AC would not have won with a change. He lost by 9 seconds, but a bike change would have cost him another 15 seconds.
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LaFlorecita said:I am so ****ing ****ed off.
LaFlorecita said:I am so ****ing ****ed off.
Kender said:He won because Bertie didn't change bikes
Kender said:If contador had rode a road bike over the climbs and change bikes he would have won
xrayvision said:You a funny guy. You been bashing Contador and his results all your time here, and now you love an alien whos results is way more questionable than Contadors ever were... You haven´t learned anything about cycling the past 25 years huh.
Sylvester said:Froome time of first TT x 1,41
Contador 1,33
Rodriguez 1,29
Kreuziger 1,34
Valverde 1,35
Quintana 1,32
Kwiatkowski 1,40
Fuglsang 1,35
Talansky 1,38
Van Garderen 1,34
Mollema 1,39
Monfort 1,38
Izagirre J 1,38
Rogers 1,39
Schleck 1,31
Ten Dam 1,38
Westra 1,38
Taaramae 1,38
De Gendt 1,45
De Marchi 1,35
...
Navarro 1,33
Martin T 1,50
Moser 1,29
Martin D 1,37
Nieve 1,32
Bardet 1,35
Moreno 1,39
Porte 1,49
Evans 1,53
average is + 41%
Froome tiring?
Panda Claws said:Froome to win the Tour with 5 stage wins? Unseen since Hinault, since Merckx?
boladelmundo said:Even before changing bike Froome was already matching Bertie's time at the 2nd intermediate time check. Had Bertie changed bike, Froome would have won by much more margin.
xrayvision said:You a funny guy. You been bashing Contador and his results all your time here, and now you love an alien whos results is way more questionable than Contadors ever were... You haven´t learned anything about cycling the past 25 years huh.
boladelmundo said:Even before changing bike Froome was already matching Bertie's time at the 2nd intermediate time check. Had Bertie changed bike, Froome would have won by much more margin.
Savant12 said:So, this TT has shown that Froome really can ride on water
Kender said:Contador rode a disc over 2 climbs. Normal road bike + TT bike would have been much better. Would have spent a lot more energy pushing that disc up the climbs the way he was dancing on his pedals
Fight.The.Power said:Getting pretty tired of hearing Froome saying
"I can't believe I have won"
luckyboy said:Well, if you're gonna count those non-existent wins from a few years ago...