2016 Critérium du Dauphiné, 2.UWT, June 5-12

[rick james]

Re:

LRP surprisingly good

Not really

 

[PremierAndrew]

Re:

LRP surprisingly good

Surprisingly?

 

[Oliwright]

We saw Froome improve a lot throughout the Dauphine last year, he will be fine. He hasn't raced as much and Sky won't be worried at all. They are going to smash the other teams in the mountains, they have 5 in top 20.

 

[SeriousSam]

This is the sort of performance from Lil'Richie here that riders like Aru and Pinot just haven't shown they're capable of, and is why he is in a tier with them for the Tour despite his lacking consistency

 

[dlwssonic]

Froome smash

 

[Vasilis]

1. Contador 11'36"
2. Porte +6"
3. Froome +13"
4. Martin +21"
5. Alaphilippe +24"
6. Poels +25"
7. Bardet +29"
8. Yates +31"
9. Rosa +37"
10. Herrada +39"

 

[sir fly]

Contador convincing.
12 seconds is a healthy margin for this kind of time trial.
If it was just a couple of seconds, we could say it's because he had the reference, but this was superb pace.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: Re:

LRP surprisingly good

Not surprising at all, he is a quality one week stage racer and I expected him to do well here, then the usual rubbish hype will start for the Tour then LRP will fall apart at some stage over the 3 weeks

Thanks, I'm aware of Porte's record. I expected him to be in top 5 today, but not to beat Froome.

 

[perico]

Re: Re:

let the excuses begin. Over to you Taxus....

Landa would have won if they allowed him to! Remember that!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I remember that one.

 

[Kwibus]

Re:

Wuyts saying something positive about Contador, write it down people

De Cauwer is always there for realism anyways. Wuyts is the biased commentator while De Cauwer is best commentator I know.

Only look at the crap Kirby is saying, compared to that Wuyts is still great

 

[Scarponi]

They did not show poor old Arthur finishing lol

Maybe he hasn't finished yet?

Such a random placement for a rider to be among the big dogs

 

[trevim]

Contador on Sky: "They have 4-5 riders who could go for the overall."

 

[DBotero]

Re: Re:

LRP surprisingly good

Not really

True.I was expecting him to win it actually.Froome is a little subpar but no surprise considering his different approach this year.

 

[DFA123]

Re:

This is the sort of performance from Lil'Richie here that riders like Aru and Pinot just haven't shown they're capable of, and is why he is in a tier with them for the Tour despite his lacking consistency

I'm not sure why people continue to class Porte as a potential GT rider. He clearly should be bracketed alongside riders like Spilak and Rui Costa - who are superb week long races, but nowhere near good enough over three weeks.

 

[ILovecycling]

LMAOOO Alberto said its not that big surprise that he beat Froome

 

[Scarponi]

Re:

This is the sort of performance from Lil'Richie here that riders like Aru and Pinot just haven't shown they're capable of, and is why he is in a tier with them for the Tour despite his lacking consistency

Exactly if Porte can be consistent his best is so much higher then those two

 

[Vasilis]

I really hope Sky will try a more agressive strategy throughout the stages to attack and isolate Contador instead of isolating him by burning their own men. I want Froome to win, but with Contador ahead of them, it bodes well for exciting racing.

 

[Laplaz]

Aru only the 3rd best Astan rider...

 

[Publicus]

They did not show poor old Arthur finishing lol

Maybe he hasn't finished yet?

Such a random placement for a rider to be among the big dogs

Other big dogs (Pinot, Froome) went earlier to avoid the rain.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Re: Re:

LRP surprisingly good

Not surprising at all, he is a quality one week stage racer and I expected him to do well here, then the usual rubbish hype will start for the Tour then LRP will fall apart at some stage over the 3 weeks

Thanks, I'm aware of Porte's record. I expected him to be in top 5 today, but not to beat Froome.

Froome is really delaying his peak like last year, so it's not that much of a surprise that he was beaten by Porte. The only big surprise for me was Pinot's performance. Very disappointing from him.

I wouldn't be shocked if Poels is Sky's leader for the Dauphine

 

[rick james]

Re:

Contador on Sky: "They have 4-5 riders who could go for the overall."

smart cookie that man, stating the obvious

 

[matusow_m]

Re:

LMAOOO Alberto said its not that big surprise that he beat Froome

Dude honestly noone else is either besides the deluded Froome fans, Froome has never beaten Contador besides when Contador have riden the Giro first. Look Vuelta Contador beat him there too on equal terms so no surprise to anyone.

 

[Kwibus]

Re:

This is the sort of performance from Lil'Richie here that riders like Aru and Pinot just haven't shown they're capable of, and is why he is in a tier with them for the Tour despite his lacking consistency

The problem is he still has to show he's good in 3 weeks like the others did. If he is able to do that then he's a threat to anyone.

 

[bigcog]

Re: Re:

LRP surprisingly good

Not surprising at all, he is a quality one week stage racer and I expected him to do well here, then the usual rubbish hype will start for the Tour then LRP will fall apart at some stage over the 3 weeks

Thanks, I'm aware of Porte's record. I expected him to be in top 5 today, but not to beat Froome.

Froome is really delaying his peak like last year, so it's not that much of a surprise that he was beaten by Porte. The only big surprise for me was Pinot's performance. Very disappointing from him.

Froome fans hope is, whether that's the case remains to be seen.

 

[Taxus4a]

Contador has said the GC is not important and that SKY should take responsability becouse thay have 4 or 5 riders who could dispute GC...