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Easily the best stage race of the season so far.
Aggressive racing from Garmin/Talansky secured the overall win.
Very brave and strong jersey defense by Contador, but the front group was very strong too.
Froome tried, but its clear hes just running on fumes.
Chapeau to the riders.
Very entertaining.
Aggressive racing from Garmin/Talansky secured the overall win.
Very brave and strong jersey defense by Contador, but the front group was very strong too.
Froome tried, but its clear hes just running on fumes.
Chapeau to the riders.
Very entertaining.
Inquitus said:
Froome is going to say whatever he can to save face, but fact is he tried and failed. I suspect he will be fairly demoralized about this race. His mental edge over Contador is gone.
Thought it was interesting that Contador didn't make inroads into Talansky on final climb. If Froome struggled because of his legs he has zero chance next month, if it was because of crash, he still has great chance.
hrotha said:
How or that the crash affected him? If you win the first mountain stage in a impressive way, but lose 5 minutes in the last, then something is wrong of course
Publicus said:
He just need to visualize Bertie drinking coffee while he and Ritchie are doing the overnight training....
LaFlorecita said:
Of course not. There is lots of time to recovering from this effort, and now Contador has tested himself properly before the Tour and he knows his own level 100%.
Publicus said:
Agreed, if Froome feels the crash weakened him significantly then he may not be too bothered, if however he knows it didn't do much damage then he will be in bits, only he can answer that question though, for now, ultimately the Tour will show everyone the truth.
Publicus said:
I agree. The fact that he finished like 4 minutes? That doesn't sound like someone with a fighting spirit. Considering that he said he came to win. If with one knocked, he can't handle it. What happen if the rubber meets the road comes TDF? Wiggins looks good to make the TDF team looks like
Awesome racing! Kudos to Garmin and brown power to tear this up like they did. Entertaining race, Berti very strong, even though he faded a bit in the end. Sky back to the drawing board, as should the host of this forum, a meltdown in the Dauphine
A rather sweeping statement - if you wanna make it more objective why not contribute during the race, instead of after? Peace & Love man.Mellow Velo said:
Contador would have won this stage by a minute if he would have followed Nibali and Kelderman thats how strong he was
Contador has just made a big atatement that he is the man to beat
Great ride by Talansky and again Garmin lighting up the stage with an attack from the gun
Contador has just made a big atatement that he is the man to beat
Great ride by Talansky and again Garmin lighting up the stage with an attack from the gun
Ironically, contador taking the GC lead yesterday cost him the race. Had froome retained the lead, sky never would have let a break like this go. Contador would easily have taken the time from froome today and... Bingo!
All I know is that Alberto is going to kick himself in the behind for not having gone with Nibali.
What a tactical mistake! I know he was more interested in sending Froome a message but... to think he could've killed two birds with one stone is going to burn him for a while.
And Tinkof... WTF! WTF! Jesus Christ! Where the heck were they???
What a tactical mistake! I know he was more interested in sending Froome a message but... to think he could've killed two birds with one stone is going to burn him for a while.
And Tinkof... WTF! WTF! Jesus Christ! Where the heck were they???
Contador just wanted to show Froome how strong he was yesterdayBetter Call Saul said:
The tour is the big picture Froome will still be Contador's big rival and Contador has achieved what he wanted: he knows his condition is right on track and improving and he has gained a big mental advantage over Froome
Froome was likely affected by the crash, but I think that the reason that he cracked today was that he was cracked mentally yesterday when Contador dropped him.
The riders themselves are the first to make up "excuses" regarding illnesses and crashes, so if Froome was seriously affected by the crash I dont think he would have said that he slept well etc.
The riders themselves are the first to make up "excuses" regarding illnesses and crashes, so if Froome was seriously affected by the crash I dont think he would have said that he slept well etc.
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