In reply to Hephaestus:
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> Anyway, I'm not particularly criticising him for how he goes about his business. I just don't remember him coming out with so much of the big-man talk before and wondered if that was down to the sheer increase in media attention making it sound worse or if I just don't remember it from last year.
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well, you sort of are.
Anyway, its going to be more down to the sorts of questions he is now asked since he is now reigning TdF champion and multi gold winning olympic medallist and a knight of the realm no less.
Also, man wins everything going and self belief increases is hardly a surprise story is it?
As for underselling and overdelivering and how you can do this, Im sure you can, in a normal day job where you arent being attacked every day you leave the house (metaphorically speaking, while riding), and without various journalists after a good quote incessantly, and people on social media criticising him etc etc
Im not a fan boy, dont think he can win this Giro, but do have massive respect for him, and if he thinks he can win, fair enough, nothing wrong with saying it.
Its also a very long way from being over yet, literally anything can still happen to nibbles, cuddles, et al.