Critérium du Dauphiné 2014: Stage 7 - Ville-la-Grand / Finhaut-Emosson 160KM

[ILovecycling]

Great stage!
OK,how was that coffee Chris?

Seriously,Froome is injured,thats really important.Question is how would have been this stage without this injury?imo the gap would have been smaller,but Contador still would have dropped him.July will be a freakin christmas boys and girls

Other great news for cycling...words Froome,Contador were trending more than 2 hours after the finish on Spain and British Twitter,which is really impressive with WC these days!

 

[del1962]

Froome was obvioulsy effected by yesterdays crash, I suspect he would have got much closer or caught Contador if no crash, he will be effected by tomorrow so Contador will keep the jersey, hope he is fully over the crash for July.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The winner:

Not quite blue sky.

More pics here: http://www.steephill.tv/2014/criterium-du-dauphine-libere/photos/stage-07/

 

[Fzotrlool]

Looking forward to see an upgraded Tinkoff with Kreuziger, Rogers and Roche.

Could a 100% Kreuziger be equal to Porte?

Also:
Rogers vs. Nieve
Roche vs. Lopez
Paulinho vs. Kiryienka

 

[woodburn]

Froome definitely is a bit shaky off the computer. Cracking at the end like he did on the Alpe shows he's not great at dosing his efforts when pubshed.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Froome obviously hurt from the crash. He didn't even lose that much time in the end, suprisingly.

Nice win by Westra, too bad we couldn't really see much from it..

Kelderman running on his last legs it seems, then again, losing 20 seconds to Nibali after all that is still pretty god damn decent.

 

[rghysens]

I think Froome

...Is not very self intuitive nor does he have a good bike race sense...

How should he? For the major part of his career (until july 2011) he has never been on the business end of things, so he couldn't learn how to race a final. Then he suddenly became (one of) the best GC rider(s) there is, but for a year (vuelta 2011 to Tour 2012) he had to tow Wiggins around and listen to his teammanager. Thinking and taking initiative were strongly forbidden. I guess it will take a few years to develop that race sense, and I wonder a bit if his star will still shine as bright when we get there.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Froome is tintin now?
That reminds me of whoever it was around here who mentioned Nieve means snowy. Isn't snowy tintin's dog?

excellent - excellent

 

[doperhopper]

On stage:
10 REICHENBACH SebastienIAM Cycling 2:19

I think hes a keeper. Should try the Tour as somewhat protected rider imo.

local hero - the whole pub in Finhaut was cheering him, more than Wes or Conta

 

[Angliru]

Contador beat a injured person wow at tour de france he will be destroyed.

Don't hate!

 

[Angliru]

Today must be one of the sweetest victories in Bradley Wiggins' career. If only Froome had a loyal and trustworthy team mate. Someone who wouldn't leave him in the lurch. Oh, hang on....

...and now let the thumbsucking begin! Pacifiers for all!

 

[Angliru]

i'm baffled at how strong talansky appears to be tbh

Why? I've always thought he was the bigger prospect between himself and TVG. It's a progression that is relatively natural for a grand tour gc young lion. We still have to see how he does tomorrow on Courcheval, back to back mtf's.

 

[Angliru]

I think Froome

A/ Underestimates Contador
B/ Overestimates himself
C/ Is not very self intuitive nor does he have a good bike race sense. Why didn't he follow AC with less than 2km left? Think the train will do it for you? Its worked before, yes but train works from the distance, it needs time to reel in the lost cargo. At 1.7km, you should shoot off yourself.

But he has beaten Bertie on so many occasions its hard not to say to yourself, he won't get far....wrong this time

The Sky train rode their leader and Lil Richie nto near exhaustion. I'm inclined to agree that they just knew that Richie would be able to reel Contador back based on the past 2 seasons but stage 2 should have told them this isn't the Contador of the past two seasons.

 

[IndianCyclist]

The Sky train rode their leader and Lil Richie nto near exhaustion. I'm inclined to agree that they just knew that Richie would be able to reel Contador back based on the past 2 seasons but stage 2 should have told them this isn't the Contador of the past two seasons.

It was premeditated not to follow if anybody attacks as Froome may not have been feeling good as can been seen when Talansky overtook him. Even Contador attacked only in the closing kms and looking at the faces that he was making, he was also at the limit.

 

[eagleofditchling]

Contador whips Froome today. If Italy beat England then I will celebrate by pouring a pint of Sam Smith down the toilet.

Did it go down the toilet then?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

What happened to all the Contador fans who were claiming on stage 2 that he wasn't bothered about the Dauphiné?

 

[ILovecycling]

What happened to all the Contador fans who were claiming on stage 2 that he wasn't bothered about the Dauphiné?

Cuz his training totaly changed over fall2013-spring 2014,Im worried that pre 2013 training peaks etc has no value now.

On the other hand Im still worried he will be fatigued comes end of Tour with this kind of racing,I would prefer Froome shadowing only.But I like point of (netserk?afrank?) that AC should have peak late at Tour due to riding Vuelta

 

[PirazziAttacksVino]

What happened to all the Contador fans who were claiming on stage 2 that he wasn't bothered about the Dauphiné?

He's not there to win it. He's there to see what his level is in comparation with Froome. If he gets the win, ofc he'll be happy, but that's not his primary objective there.

 

[keep going]

Looking forward to see an upgraded Tinkoff with Kreuziger, Rogers and Roche.

Could a 100% Kreuziger be equal to Porte?

Also:
Rogers vs. Nieve
Roche vs. Lopez
Paulinho vs. Kiryienka

Not reduce the win Talansky I agree with you 100% and I wish to see contador in yellow in the end TDF he deserves all good .. really fight to day and unfair to loss final stage and yellow .

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Froome looks like a ****ing deaf looking at his computer.

Go Berto!!!

Presenting a major disabilty as an insult against somebody who is lucky enough not to suffer it is very, very low. Appalling post.

 

[lenric]

Dude, chill out and go drink a beer or something like that. Don't take everything personally, mainly because not everything is literal.

 

[Gloin22]

Looking forward to see an upgraded Tinkoff with Kreuziger, Rogers and Roche.

Could a 100% Kreuziger be equal to Porte?

Also:
Rogers vs. Nieve
Roche vs. Lopez
Paulinho vs. Kiryienka

Henao. Thomas. Kennaugh.

Also Kiryenka is better than Paulinho..

 

[LaFlorecita]

Henao. Thomas. Kennaugh.

Also Kiryenka is better than Paulinho..

I think Rogers and Kreuziger are better as a duo than Porte and Nieve.

And Alberto > Froome

But the rest of the Sky team is much stronger uphill than whoever else Tinkoff can send to the Tour.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Dude, chill out and go drink a beer or something like that. Don't take everything personally, mainly because not everything is literal.

If you don't mean it, don't say it, especially if it is offensive.