Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

[heart_attack_man]

Froome faster than Martin at first intermediate. Clean.

I'll stand corrected on my previous post - Full genius it is....

 

[Parrulo]

Just the first time check, let's not be too hasty.

I'll grab the popcorn though!

Same . . .

 

[hrotha]

I'll stand corrected on my previous post - Full genius it is....

Well he probably didn't have any references to tone it down. He has one now. We'll see of smart he is.

 

[BYOP88]

Yeap skinny climber beating a TT specialist at present. All seems normal and above board.

 

[Hayabusa]

I'm quite dumbfounded that she needs to bother seeking out comments to put her pov across. I mean, if Chris is clean and she knows that for a fact why doesn't she just not go searching stuff out. Very strange behaviour. If I was in Froomes shoes I would politely tell her to stop it as its of no relevance if she couldn't then she would be on the bike.

Does she work?, perhaps a full time job might help her mental health. Just saying....

So what you're saying is that she'd win the Tour next year?

 

[whittashau]

Full genius. All the skytards will probably defend this one as well, but I really don't know how.

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

Where does the skinny little guy get his flat power from?
Physiologically it makes no sense.

 

[Bag of Guts]

Carlton Kirby commentating on British Eurosport certainly isn't convinced. He just described Froome's performance as "amazing" then corrected himself thus... "what about, incredible, unbelievable, fantastic in the original sense, but this isn't fantasy, it's reality." That's as blatant a dissenting voice as I've heard of late.

 

[heart_attack_man]

Surely he must be being told by radio to tone it down a bit....?

 

[Bag of Guts]

From an 'insider', I mean.

 

[Franklin]

Yeap skinny climber beating a TT specialist at present. All seems normal and above board.

And with worsening wind conditions...

Impressive.

 

[infeXio]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA.

 

[Parrulo]

Full total genius!!!!

I wonder what the press will say after today

 

[the sceptic]

This is pathetic

 

[hrotha]

OK it's just the second time check, guys, let's not get too hasty here. He could be benefiting from a microclimate with its own winds.

 

[heart_attack_man]

Full total genius!!!!

I wonder what the press will say after today

2.42 at 22km over Martin....

WTF?

Surely he MUST be clean...? No one can be that blatant, surely.... (I ask that OBVIOUSLY rhetorically - of course he's not clean...)

 

[William H]

Carlton Kirby commentating on British Eurosport certainly isn't convinced. He just described Froome's performance as "amazing" then corrected himself thus... "what about, incredible, unbelievable, fantastic in the original sense, but this isn't fantasy, it's reality." That's as blatant a dissenting voice as I've heard of late.

I don't think Kirby is that aware.

 

[Mr.38%]

Superior training methods and equipment. Position, too.

 

[ExRower]

This tdf is a fecking farce. Im out of this sheet.

 

[lemoogle]

Prudhomme is still bartering with Brailsford on how many seconds Froome will put on Martin

 

[Mr.38%]

Panzer Tony need a new tattoo: Only SKY can beat me

 

[JRTinMA]

Not normal.

Boom! Paul drops the hi cadence of Froome.

 

[slim charles]

Best TTer and best climber. In one person. Who was not, well, nowhere near this good 3 years ago.
Oh well...

 

[Bag of Guts]

More and more I'm seeing the logic behind Movistar's tactics on Sunday. If I was the rest of the peloton I'd just race as if Froome wasn't there. Froome is so ridiculous he might as well be flat out ignored. Race for 2nd. ASO might give you the win in a couple of years, anyway.

It reminds me of The Hog's post discussing TdF favourites which completely ignored Froome. There's nothing else to be done.

 

[Franklin]

Let's get this over with:

It's a second class field.

Last year he was second at the last TT so this is totally normal.

The wind doesn't hurt him due to Sky's ultraspecial aerodynamic techniques.

He's riding a Pinarello which is much more advanced than those shoddy Walzers of the other riders.

Tony Martin has hurt his ribs, so he's just second rate today.

Hinault, Lemond and Merckx also were good climbers and great at the TT. Froome is a tad better, the best climber and the best TT specialist, but that's because this is a second class field.