King Boonen said:burning said:King Boonen said:DFA123 said:Have you ever ridden in a peloton in crosswinds? There is still a massive benefit to being in the middle of a peloton - compared with taking several long pulls as part of a four man break. Even more so when you're tiny and are surrounded by sprinters and classics specialists.burning said:Exactly, people here (especially clueless Quintana fans) have pretty much no idea about racing in crosswinds.
Yep. Any group but especially in crosswinds as it's not just taking a pull, it's being aware to what's going on around you, holding your position, sprinting/pushing hard to close gaps etc.
Exactly, I am pretty sure that Quintana spend a lot of energy as well and that would hurt his 40 kg body much more compared to Froome
possibly, possibly not, as it was too hard to judge what he had to do. It did look like he was working a fair bit when we saw him, but I still think Froome will have spent more. Whether it makes a difference in the coming days none of us will really know. Fun to speculate though![]()
MacBAir said:Yeah, last year. We are talking about this year. In fact, if you forget last year's anomaly, what do you have supporting him?PremierAndrew said:MacBAir said:Well, If he and his team at least tried to make races and win them instead of being a bunch of wheelsuckers...maltiv said:That's about the 657th race this year when Kristoff loses a WT win due to an absolutely absurd late breakaway staying away.
So even Kristoff is getting called a wheelsucker now? Don't like the guy, but I advise you to go and watch last year's RVV
SeriousSam said:luckyboy said:Can't imagine anything else apart from Froome being worried about the mountains.
Another interpretation is that Froome is super strong.
Six seconds is a lot?RattaKuningas said:It seems like Kreuziger lost a lot of time today.
winkybiker said:I don't get it. We complain when the racing is calculated, boring and tactical, then complain (or at least criticize) some more when it's brave and entertaining.
1) Froome will be fine. A little 15 minute team TT is not going to hurt him.
2) Sagan is most of what is exciting about cycling these days. If he doesn't win, he fails heroically. That's all we can ask. He's one of the few that delivers on this. Cowardly riders like Matthews and Gerrans aren't in the same league.
He was working for Mollema and when Froome attacked it was a Giant rider who opened the gap so Fabian was neither directly on Froome's wheel nor could he chase him because he had to watch for other riders.Lance Armstrong said:How come that Fabian missed the split? I need to watch it again. He was the main force that unleashed Sagan.
Why? Because he looks like a child?hfer07 said:Froome is truly surprising us in every stage with new abilitiesHe seemed to have picked up some skills from the cycling arsenal & taken them to a whole new level
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gotta say this: Quintana better show some Pantani legs and drop the life out of Froome in the mountains with panache if he wants to outdo what the Kenyan has done so far - and yes - I'm cheering for Nairito- but Froome is doing the right things to earn the title ....
SKSemtex said:I have never thought I would tell this: I bacome a Froome fan.
HelloDolly said:Vlverde saying he knew where Quintana was and Quintana knew where he was ....well that is alright then
Geraint Too Fast said:SKSemtex said:Jancouver said:Wow, what a stage!
Awesome racing by Sagan and Froome. Kudos to both of them.
Too bad Bodnar did not get the win. That would be just epic for all the work he is doing for Sagan.
I looked like Sagan wanted the win for Bodnar, but after seeing Froome to accelerate he has just went for it
Sagan was never going to give those 50 points away.
TMP402 said:SeriousSam said:luckyboy said:Can't imagine anything else apart from Froome being worried about the mountains.
Another interpretation is that Froome is super strong.
Or that he's attacker and loves racing.
TMP402 said:SeriousSam said:luckyboy said:Can't imagine anything else apart from Froome being worried about the mountains.
Another interpretation is that Froome is super strong.
Or that he's attacker and loves racing.
hrotha said:I don't think Froome had to spend that much energy today in the great scheme of things, and hey, these "pointless attacks" have already netted him 35 seconds, which is starting to look like a quite good payoff.
Sho he is being smart all year? I mean, do you lose races if you don't even try to win them?PremierAndrew said:MacBAir said:Yeah, last year. We are talking about this year. In fact, if you forget last year's anomaly, what do you have supporting him?PremierAndrew said:MacBAir said:Well, If he and his team at least tried to make races and win them instead of being a bunch of wheelsuckers...maltiv said:That's about the 657th race this year when Kristoff loses a WT win due to an absolutely absurd late breakaway staying away.
So even Kristoff is getting called a wheelsucker now? Don't like the guy, but I advise you to go and watch last year's RVV
Much harder to attack when you're not in good form. Not making suicidal attacks is not being a wheelsucker, it's being smart