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Is Edvald Boasson Hagen the real deal ?

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  • February 17, 2012 at 12:23 am #15118
    Stumps

    In a previous forum topic seabass89 asked the question “What type of rider is EBH”.

    He’s won stages on grand tours and overall titles but in the years ahead what will people think and say when his name is mentioned.

    Will it be as a Grand Tour winner – possibly not, or in the same breath as Cancellara and Gilbert as a multiple classics winner. Only time will tell.

    Tell us what you think 😕

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  • February 17, 2012 at 2:59 pm #666131
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    Gkam84

    Raleigh wrote:The other young

    Raleigh wrote:
    The other young Scandinavian at Team Sky, Thomas Lofkvist, I think should shine this year.

    Young? he’s 27, same age as another Scandinavian in team sky, Lars Petter Nordhaug

    February 17, 2012 at 2:54 pm #666129
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    Gkam84

    I think he’ll have his chance
    I think he’ll have his chance in the classics this year and the smaller tours, i doubt he’ll get in the TdF team, just because of Cav needing a couple of men

    So if Cav and Wiggo do TdF

    Wiggo will need a couple of mountain men Uran, Thomas and Froome maybe?

    Cav will need Eisel to get him through, plus maybe Uran and Siutsou for a lead out

    So if that was the team, there is 7/9 with Wiggo, Uran and Siutsou being great TT guys, where would EBH fit in?

    I think he might get Giro and Vuelta this year

    February 17, 2012 at 2:51 pm #666127
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    Raleigh

    The other young Scandinavian
    The other young Scandinavian at Team Sky, Thomas Lofkvist, I think should shine this year.

    After his interview in Cycling Weekly a while ago, he seemed to be the next big thing, and they tipped him to win the Giro.

    Hmmm…

    February 17, 2012 at 2:35 pm #666125
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    Alan Tullett

    Who is the Sky Captain for
    Who is the Sky Captain for Roubaix? Flecha? Gerrans? EBH? Or all three?

    Gerrans is with Greenedge now.

    Reckon EBH has a chance of at least one podium this spring, if not better. We’ll see how he does up a tougher finish today.

    February 17, 2012 at 2:01 pm #666123
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    seabass89

    It should be mentioned that
    It should be mentioned that Arvesen in procycling.no said that Eddy is “one of the captains” in sky, so they would at least like to say that he has a team around him..

    As a norwegian I obviously get alot of eddy talk during the tdf and the likes of Dag-Otto Lauritzen seems to think that he can become a Grand-Tour rider similar to Wiggo if he looses some weight – Not fantastic in the mountains, but deadly on time trials.

    Another possibility mentioned by Arvesen is a one-week-tours rider such as Paris-Nice, Eneco Tour (which he has won a times now) and the likes..

    Arvesen is appearantly making a “real cyclist” of him and doesen’t let the poor fella train as much cross-country skiing as he did before..

    Its hard to know with “Eddy the boss” but from the Beastly attack he did up the hill before Pinorollo in last years tdf shows that the guy has something to prove in the hills too…

    Personally I think he will become a hybrid between Gilbert and Cancellara (not saying AS good as the two of them) who will be strong on cobblestone, and good in the ardennes..

    Hard to know.. I think he is a splendid rider with a murder instinct wrapped in a somewhat shy personality.

    Hopefully he avoids injuries this spring, and he’ll show us just how good he is in the classics..

    Who is the Sky Captain for Roubaix? Flecha? Gerrans? EBH? Or all three?

    February 17, 2012 at 10:56 am #666121
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    msw

    Even without Wiggins &
    Even without Wiggins & Cavendish Sky have a pretty imposing squad for classics in Flecha, Thomas, EBH and Uran. If the other 3 do ride for EBH they look pretty strong – could Uran in particular do the same sort of job for him that Jelle Vanendert did for Gilbert last year?

    February 17, 2012 at 9:16 am #666119
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    Raleigh

    I agree, unless he has people
    I agree, unless he has people like Flecha, Thomas, Wiggins, Swift and Hunt riding for him, in much the same way that Cavendish won’t win, Boassen-Hagen won’t either.

    I tip him for either an Ardennes win, or ‘Classic-like’ grand tour stages.

    Until he moves to the Eddy team, it’s unlikely that he’ll be a prolific winner as he should be.

    February 17, 2012 at 8:58 am #666117
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    Gkam84

    He’s more of a classics rider
    He’s more of a classics rider than a grand tour winner, thats a given. But unless he can get a group around him to help with winning classics and the odd shorter race, like the Algarve, then he’ll get nowt, he’ll have to do it all on his own.

    Looking at the team structure, Sky have their main guys this season, Cav and Wiggo and have set out their plans for them, building teams around them.

    Wiggo does not live up to all the hype in my opinion, yes he’s a good rider, but without a stronger team, he’s not going to win a grand tour this year, because of the split thats going to happen with Cav needing a couple of lead out men and Eisel to get him through the mountains.

    So back on to EBH, a good rider with great potential but might never get the chance in his current team.

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