Chrono des Nations, FRA, 1.1, 10-21-2012

[dlwssonic]

Phinney is now like how tony was when cancellara was so dominant.
His time will come...

 

[Bavarianrider]

*lol*

Froome was on his holidays until 2 days ago... what did you expect ? *facepalm*

Porte?

 

[wwabbit]

*lol*

Froome was on his holidays until 2 days ago... what did you expect ? *facepalm*

Looks like he will get the honor of being last to arrive lol

 

[wwabbit]

Phinney 1s slower than Chavanel, so it looks like Martin - Chavanel - Phinney on the podium

 

[Gloin22]

Porte?

Whole of Sky's Tour team was on holidays after Worlds. They had to ride this as they registered for the race but Porte and Froome were on slide of form from Agust. Didn't you see that ? Did you see Froome drop out at Worlds early on.... yea that shows he was tired after long season.

Did you expect him to peak for this race then after the Worlds ? That goes for Porte too.

FFS... No wonder most here say you're a troll..

 

[Capablanca and me]

great job Bodrogi, well done
deserves a contract, definitely

 

[Bavarianrider]

Not as dominant as last year, still a solid win by Tony, though

 

[cineteq]

Whole of Sky's Tour team was on holidays after Worlds. They had to ride this as they registered for the race but Porte and Froome were on slide of form from Agust. Didn't you see that ? Did you see Froome drop out at Worlds early on.... yea that shows he was tired after long season.

Did you expect him to peak for this race then after the Worlds ? That goes for Porte too.

FFS... No wonder most here say you're a troll..

A guy who was 3rd in the Olympics finishes 7 minutes back... No excuses.

 

[wwabbit]

Wow Froome was actually ~15s faster than Martin in the last third

 

[maltiv]

Whole of Sky's Tour team was on holidays after Worlds. They had to ride this as they registered for the race but Porte and Froome were on slide of form from Agust. Didn't you see that ? Did you see Froome drop out at Worlds early on.... yea that shows he was tired after long season.

Did you expect him to peak for this race then after the Worlds ? That goes for Porte too.

FFS... No wonder most here say you're a troll..

Not EBH, he was sent straight to Beijing. Actually he's the only guy from Sky's TDF team who hasn't had a huge drop in performance since TDF. Even if he started the season earlier than anyone else on the TDF team.

But yeah, using this race as an indication for anything is just stupid. For all we know, some of those guys might not have trained in weeks and are just here to get a training ride on their TT bikes, or collecting start-fee...

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

A guy who was 3rd in the Olympics finishes 7 minutes back... No excuses.

Froome will be devastated. He may never recover from today's failure...

 

[Mellow Velo]

Wow, Sky off the juice big time

Namely, the real Sky.

A guy who was 3rd in the Olympics finishes 7 minutes back... No excuses.

Last race of the season and you guys still bring the stupid Clinic sh*t into the pro road section.
Spoils it for anyone interested in racing, not rubbish.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Last race of the season and you guys still bring the stupid Clinic sh*t into the pro road section.
Spoils it for anyone interested in racing, not rubbish.

 

[Mellow Velo]

You'll be the one crying, if you get a ban from the mods.
Grow up and stick to talking racing in the racing section.

Full results here:
http://s288581967.onlinehome.fr/LIVE/resultat/resultat.php5?code_course=HER&menu=1&type=1

 

[maltiv]

Good to see that Tony Martin has kind of saved his season after a horrible start! Hopefully he can continue the good form next year, and perhaps even win a few road races as well. Would be cool if he tries to do something in M-SR or something

 

[Mellow Velo]

Good to see that Tony Martin has kind of saved his season after a horrible start! Hopefully he can continue the good form next year, and perhaps even win a few road races as well. Would be cool if he tries to do something in M-SR or something

A few riders have salvaged something of their season, late on.
Basso winning earlier today and Dan Martin adding second to his high Beijing finish.
Martin of course, with his Worlds, Chinese cracker and today.

Which means another bunch of quality riders have priced themselves out of next year's CQ team selection.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

A few riders have salvaged something of their season, late on.
Basso winning earlier today and Dan Martin adding second to his high Beijing finish.
Martin of course, with his Worlds, Chinese cracker and today.

Which means another bunch of quality riders have priced themselves out of next year's CQ team selection.

Yeah, Basso's 140 points have completely messed up my provisional team.

 

[Arnout]

Froome is ill again, you heard it here first.

 

[The Hitch]

its perfectly natural for a rider to finish way down in a tt if they cant be bothered.

 

[theyoungest]

Was it even the real Chris Froome who was riding? Last week he was on a holiday to the Maldives.

 

[Ferminal]

Kinda sad they dragged them out of their Monaco post-season.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Wow, Sky off the juice big time

froome obviously letting it go

 

[wwabbit]

Is it just me or did Froome put on a bit of weight?

 

[jens_attacks]

a bit lol? i've seen in the photos at the vino farewell race, fatty hands,no more veins popping. both him and the whole sky deserve some partying, some relaxing.
no worries, lots of time until january

 

[maltiv]

Is it just me or did Froome put on a bit of weight?

Of course he did, he's been on holidays for a month. Those guys can't maintain their racing weight all year, and have no reason to do so. Even Contador started this season 5 kg's overweight.