Pricey_sky said:
ray j willings said:
Bertie put them all to the sword today. Brilliant. He was the strongest rider out of the GT boys. No Giro and he would have won this tour. Those attacks would have stuck.
Froome definitely on the ropes at points. Thomas had to ease up a couple of times when he could have upped the tempo.
Bertie will definitely have another go tomorrow. it could blow the race apart ...they are getting tired, Bertie looks better though.
Depending on how aggressive the racing is tomorrow Froome could lose a bit of time if they have to do a lot of chasing.
I hope Froome does not capitulate. He has rode a great tour so far. I don't want Quintana to win because Froome has one bad day.
Contador has got stronger, but he has been poor for over 2 weeks shipping time on the crosswind stage, Huy, TTT, and the first MTF whereas Froome has been very consistent responding to plenty of attacks and riding a good yellow jersey defense, of course helped by Movistar. Giro is no excuse as I've said all along, he knew by going for the double he risked not being great in this Tour, he had the choice to just focus on this race but chose not too, that's Contadors fault not Froomes.
I still expect Froome to have one more nuclear attack up Alpe D'Huez to finish the Tour in style, although a few of his competitors may be strong enough to react now. When Froome looks in trouble that's usually when he attacks. I hope Contador gets a stage, but Froome doesn't even need to chase him.
I agree, if Bertie wanted to win the tour and looking how he's riding now, He would have won it. But he wanted to do the double and he knows that it was always going to be a tough job and I have no issue with Froome about that, Froome's gone for the tour and so far is looking good. " the first week or so he was super"
Bertie put Froome on the ropes today with those attacks. There was a gap on the last Climb and Movie are closing all the gaps not Froome.
Froome was tired today and struggled, Thomas had to ease up a few times.
I think he will lose time tomorrow if its a fast aggressive race like the last 2 days.
Froome would attack if could like the first week but he can't. 3 minutes to Quintana is still a wee bit worrying.
Right now I want Froome to win as he deserves his victory but if I was a Froome fan I would be a wee bit concerned about tomorrow if the attacks start early.