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zlev11 said:any idea what he's pressing (with 600 meters to go on stage 19)?
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here's a video someone just tweeted:
https://twitter.com/DeniseBayliss/status/1001207828370087937
aphronesis said:Really? I go hours without moving my hands. You sure about this?
zlev11 said:any idea what he's pressing (with 600 meters to go on stage 19)?
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here's a video someone just tweeted:
https://twitter.com/DeniseBayliss/status/1001207828370087937
macbindle said:I'm pretty sure if we all tried we could find video clips of Dumoulin, Pinot, Pozzovivo and all the others moving their hands in a 'suspicious' manner.
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aphronesis said:Really? I go hours without moving my hands. You sure about this?
rata de sentina said:You are kind of shooting yourself in the foot there because that didn't happen. The only waiting on the Finestre (not Zoncolan) which may or may not have happened was when Pinot had his mechanical near the top Dumoulin may have eased off a bit.hazaran said:Because anybody watching the stage clearly saw the gap suddenly go out from 20s to 40s on the Zoncolan because they were waiting on Reichenbach, who obviously didn't catch them on the descent.
brownbobby said:aphronesis said:Really? I go hours without moving my hands. You sure about this?
Well i guess i can only really speak for my self... but yep, i'm sure that's what i do.
Yeah... not with that performance.Bolder said:. Isn't it MORE likely that the AAF has scared him straight, and he rode...well, I won't say clean, but well within the normal pharmacological parameters?
Bolder said:aphronesis said:Really? I go hours without moving my hands. You sure about this?
He's clearly pressing the Salbutamol dosing button.
I constantly move my hands around when I ride.
I'm with those who say his Finestre epic was not alien level. Look, everyone pisses and moans that no one will try a long range attack. "Why didn't he go on the Finestre when it was clear that ... never get another chance like that...always follows wheels...just like Cadel Evans...bla bla bla."
Froome tries a long range attack, through a combination of luck and form it sticks. Ergo, he must have injected reconstituted mummy dust that morning. Isn't it MORE likely that the AAF has scared him straight, and he rode...well, I won't say clean, but well within the normal pharmacological parameters? And the idea of a motor...![]()
How insane was that performance tho? I don't think it was really, Finestre is the perfect place for such an attack, the warm weather, the later peaking and 3rd week freshness, the bad chasing group. Dumo and Pinot where knackered after Finestre, people were cooked, including Froome, but you can pull that stuff off without motors and whatever on such a stage.LaFlorecita said:Yeah... not with that performance.Bolder said:. Isn't it MORE likely that the AAF has scared him straight, and he rode...well, I won't say clean, but well within the normal pharmacological parameters?
Valv.Piti said:How insane was that performance tho? I don't think it was really, Finestre is the perfect place for such an attack, the warm weather, the later peaking and 3rd week freshness, the bad chasing group. Dumo and Pinot where knackered after Finestre, people were cooked, including Froome, but you can pull that stuff off without motors and whatever on such a stage.LaFlorecita said:Yeah... not with that performance.Bolder said:. Isn't it MORE likely that the AAF has scared him straight, and he rode...well, I won't say clean, but well within the normal pharmacological parameters?
Sure, when you see 80 km solo and Froome in the same sentence it rings all the alarm bells, but once you dig a bit deeper into it, I actually don't think its that ridicolous.
unwillingness to see froome a giro winner is too big. when it rings all the alarm bells, the last thing you want to do is digging really deep into something.Valv.Piti said:How insane was that performance tho? I don't think it was really, Finestre is the perfect place for such an attack, the warm weather, the later peaking and 3rd week freshness, the bad chasing group. Dumo and Pinot where knackered after Finestre, people were cooked, including Froome, but you can pull that stuff off without motors and whatever on such a stage.LaFlorecita said:Yeah... not with that performance.Bolder said:. Isn't it MORE likely that the AAF has scared him straight, and he rode...well, I won't say clean, but well within the normal pharmacological parameters?
Sure, when you see 80 km solo and Froome in the same sentence it rings all the alarm bells, but once you dig a bit deeper into it, I actually don't think its that ridicolous.
ExcellentScienceIsCool said:Whatever the numbers, his ride that day was simply out-Landis-h...
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Scared straight? Isn't that an admission of guilt? Can you be scared straight in the era of the ABP or do you have to keep everything the same as it was before in order not to be busted?Bolder said:Isn't it MORE likely that the AAF has scared him straight, and he rode...well, I won't say clean, but well within the normal pharmacological parameters?
TourOfSardinia said:ExcellentScienceIsCool said:Whatever the numbers, his ride that day was simply out-Landis-h...
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Pennino said:Valv.Piti said:How insane was that performance tho? I don't think it was really, Finestre is the perfect place for such an attack, the warm weather, the later peaking and 3rd week freshness, the bad chasing group. Dumo and Pinot where knackered after Finestre, people were cooked, including Froome, but you can pull that stuff off without motors and whatever on such a stage.LaFlorecita said:Yeah... not with that performance.Bolder said:. Isn't it MORE likely that the AAF has scared him straight, and he rode...well, I won't say clean, but well within the normal pharmacological parameters?
Sure, when you see 80 km solo and Froome in the same sentence it rings all the alarm bells, but once you dig a bit deeper into it, I actually don't think its that ridicolous.
I tend to agree here. Weak competition, mental advantage (he had nothing to lose), it was mano-a-mano. Only his climbing style with that absurd cadence is pretty odd.
Well that’s liesaphronesis said:Really? I go hours without moving my hands. You sure about this?
Aye but where is the button for the flux capacitorCycle Chic said:I dont know any other rider who rides on the top of the bars like Froome does. Especially when he does his seated attacks. Arent his shifters on the hoods ?