Originally Posted by
john gault
BTW, don't count out AC, he had a bad year, partly because of all the other big races he did this year, but also because of injuries in the early part of the tour. AS has not cracked the AC nut and Evans just capitalized on it -- take note of his awesome TT.
If AC skips the Giro, where he made everyone else look like they were riding bikes with square wheels this year, and rides the TdF he will win it each time he rides it in the short term. Prior to this years TdF, he'd won the previous 6 grand tours he'd entered. At 28(I think?), he has quite a few years of potential dominance left in him, and AS has the misfortune of overlapping that time.
Of course, all this is dependent on what happens early next month. If AC gets the ban, I'd give AS a little more of a chance.