That's a VAM that I could almost reach on my best days if I rode the climb as a MTT, so it's pretty lame for a pro.That VAM isn’t that high though is it?
If you were not entertained by Stage 19 of the Giro, entertainment instigated purely by one man, then you were either not watching or you are so anti Froome that you refuse to acknowledge the entertainment provided on that day.Just yesterday I watched that running part again, and I admit, I just had to laugh out loud again, it was wonderful and I thought it was great of him. That's about the only moment I can remember Froome being entertaining, though. Well, it's not even his fault alone, he does what he's supposed to do, he does not take unnecessary risks, fine. We cannot actually turn it against him he's not part of the movisopera-ensemble.
But your posts do actually sound like trolling. (I don't think you're really trolling, you just seem to be a massive fan.) For most people, I think, saying Froome is entertaining is astatement.
That was impressive. I just felt so sorry for Yates... not so much because he lost the jersey, but because of his total collapse, if he'd stayed with the other favourites it would have been a different matter.If you were not entertained by Stage 19 of the Giro, entertainment instigated purely by one man, then you were either not watching or you are so anti Froome that you refuse to acknowledge the entertainment provided on that day.
Best stage since Landis took yellow with a solo attack all them years agoThat was impressive. I just felt so sorry for Yates... not so much because he lost the jersey, but because of his total collapse, if he'd stayed with the other favourites it would have been a different matter.
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There was also the clinic-related stuff. At the time we weren't actually sure the result would stand.
I've never considered myself anti-Froome, but maybe there is some subconscious stuff with influence. Also I rarely rewatch old races and often mess things up in my mind, so all I can depend on is what is there in my memory and that of course is based a lot on feelings. Maybe I did not feel entertained by some stages like others because I did root for other riders and then happened what had to happen - Sky won.If you were not entertained by Stage 19 of the Giro, entertainment instigated purely by one man, then you were either not watching or you are so anti Froome that you refuse to acknowledge the entertainment provided on that day.
It's not that simple though. The way Sky rode in Tours and to a lesser extent in other GT-s is a directly connected to the nature of their leader. Was it Wiggins, Froome or Thomas, they were all top TT-ers, who could climb with the best. As such the team could play it safe and use the power of their train to control and suffocate the race (and specially mountain stages) in case their leader didn't feel good enough to attack or just preferred to play it safe and bank on taking necessary time in a TT.Froome entertaining - Yes
Sky/Ineos entertaining - No
It´s really possible that this could happen. Jumbo Visma with Dumoulin and Roglic will have the better time trial specialists in the upcoming years. So in theory Ineos will have to attack more in the future in the mountains and they will become more the team which animates a race instead of control it.Tactics employed by Sky/Ineos in the past GT-s have been inextricably linked with the type of rider their leaders are. Looking at the near future, Ineos' new guard, spearheaded by Bernal, are mostly more or less climber types for whom the TT will probably never be the place to make significant gains. The place to gain time for them will in all likelihood be the mountains, and that should, at least in theory, be good news when entertaining racing is concerned.
What I see is Froome, well placed and marking Sagan; he was awake but didn't cover a gap.....he was right there. Bodnar immediately went to work while GT had the strength to bridge a gap and take proper pulls. You can see for yourself that Sagan takes pulls almost twice as long as anyone else. The credit for this is Sagan's while the good field placement benefitted an alert Froome and his teammate made sure his efforts sealed the deal. It is very exciting and one of the best Tour finishes.arguably, we could say that Froome caught Bodnar and Sagan, without the help of Thomas, who had to work to catch the other three, and also Froome took some turns at the front ...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6BWR_DaZV8
Thomas also addressed that finish in his Tour book and said that it was ridiculous how good Sagan was in that run-in, where he and Froome could be proud to have five seconds on the front to then be killed by a minute-long lead by Sagan (of course that is an exaggeration).What I see is Froome, well placed and marking Sagan; he was awake but didn't cover a gap.....he was right there. Bodnar immediately went to work while GT had the strength to bridge a gap and take proper pulls. You can see for yourself that Sagan takes pulls almost twice as long as anyone else. The credit for this is Sagan's while the good field placement benefitted an alert Froome and his teammate made sure his efforts sealed the deal. It is very exciting and one of the best Tour finishes.
Not surprising after the rumours of the past few weeks. It’ll be interesting how he will be supported there next season.![]()
Chris Froome leaves Ineos for Israel Start-Up Nation
Four-time Tour de France winner to leave at the end of 2020 after contract not extendedwww.cyclingnews.com
''ISN isn't actually allowed to announce that, are they? Or were they given a special dispensation to avoid teams falling over each other to try and secure him?
Froome does sometimes get undeserved criticism for the way he races because of the negative race-strangling template employed by his team, but let's not completely flip this around. Froome is a guy who typically is a lot more interesting when he's racing from behind (week 3 of 2011 Vuelta, week 3 of 2016 Vuelta, 2014 Ruta del Sol, 2018 Giro), much like many GC guys, but unfortunately he's largely been racing from in front after a big show of strength at the end of week 1, with a super-strong backup squad, so people have seen much more of that Froome than the interesting one. Just look at how much more people enjoyed Contador after he stopped being the guy that could win things at will. Hopefully as he grows older and he has to win on his smarts and his race tactics rather than brute strength, we see more of the interesting Froome going forward. But "only GC contender of the last 20 years" to go on that kind of move? That's eulogising him well beyond the point of reality.Maybe. But it's not a move you'd see any other GC rider of the last 20 years making.