It will be way harder saturdayMiburo said:I replied to the ones who thought he was gonna lose time today. Hell be way way better saterday
Which is one of the reasons he'll be way way betterRed Rick said:It will be way harder saturdayMiburo said:I replied to the ones who thought he was gonna lose time today. Hell be way way better saterday
Including Scarponi with those two hurts meValv.Piti said:Dude, De La Cruz, Talansky and Scarponi hung on this group. You can't realistically conclude anything from this..Miburo said:See. No problem. Plenty of time left, panic never won someone anything
Yup. Now that Lopez got *** over by his crash a top 10 from Scarponi should be in the cardsScarponi said:Including Scarponi with those two hurts meValv.Piti said:Dude, De La Cruz, Talansky and Scarponi hung on this group. You can't realistically conclude anything from this..Miburo said:See. No problem. Plenty of time left, panic never won someone anything
About yesterday"We knew it wasn't a very difficult final climb, but the important thing is I felt a lot better," Contador said. "Obviously your legs always hurt after an effort like that, but I feel fine and pleased to have got through another stage."
About the rest of the raceContador had said before the stage that it was possible that his poor performance on the Ezaro climb was due to dehydration, given he said he had suffered more than usual in the heat, his pulse rate went very high and he had felt very thirsty. Other sources confirmed that after Ezaro, Contador was so dehydrated he spent roughly two hours in the anti-doping control before he could produce a urine sample.
"I feel pretty optimistic now," he added, "I'll start to try to shake things up a little further on, when I've got the right kind of form that racing can give you."
That is true, I noted a lot trayig to climb los Lagos this month, that kill me, not just the hard slopes, it is the mixture of hot and humidity. But Froome use to suffer a lot humidity, like in Rio.LaFlorecita said:Today on CyclingNews:
About today
About yesterday"We knew it wasn't a very difficult final climb, but the important thing is I felt a lot better," Contador said. "Obviously your legs always hurt after an effort like that, but I feel fine and pleased to have got through another stage."
About the rest of the raceContador had said before the stage that it was possible that his poor performance on the Ezaro climb was due to dehydration, given he said he had suffered more than usual in the heat, his pulse rate went very high and he had felt very thirsty. Other sources confirmed that after Ezaro, Contador was so dehydrated he spent roughly two hours in the anti-doping control before he could produce a urine sample.
"I feel pretty optimistic now," he added, "I'll start to try to shake things up a little further on, when I've got the right kind of form that racing can give you."
Camperona will be importat becouse the stage suits complete riders, not just climbers, with a flat stage with wind and stress and maybe echelons (as well a crazy hot for norther Spain that I am suffering now) before the last really hard .Valv.Piti said:That interview is very uplifting and it makes sense he couldn't pee after dehydrating and so on and so forth, but its only words and its rare to see GC-contenders straight up say they didn't have it, especially so early on. We will have to wait for Camperona and Naranco, but probably most importantly, Covadonga.
To be fair, the same happened to him in the last MTF of the 2015 Giro. According to him, at least.Valv.Piti said:That interview is very uplifting and it makes sense he couldn't pee after dehydrating and so on and so forth, but its only words and its rare to see GC-contenders straight up say they didn't have it, especially so early on. We will have to wait for Camperona and Naranco, but probably most importantly, Covadonga.
Yes, his interview has a different vibe to it. He sounded a bit more sure and it's very encouraging. If he got so bad form, he should have dropped today too. So, I hope it's true and he'll spark a fireworks now that he lost 1.30 to the main contenders. Other wise I'm going to rooting for other contender.. :lol:lenric said:To be fair, the same happened to him in the last MTF of the 2015 Giro. According to him, at least.Valv.Piti said:That interview is very uplifting and it makes sense he couldn't pee after dehydrating and so on and so forth, but its only words and its rare to see GC-contenders straight up say they didn't have it, especially so early on. We will have to wait for Camperona and Naranco, but probably most importantly, Covadonga.
Let's hope that it's true, so that he can increase his performance and we have a better race.
No, he shouldn't. You can't compare the two climbsJelantik said:Yes, his interview has a different vibe to it. He sounded a bit more sure and it's very encouraging. If he got so bad form, he should have dropped today too. So, I hope it's true and he'll spark a fireworks now that he lost 1.30 to the main contenders. Other wise I'm going to rooting for other contender.. :lol:lenric said:To be fair, the same happened to him in the last MTF of the 2015 Giro. According to him, at least.Valv.Piti said:That interview is very uplifting and it makes sense he couldn't pee after dehydrating and so on and so forth, but its only words and its rare to see GC-contenders straight up say they didn't have it, especially so early on. We will have to wait for Camperona and Naranco, but probably most importantly, Covadonga.
Let's hope that it's true, so that he can increase his performance and we have a better race.
okay, then. At least his interview sounds encouraging... we'll see how he goes on Saturday.Valv.Piti said:No, he shouldn't. You can't compare the two climbsJelantik said:Yes, his interview has a different vibe to it. He sounded a bit more sure and it's very encouraging. If he got so bad form, he should have dropped today too. So, I hope it's true and he'll spark a fireworks now that he lost 1.30 to the main contenders. Other wise I'm going to rooting for other contender.. :lol:lenric said:To be fair, the same happened to him in the last MTF of the 2015 Giro. According to him, at least.Valv.Piti said:That interview is very uplifting and it makes sense he couldn't pee after dehydrating and so on and so forth, but its only words and its rare to see GC-contenders straight up say they didn't have it, especially so early on. We will have to wait for Camperona and Naranco, but probably most importantly, Covadonga.
Let's hope that it's true, so that he can increase his performance and we have a better race.
ienric: Yes, thats why I say its uplifting, encouraging or whatever.
LaFlorecita said:Kiserlovski looks so much like Alberto at times, wow I almost got a heart attack, also because De Jongh was at his side. Looked like a collarbone, hope he recovers quickly
Alberto was grimacing a lot again, he said he came into this race a bit undercooked but he believes that will be an advantage later on. He cannot lose more time thought in the next few stages and that looks like a difficult task now.
You both should start a cycling podcast together. You'd bring the right balance of different perspectives.Miburo said:He looked pretty good imo, but damn man, this guy really can't position xD
It seems that this time luck might be on his side.Miburo said:Contador: "I was really lucky. I escaped, miraculously."
I'm gonna be happy when he retires, my heart really can't take this.
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