Phinney put in a dominating performance. He won by 7 seconds on a 5.7km course. Unreal.
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Looking good and healthy for a change, really has not had an opportunity health wise to show what he can do. This tour may be a good vehicle for him?
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Hey may have a good shot at the TT too, as it is 14.X Km. Short flat course specialist
LeMond VO2 max 95, Armstrong 82....doh -
Did you read about the rain situation, that certainly would have helped him out a little.
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Yeah, but most of the fast guys raced on dry: David Millar, Boassan Hagen, etc.
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pa, were you a drill seargeant? you know, the guys in charge of tearing the soldiers down? So that the REAL soldiers can teach them how not to be like a drill seargeant.
Big win for Phinney. He has to be among a short list of favorites to win the TT in the Vuelta this year. Man, BMC is on a charge.
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Don't believe the hype.
Phinney's good from 1-10k and that’s about it, I wouldn't expect much more from him. If his pop didn't ride for occy he still would be an amateur, nobody hires a prologue specialist. Let’s face it, he's strong but his bike handling skills are suspect. His national TT title was a gifted to him and he hasn't won much more on the road except for a prologue or two. He's strong for a junior or U23 but I don’t see him cut from the same cloth as Talansky, TJ, or Sagan. -
Agree w/stormchaser. It's a big win for TP because he's never won anything as a pro. A big deal for sure and he deserves credit. But we all know who the real wonder kid of cycling is and hes less than 180 days older than Taylor. Heres what he's done, pretty frickin' impressive.
2008
1st MTB World Championships Juniors
1st MTB European Championships Juniors
2nd Cyclo-cross World Championships Juniors
2nd Juniors Paris–Roubaix
2009
1st GP Kooperativa
7th Overall 2009 Dookola Mazowsza
1st Points Classification
1st Best Young Rider
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 5
2010
17th Overall Paris–Nice
1st Points Classification
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 5
13th Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 1
8th Overall Tour of California
1st Points Classification
1st Best Young Rider
1st Stage 5
1st Stage 6
2nd Philadelphia International Championship
7th GP Ouest-France
2nd Giro del Veneto
4th Giro della Romagna
2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
2011
1st Overall Giro di Sardegna
1st Points Classification
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 4
3rd Classica Sarda
4th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
DNF Three Days of De Panne
3rd Stage 2
35th Overall Tour of California
1st Points Classification
1st Stage 5
2nd Stage 2
2nd Stage 8
2nd Philadelphia International Championship
50th Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Points Classification
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 8
2nd Stage 4
3rd Stage 1
3rd Stage 5
1st National Road Race Championship
1st Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Points Classification
1st Stage 4
1st Stage 5
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Weird. Dude's won more pro races than I'll ever win. Seems like success in my book even if he never wins another race (though I bet he'll win something). Everyone doesn't have to be the second coming of E.Mercx though that other kid inferno mentioned is definitely something.
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Sagan's a freak. No doubt. The thing is, I'd be willing to bet that Phinney wouldn't try to compare himself to Sagan so Im not sure why we are. He knows his current strengths, will improve in others and do fine as a pro.
The original post was about a dominating win in a short prologue. Not about future success and who's better than who.
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