Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

[Narce_]

The "mostly gained time on the descent" argument is stupid.

Yes, he gained time on the descent, that's a fact. He also gained time on the ascent. Dumoulin and co. made a tactical error by waiting for Reichenbach, that can account for some time too. Also, it's different when you gain some time on a descent and you keep it for a while, but that's not what we've seen yesterday.

To be so much faster on every descent - what about the factor of fatigue? When you're tired, you can't pay as much attention as you should. You are more prone to make mistakes, to misjudge a corner, to crash... So when you are tired, you won't descend on full speed.
Froome's speed and constant gains tells me that he was a lot less tired than anyone else, even when he was climbing so much faster for so long, alone. So how is this possible?

I think we've seen a motor. He was just... way too powerful.

 

[bigcog]

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That's interesting, but the false flat before Jafferau should really not be counted towards the time gained while descending. It's more similar to climbing than descending as there is no technique involved.
From 23 to go to 7.3 to go - 24s.

Yep that's true, so he gained about 1min 2s on the descents and 2min 21s on the ascents.

 

[saganftw]

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https://cyclingtips.com/2018/05/only-love-can-break-your-heart-a-lamentation-on-chris-froome/

In moments like this, it is sad to have to say this out loud: The sport of cycling belongs to the fans. These are good people whose patience and passion has been tested for decades now. These are the good people who ultimately enable the business of pro cycling to exist and flourish. These who are the good people who camp out on remote mountain roads to celebrate a beautiful sport and be within an arm’s reach of their heroes for a few fleeting seconds.

And Chris Froome is shitting all over these people.

What a load of sanctimonious bs. This is exactly the sort of stage people will remember and talk about for decades - this kind of drama is precisely what keeps the sport relevant and in the mainstream.

And it would hardly be less suspicious if Froome didn't exist and a TTer like Dumoulin had ended up putting 5 minutes into his closest rivals instead.

The only people who seem to have not enjoyed it are those who are massive fanboys of other riders primarily, rather than fans of the sport. This was great entertainment.

oh the stage was entertaining,in a perverse sense...like 2 girls 1 cup (dont google it) entertaining :lol:

 

[Brullnux]

I think the Sestriere climb was the most ridiculous. Nobody ever gains time there alone against three decent riders- reichenbach would've actually helped there. It's usually a climb in which someone with a 20s gap waits for the two or three riders behind. And Froome gained a minute on a pure power climb.

It's also worth mentioning that people are counting Sauze di Cesana-Oulx as a descent, but that's about 3% downhill, so all about power. Sestriere-Sauze di Cesana is the actual descent, and it's about 6km. But even if we account for the 10s Froome gained when Dumoulin waited for reichenbach, he still gained 35s on false flat.

 

[MartinGT]

Calmejane, a stage winner in last year’s Tour de France, tweeted: “I am not judging the performance, more the inescapable logic of being transparent on his performance data when he is in a storm and when everyone doubts his performances.” From Jeremy Whittle piece today

 

[Cycle Chic]

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The "mostly gained time on the descent" argument is stupid.

Yes, he gained time on the descent, that's a fact. He also gained time on the ascent. Dumoulin and co. made a tactical error by waiting for Reichenbach, that can account for some time too. Also, it's different when you gain some time on a descent and you keep it for a while, but that's not what we've seen yesterday.

To be so much faster on every descent - what about the factor of fatigue? When you're tired, you can't pay as much attention as you should. You are more prone to make mistakes, to misjudge a corner, to crash... So when you are tired, you won't descend on full speed.
Froome's speed and constant gains tells me that he was a lot less tired than anyone else, even when he was climbing so much faster for so long, alone. So how is this possible?

I think we've seen a motor. He was just... way too powerful.

 

[Cycle Chic]

blow up INHALER - BRILLIANT !!

 

[macbindle]

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The cod psychological analysis of Froome based on what he said about himself as a kid is naive. All of these riders are highly unusual people, ruthless, competitive.

I agree, that sadistic background not at all why he did it - and pretty much all World Tour cyclists had to be obsessive about their self-image as "winners" in order to get to the top level in the first place. Collection of extreme psychological specimens
But not all of them want to defy authority, by sticking it in their faces. Clearly if he could go from 80 kilometers out from the finish, he could also have "won" in a less-conspicuous way. And previously he said in a press conference that he didn't even expect to contend in this Giro
So, what makes Froome exceptional in that particular way, that part is a debate you can have with The Hitch, whether a fourteen-year-old can have any sense of morality, and whether that says something about personality. Clearly he is acting-out a grudge against someone

So what about Coppi and his similar escapades...with subsequent unashamed confirmation of doping? (I know....I know...different era, different moral landscape)

What I am getting at is the danger of using highly selective and unreliable evidence to support a view.

Froome as psycho killer is a difficult trope to accept for somebody that looks like a human x-ray.

 

[MartinGT]

https://twitter.com/oufeh/status/1000324384907841536?s=19

 

[MartinGT]

https://twitter.com/RohanDennis/status/1000071955423334401?s=19

 

[MartinGT]

Calmejane, a stage winner in last year’s Tour de France, tweeted: “I am not judging the performance, more the inescapable logic of being transparent on his performance data "when he is in a storm" and when everyone doubts his performances.” From Jeremy Whittle piece today

quand on est dans la tourmente = "while we ar e in turmoil" meaning, in Calmejean's opinion, Froome is $#%%ing-up the sport of cycling for everyone

Yes he was claryfing after this tweet;

https://twitter.com/L_Calmejane/status/1000032445566275584?s=19

 

[The Hitch]

Surely they don't really believe that when ten years from now people look at cycling history they will say - merckx won 5 and doped, in durian won 5 and doped Armstrong won 5 and doped, pantani did the double and doped, contador won 9 or whatever gts and doped but froome won tour vuelta, did a Landis, 4 tours but was clean

 

[SHAD0W93]

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https://twitter.com/oufeh/status/1000324384907841536?s=19

Is the video sped up or is that real time?

 

[The Hitch]

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The "mostly gained time on the descent" argument is stupid.

Yes, he gained time on the descent, that's a fact. He also gained time on the ascent. Dumoulin and co. made a tactical error by waiting for Reichenbach, that can account for some time too. Also, it's different when you gain some time on a descent and you keep it for a while, but that's not what we've seen yesterday.

To be so much faster on every descent - what about the factor of fatigue? When you're tired, you can't pay as much attention as you should. You are more prone to make mistakes, to misjudge a corner, to crash... So when you are tired, you won't descend on full speed.
Froome's speed and constant gains tells me that he was a lot less tired than anyone else, even when he was climbing so much faster for so long, alone. So how is this possible?

I think we've seen a motor. He was just... way too powerful.

I remember the tour think it was 2016, when froome won by 4 minutes, 10 seconds of which came on a descent and the walshes and Moores were crying all summer - he won the tour by being a better descender

 

[veganrob]

Surely they don't really believe that when ten years from now people look at cycling history they will say - merckx won 5 and doped, in durian won 5 and doped Armstrong won 5 and doped, pantani did the double and doped, contador won 9 or whatever gts and doped but froome won tour vuelta, did a Landis, 4 tours but was clean

Only the ignorant fanboys

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Surely they don't really believe that when ten years from now people look at cycling history they will say - merckx won 5 and doped, in durian won 5 and doped Armstrong won 5 and doped, pantani did the double and doped, contador won 9 or whatever gts and doped but froome won tour vuelta, did a Landis, 4 tours but was clean

But Brits never cheat and never lie! They still believe Farah is 100% Quorn.

 

[Cycle Chic]

when he attacked his cadence changed - but his hands werre on the tops....how did he change gear

 

[LaFlorecita]

Eurosport commies say they got the power file of all protagonists from Velon, except Froome's.

 

[rei_da_montanha]

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Eurosport commies say they got the power file of all protagonists from Velon, except Froome's.

What a surprise!

RIP cycling.

 

[macbindle]

Surely they don't really believe that when ten years from now people look at cycling history they will say - merckx won 5 and doped, in durian won 5 and doped Armstrong won 5 and doped, pantani did the double and doped, contador won 9 or whatever gts and doped but froome won tour vuelta, did a Landis, 4 tours but was clean

Does anybody believe that now?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

What sickens me most is the Omerta of those done over
by this blatancy.

Mr Tom: Speak out!
Pozzov: Speak out!
Tibopino Speak out!

Their slience probably mean they are just worse at cheating
and really wish they could do the same.

 

[MartinGT]

So kind Brian Smith texting the Dawg telling him to keep his chin up. Bless

 

[rick james]

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So kind Brian Smith texting the Dawg telling him to keep his chin up. Bless

and this is clinic material how?

so when someone text Froome its worth a post now

 

[ppanther92]

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What sickens me most is the Omerta of those done over
by this blatancy.

Mr Tom: Speak out!
Pozzov: Speak out!
Tibopino Speak out!

Their slience probably mean they are just worse at cheating
and really wish they could do the same.

Thats the thing with cycling.

 

[ppanther92]

This is *** up.