Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

[No_Balls]

Many are talking.

Valverde calls him "different". That says it all.

Different in Spanish means a lot.

Valverde will know. That's for sure.

I am pleased to see that. But i wasn´t just referring to the riders in the Peloton but also the old guns. Have Merckx said anything about Froome? Hinault? Dare i even say Armstrong?

Surely they´ve must have recognise that we (if clean) are dealing with the most complete athlete of all time. Able to give doped times a run for their money while being able to TT like no "pure climber" ever before.

And yet everything is so silent.

 

[the sceptic]

Sky are so weak now, probably means Froome will go full blown alien mode on Ventoux

We need a gif of Dawg in panic mode when saxo went. That was hillarious

 

[goggalor]

This is good. A minute obviously doesn't mean much but he must be getting very nervous now. It'll be payback time on Ventoux, and then the pseudo scientists will have a field day.

 

[Mr.38%]

Why is he so dominant this year? Superior coaching and training by and with power . Do you think Contador and Valverde are looking at their PMC's after every stage? Do you think Contador and team coaches(do they even have those on Saxo?) even know what a TSS is? Let me assure you. The boys at Sky are and have been for quite a while. Sometimes the old adage, "Train smarter, not harder" is really true.

Hunter Allen

They not only have SRMs, they also have riders and DSes who know how to race (and not just paraphrase trivia and obscure mantras).

 

[kingjr]

Was today part of the plan? Playing weak?

 

[ChewbaccaD]

This is good. A minute obviously doesn't mean much but he must be getting very nervous now. It'll be payback time on Ventoux, and then the pseudo scientists will have a field day.

Well, they're usually more accurate than the actual scientists in predicting who is doping...

Then again, this is pro cycling, so your chances of someone doping are pretty high...

 

[oldcrank]

Have Merckx said anything about Froome? Hinault?

Gregory James LeMond called out the Texas Turd
but he has not said anything anti-Froome.
That is good enough for me.

 

[heart_attack_man]

A tourist who's not a pro athlete would see a Doctor after a few days. Froome who's a pro athlete did not?

Don't the teams have Doctors?

 

[martinvickers]

Well, they're usually more accurate than the actual scientists in predicting who is doping...

Then again, this is pro cycling, so your chances of someone doping are pretty high...

And there's your problem.

Actual scientists don't try and predict. That's for Madam Rita in the tent with the Tarot.

They try and find out.

 

[Ferminal]

What is a pseudo scientist?

 

[ChewbaccaD]

And there's your problem.

Actual scientists don't try and predict. That's for Madam Rita in the tent with the Tarot.

They try and find out.

Thing is though, you have actual scientists in here on the intertubes flaming people for giving opinions regarding the data available. Not sure if you're familiar with the intertubes forum format, but it's generally regarded as a place to offer opinion and discuss things. Maybe Coggan needs to stay in the lab, because as has been pointed out, when he comes into a thread and starts insulting the common folk, the rider the common folk are discussing usually turns out to be a doper.

That's not a scientific assessment however, it's just based on common observation...

Also note that one of Coggan's heroes tried to "find out" about Armstrong...and he determined Armstrong had a heart the size of a baby's head, and pedaled more smoothly than anyone else in the history of the world...turns out, he missed that it was because LA was doping...

 

[Alphabet]

What is a pseudo scientist?

Somebody who uses w/kg to assess a rider's ability. Michele Ferrari must be a pseudo doctor in that case

 

[ChewbaccaD]

What is a pseudo scientist?

Anyone who offers something counter to what Coggan says.

 

[Benotti69]

And there's your problem.

Actual scientists don't try and predict. That's for Madam Rita in the tent with the Tarot.

They try and find out.

Actual Scientists do try and predict. They try their predictions out in the labs.

 

[Miburo]

What is a pseudo scientist?

Pseudo scientist= A scientist who says Sky isn't clean. Obviously sky is clean.

They should add the term in a dictionary, will be used often in the next years.

 

[LaFlorecita]

The Clinic should thank Team Saxo-Tinkoff for making Full *** possible.

 

[ChewbaccaD]

The Clinic should thank Team Saxo-Tinkoff for making Full *** possible.

We need a "like" button in this motherfu*ker.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Somebody who uses w/kg to assess a rider's ability. Michele Ferrari must be a pseudo doctor in that case

But sky can use 6.0W/kg to assess who is clean and who isn't. Idiots.

 

[Rollthedice]

The Clinic should thank Team Saxo-Tinkoff for making Full *** possible.

And the doped viking evil genius Bjarne Riis.

 

[No_Balls]

What is a pseudo scientist?

A scientist who is not currently on Team Skys payroll.

Hidden science ftw!

 

[beowulf]

The Clinic should thank Team Saxo-Tinkoff for making Full *** possible.

I concur....I expect Mount Ventoux to be the stage where it happens.

 

[thehog]

I concur....I expect Mount Ventoux to be the stage where it happens.

I was happy to see Comtador gain some time.

Means full *** is only one day away!

 

[Alphabet]

The Clinic should thank Team Saxo-Tinkoff for making Full *** possible.

Haha, I can't wait to see what the Dawg will get up to on Ventoux . I have to head over to cyclingtorrents tomorrow morning.

 

[JimPanzen]

So Froome showing weakness today...not only tactical. If it's true what Stannard said during post-race interview, Froome wasn't able to follow when he tried to close the grap.

hat would that mean clinic-wise, Froome juiced up on demand only prior to seemingly important stages?

 

[LaFlorecita]

And the doped viking evil genius Bjarne Riis.

Actually it was... Rogers

"I saw everyone was tired, at roughly 30 km to go, and I just said to the boys come on, let's go, let's try, we've got nothing to lose"