Recent content by penzos

Certainly. But the sporting criteria can't be the explanation. Obviously Froome has a strong say.

I'm not familiar with the group dynamics inside the Sky team and I don't think anyone else will be hit by Froome's power display. And that's the most accurate description of the matter, as far as I'm concerned. Froome intervened, put veto, or however you want to call it, just to show who's the...

I'm really surprised by the news. It looks to me that Froome has a significant influence in the selection. The decision can't be explained by anything else than the team cohesion, imo.

The best of the best in any aspect of the sport deserve to get the opportunity to wear the Yellow jersey. Cavendish is, also, third by stage victories on the TDF's all time list, so - definitely deserves the decoration.

Besides taking the Yellow jersey, keeping it or trading between various type of riders is another dimension of having a sprinters' Grand Départ. It should be stimulating for the participants and entertaining for the viewers.

Yep. Top five divided by five and a half minutes is enormous. I can't see anything similar happening this year. The battle for the victory should be more tight as well as between the GC contenders. Cut out the top two from 1994 and I think you'll get the distribution of top 8 (or even 10) in...

Although a long one, the tt shouldn't provide huge gaps on the given profile and probably twisty and narrow roads. Very nice. And overall a very nice route. Offers plenty of opportunities.

You shouldn't waste your knowledge on a public forum. You should cash it in some kind of journalism. Have you spoken with some Cyclingnews officials?