Recent content by Chomsky

Re: Re: While I agree with you about the hate and that is a very unfriendly place I think you go to far in comparing childish posters to Trump supporters. Trump does real damage and harm to the world this is just cycling and the age of the internet where children are looking for boundaries and...

To be considered great you have to be able to beat the best at their peak. When riding in the peleton Contadors best finish since 2009 on a MTF was sixth. He has demonstrated quite clearly since 2009 that he cannot hang with the top group of riders on a climb. Mollema at least has had success...

One of the worst tours I can recall. 1. The sprint stages were lacking top end talent. Finally we get a good amount of sprint stages but we are lacking the top end sprinters to make it exciting. They felt more like Vuelta sprints. Without Ewen, better versions of Cavendish and Greipel they...

That is just silly. In the 5 tours they rode together Froome won 4. The closest Contador got to Froome was over 6 mins. His second best Tour was 9 minutes behind Froome. Since Contador won the 2009 against no competition his best placement on a mountain top finish cat 2 or higher when not in a...

Re: Bravo. I assume you were kidding on Bernal even if he was arguably the 2nd strongest climber in this Tour. In a forum that is mostly dedicated to posters telling other how smart they think they are it is nice to see someone post with actual knowledge. Quite a rarity on the CN forums. You...

Re: Le Tour '18 stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice > Alpe d'Huez He has been one of the best climbers for a long time. In 2015 Thomas was 4th at the TDF on stage 19 until a crash dropped him all the while working for Froome. His problem has been crashes not lack of climbing ability. Likely be would...

Froome and Poels were clearly the two strongest riders in this race. About halfway through the final climb the peleton had been reduced to 14 riders 6 of whom were from team Sky. Clearly if we want a good race we need to get rid of the rest of the teams and just let Sky race against each other...

Froome and Contador have competed as GC riders in 5 Tour De Frances. Froome has won 4 Contador zero. The closest Contador has been to Froome is 6 minutes 27 seconds. It has not even been remotely competitive. Why is this even a discussion? Not only has Froome destroyed Contador in the Tour but...

This discussion is silly. Contador has been able to stay on his bike to complete 3 tours against Froome. Contadors best finish is 6 minutes 27 seconds behind Froome. His other 2 finishes are 9 minutes and 10 minutes behind Froome. In the Tours they have ridden together Froome has won 4 TDFs...

Re: Re: I do like your line about Contador that he has an extremely high floor but low ceiling. That sums up his career quite well. Able to beat lesser riders or out if form riders but never able to compete with the top riders on the biggest stage evidenced by his best performance 'in the Tour...

Re: Re: I do like Cavendish but I cannot say the same for Lance or Contador. Both Lance and Contador are products of Bruyneel. They both have major character flaws. They both appear to be horrible human beings. The only thing positive I can say about Lance compared to Contador is I would find...

Re: Re: The evidence is pretty overwhelming the field was exceptionally weak between 2006 and 2012. You had riders who had never contended at the Tour before or after winning or contending. 2006 Perrirro 2007 Rasmussen, Levi and Contador 2008 Sastre his best TDF was with. In his waning years...

What defined this tour was the missing riders. Cavendish arguably the most important tour rider this century was greatly missed. Sagan as well. The favorites for gc spots to 2 to 5 inPorte, Thomas, Valverde, and Izgairre. I was sorry to see Roglic crash pn stage 1. I would have liked to see...

2016. Cavendishs 4 wins in a very sprinter unfriendly route was by far the most exciting and best performance of the last 11 tours. The GC was very weak between 2006 and 2012 with such a week field it is hard to take those tours seriously. There is not a GC contender during those tours that...

Great day for Contador. He has a real chance to finish within 10 minutes of Froome and if people keep crashing a real shot at a top 10 finish. Not to mention he finished 8th on stage 5 only one place short of his best Tour Mountain stage finish since 2009. All in all there is a lot to be...