> He's never won a monument, and his "classic" win, Gand-Wevelgem, not one
of
> the World Cup races, falls in the same week and between Flanders and
> Roubaix, so the competition is often not up to the level in the other
> classics. He's still waiting for that big victory in the classics (he
> himself said that his win yesterday in the TdF was the biggest victory of
> his career). I like George and am always rooting for him, and while
contrary
> to the OP's troll, he's definitelty a classics rider, he's not (yet
anyway)
> proven he's amongst the best. But with his best season yet, at 32 next
> Spring, and no responsibility to ride for Lance in the future, I hope
he'll
> get a big win or two under his belt.
>
Exactly what I said, thanks for the facts that support my assertion.
Basically he thinks he's a Classics rider, but what you think, and what you
are, may be two different things. Everyone knows him for the Tour, and
that's an accomplishment in itself.