100th Volta Ciclista a Catalunya(2.UWT) - 22nd March - 28th March

[Poursuivant]

Froomey rolling back the clock to Barloworld days.

Million miles off challenging for a GT. He looks done.

 

[perico]

This is just sad

 

[Escarabajo]

Froome with that weight he will come back on the descent!

 

[johnymax]

Froome going backwards. His form is far behind to where it needs to be right now. It doesn't even look like he is progressing race by race.

Edit:
And this time he looked like he went deep trying to stay with the peloton. No that waving to the camera or talking to another rider bullshitt

 

[luckyboy]

He is winning the Tour in four months though!

Would be a bigger shock than his second at the 2011 Vuelta at this point..

 

[Poursuivant]

Froome going backwards. His form is far behind to where it needs to be right now. It doesn't even look like he is progressing race by race.

Edit:
And this time he looked like he went deep trying to stay with the peloton. No that waving to the camera or talking to another rider bullshitt

I agree, he was better in UAE. And it was similar last year, he was pretty good in Occitanie, but by the time the Dauphine came round he was dropped a lot earlier.

 

[Escarabajo]

Froome going backwards. His form is far behind to where it needs to be right now. It doesn't even look like he is progressing race by race.

Edit:
And this time he looked like he went deep trying to stay with the peloton. No that waving to the camera or talking to another rider bullshitt

Look at his weight!
I think that he is done.

 

[SafeBet]

Interesting situation. Movistar has been drilling it for quite some time now, only one teammate with Mas/Soler/Valverde so I'm not sure they can control the race for almost 30 km once they stop descending.
Who else might be interested in a sprint? Venturini is gone. I think Kanter is gone too. Perhaps BikeExchange for Dion Smith (he was at the back of the peloton a few minutes ago). Is Impey in the peloton?

Looks good for an attack in the final 10 km by someone like Lulu.

 

[titan31]

Hirschi should be in there and could be one of the better sprinters left

 

[Lo squalo di messina]

Damn Israël gave him a 5+million contract for how many years exactly?

 

[Wvv]

What is INEOS up to with Martinez btw? So far just 1 race, the UAE Tour, serving as mountain leadout for Adam Yates.
There's a TT in this race, would've been very interesting for him to battle the GC.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Interesting situation. Movistar has been drilling it for quite some time now, only one teammate with Mas/Soler/Valverde so I'm not sure they can control the race for almost 30 km once they stop descending.
Who else might be interested in a sprint? Venturini is gone. I think Kanter is gone too. Perhaps BikeExchange for Dion Smith (he was at the back of the peloton a few minutes ago). Is Impey in the peloton?

Looks good for an attack in the final 10 km by someone like Lulu.

Israel might win this, I imagine Impey will still be there.

 

[Oliver]

What is INEOS up to with Martinez btw? So far just 1 race, the UAE Tour, serving as mountain leadout for Adam Yates.
There's a TT in this race, would've been very interesting for him to battle the GC.

He's riding the Giro so maybe he does Settimana and Tour of Alps.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

What are Movistar even trying to accomplish? Do they really think Valverde can still win a reduced bunch sprint?

 

[SafeBet]

What are Movistar even trying to accomplish? Do they really think Valverde can still win a reduced bunch sprint?

Yeah that's what I was wondering.
And it's total chaos anyway. Impossible to control.

 

[Samamba]

Kamna!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Yeah that's what I was wondering.
And it's total chaos anyway. Impossible to control.

And now they've let a potential GC threat on the loose. Really typical of what the team has become these past few years.

 

[Oliver]

Good move by Kamna

 

[Faserr]

I wouldn't let kämna go....

 

[Oliver]

It seems nobody wants to ride

 

[Samamba]

Theyre just gonna give Kamna a minute.

3 really strong riders in that front group.

 

[luckyboy]

Another tactical masterclass from Movistar today

 

[johnymax]

Interesting situation. Movistar has been drilling it for quite some time now, only one teammate with Mas/Soler/Valverde so I'm not sure they can control the race for almost 30 km once they stop descending.
Who else might be interested in a sprint? Venturini is gone. I think Kanter is gone too. Perhaps BikeExchange for Dion Smith (he was at the back of the peloton a few minutes ago). Is Impey in the peloton?

Looks good for an attack in the final 10 km by someone like Lulu.

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. LuLe attacked in the final 25km

 

[RedheadDane]

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. LuLe attacked in the final 25km

He could attack from the front group...

 

[HelloDolly]

What are they doing letting Kamna away