Recent content by boink

Spot on. Two great riders with different strengths. There's no doubt Bertie is the flair rider but strip away the train and you've still got another brilliant all round rider in Froome. If he was French there'd be 50 + miles of TT in next years race and he'd be matched by big Tom only for the...

Just hope Nibali voodoo stays out of it today and everyone stays safe. Been a fascinating race with emergence of Lopez and fluctuating performance of the big 3. Personally hoping for the Froome double and a great last stage win for Bertie. Two incredible athletes.

Froome has invested such a lot in this race and come so close over the years, it'll be a killer (for him and his fans) if he can't clinch it this time. Watching him 2K from the top yesterday he looked terrible but hung on somehow with a lot of help from Nieve. In a way, I find his Vuelta story...

Re: Maybe you won't have to. Riding away from the Sky Train and dropping rising star Lopez like a stone today might encourage a rethink from the great man (and umpteen team directors). A zillion or so miles away from his performances a couple of months back at the Dauphine and then the tour.