Recent content by Pantanino

I think here exactly lies the big difference to how we as spectators see things vs. how Froome himself sees things and what he has been talking about in terms of making progress. I think a lot of the comments on how bad he is at the moment are coming from people making the assumption he...

Yep, you can clearly also see that he is in "training mode" from the way he is positioning himself in the peloton and then these things happen when it's full gas. Overall his riding during this week has shown a clear step forward and if he can make a similar step up for the TdF he should be in...

I'm pretty sure Froome can be happy with his performance today. He managed the first climb more or less inside the main GC group which is encouraging. No idea tho what happened in the decent and why he dropped there already and thus I would not put any weight on the time loss as it really is a...

I think today was a very good stage to measure the levels as the pace was rather high and everyone had to "go on their own" to the finish line. Let's be realistic re tomorrow: most likely Froome will be dropped from the GC rider group at the first mountain and from there you can't really say...

Whether you're a fan or hater of Froome you should not undermine the fact that he is an absolutely professional athlete with a rather analytical mindset. That said, he for sure has a clear plan on how to get back to best form* and especially today showed that he is getting there. It was a very...