An American, on a Trek, riding away from the worlds best climbers? No tragic sense of deja vu there…
I want to believe, he’s the same age as me so gives us oldies hope, he comes across as entertaining in interviews, but its all a bit too much. When he won a stage earlier on the defenders were saying “well, his form will tail off throughout the 3 weeks”, which its failed to do. There were lots of raised eyebrows thanks to him riding entire 15km climbs out the saddle.
Or maybe its all down to riding stupidly wide bars?!
People are questioning Nico Roche’s peformance, but he looks broken at the end of most stages like he’s riding 100% when the rest of the contenders keep something in reserve.