indurain, Armstrong, Ullrich (he may in fact be stronger than some of those guys at this discipline). He has a brilliance also that can see him ride away from fellow pros in the flatter stages/races.
He's not hopeless in the hills either (see again last years tour and his brilliant ride in the Olympic road race), but it's obviously where he'd need to improve were he to move his focus onto overall honours.
So what do you think, could he do it ? would he want to do it ?
Interested to hear other peoples opinions.
My question is can he ever become a contender for overall honours at a grand tour. He's got the TTing skills ala Indurain, Armstrong, Ullrich (he may in fact be stronger than some of those guys at this discipline). He has a brilliance also that can see him ride away from fellow pros in the flatter stages/races.
He's not hopeless in the hills either (see again last years tour and his brilliant ride in the Olympic road race), but it's obviously where he'd need to improve were he to move his focus onto overall honours.
So what do you think, could he do it ? would he want to do it ?
Interested to hear other peoples opinions.