Sky: Nathan Earle, Chris Froome, Vasil Kiryienka, David López, Mikel Nieve, Danny Pate, Richie Porte, Kanstantsin Siutsou
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Pricey_sky said:Each rider to their own though, Froome never needs to go long as he has the strength and belief to gain time on a MTF. To be honest on several stages he has won he has really dug deep and not exactly rolled into the finish.
While many frown upon the Skytrain its funny that other teams (especially Movistar) try and control mountain stages too now.
Everyone knows he's strong. He won the TDF in perhaps the most dominant fashion in decades. That's got nothing to do with excitement. When compared to Contador or Nibali Froome cannot be labelled exciting becuase he's yet to do anything particularly daring or exciting. Beats riders by dropping them on mtfs.My point was that people label sky as boring yet Froome doesn't need the train and support to attack and get results, hell he even managed 100km's completely isolated from his team in the Tour stage last year! Ok many will say it was a massive Movistar/Saxo fail but it still shows his strength and the fear many others have of him.
The Hitch said:Rodriguez and Valverde don't have to go long either. That doesn't make their sprint wins any bit more exciting.
What??
No Sky did not invent "controlling mountain stages". no there's nothing funny about teams other than sky doing it. Its been done since before Brailsford knew what a bycicle was. - THAT right there, is one of the reason sky is disliked. Cos they and their fans keep claiming things that have existed since forever were invented by sky last year
Everyone knows he's strong. He won the TDF in perhaps the most dominant fashion in decades. That's got nothing to do with excitement. When compared to Contador or Nibali Froome cannot be labelled exciting becuase he's yet to do anything particularly daring or exciting. Beats riders by dropping them on mtfs.