This guy has the ugliest style I’ve ever seen on a bike, but gets up hills pretty well. His climbing looks like a slug falling from one side of the top tube to the other, with the handlebars being flicked side to side by an invisible but irresistible force.
Has he found a way to generate more power? Is he dead weighting on each pedal, momentarily? I wouldn’t want my company’s name across his back as he defiles his bike like that.
i’ve been watching this too… and yeah, he’s a funny looking bugger. short stumpy legs, long body, all over the bike. but totally smashing them in the hills two days running.
I didn’t think his style was that awful, but I’m awfully unstylish myself. Seemed to out-climb a lot of much bigger names quite easily. I hope he’s not on the juice and goes on to a bigger team and moves on up.
Yeah, I watched a bit more a day or so later, and he wasn’t looking as bad. I think it was the steep little muurs that I saw him on initially that really made an impression. He put in a decent TT too, so I reckon he is a good prospect.