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rm7 said:
To be honest, if the 6.09 w/kg calculation is right, then it's not Froome that is better than he usually is. It's only Contador and Nibali that are far worse, and Quintana maybe only SLIGHT below his best, but not much.
You can expect Froome to put 1-2 minutes into the likes of Gesink, Valverde, TJ etc.
I know that Nibalis numbers from 2014 match Froomes today, but I still think that it's because he had a free ride all the way. He could do what he wanted, from the bottom of the climbs.
I really hope that next year we'll see a proper Froome/Contador battle with them both targeting 1 stage races in the spring, and then super peak at the Tour 2016. No excuses.
We have unfortunaly never seen them goe head-to-head in a proper battle as we would have seen last year in the Tour, where they were both at their best. It's really a shame.
The jokes today are more Porte and especially G. Thomas... but that's more clinic stuff
Froome is very good with hot weather i long climbs. Nibali is very good with bad weather, He won a Giro and a Tour with bad weather, rain and snow in the Giro , rain in le Tour about 10 of the 21 stages.
Contador worse than when? Than 2013 Tour?
He this year droped in andalucia, droped in Tirreno, droped in Aprica, droped in finestre very hard, droped in Huy, droped yesterday. Froome just droped, but it was a problem of the team, Nieve puntured, in hazallanas in Andalucia, but he put time on Alberto lask Km of the climb.
Alberto is weaker than in 2014, although Contadorr never was better than Froome both at the same shape. the reference is dauphine previous to his crash. anyway conatdor was close to Froome. But what is the reference? his level previous at his sanction? When Purito droped him at la Vuelta? 2013,that is similar to this year?
I dont know is Contador is not as his level, becouse I dont have very clear what is his level.
His level is good, IMO, but not super.
Froome has always a good level, getting better year by year as is normal.