Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

[meat puppet]

^ you're thinking too detailed, really. it's simply all about nationalism (shop floor), money (penthouse) and the feedback loop created by the two. always was, always will be.

sky and USPS are excellent examples.

edit: agree with the poster who said that having seen this happen many times over is just frustrating. all the bogus rationalizations, fanboy reporters, hype, bla bla

 

[blackcat]

What's wrong with that?

nothing wrong with that, its called, the dario pieri school of R'n'R

 

[acoggan]

(To keep things somewhat on topic: I'll see if I can dig up enough publically-available data on Froome to also do a critical power analysis.)

For starters, we have this:

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/av/Z3JDD63H2UVGP77YSXNITPULAE

which indicates that Froome's claimed FTP was 430 W back in the fall of 2011. We also have Hunter's statements that 1) 6.5 W/kg is the new "top rung", 2) that his FTP is presently 440-460 W, and 3) his girlfriend's statement that he is 67 kg (440/67 = 6.6 W/kg; 460/67 = 6.9 W/kg).

Putting the above together, the most likely scenario to me is that his FTP is about the same as in 2011, with any gain in power:mass coming mostly from a reduction in the latter rather than an increase in the former (i.e., Hunter's 440-460 W seems to be a bit of hyperbole, and/or he was speaking in "Vayer-tongue", i.e., mentally adjusting things upwards to 70 kg). That's a far weaker conclusion than what was possible to reconstruct for Wiggins, though, so it would be very helpful to have additional data...anyone know of any?

(BTW, before anyone else says it: yes, I realize that Froome could have been doping back in 2011, and that his actual power in that VAS TT was "only" 405 W.)

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

OK!
The Clinic/Forum is still alive... Will it meltdown like last week? It all depends on Froome/Porte.
I'm curious about it.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Having flashbacks to Contador and Chicken going off alone, only this time Chicken has a domestique in front of him, setting the pace.

 

[Parrulo]

Full ***?

Check

 

[the sceptic]

Alien mode: engaged

 

[lemoogle]

I guess the conversation is coming here.

 

[chrisb]

ha ha ha ha, he's just gone full *** and done a Mark Cavendish style sprint up Ventoux

all you can do is laugh

 

[ExRower]

Full *** attack just commenced

 

[Dear Wiggo]

And Chicken couldn't drop Contador.

Be very interested to see if Froome holds this to the summit...

 

[thrawn]

Well that was ridiculous.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Now it´s time for the meltdown...

I love it.

 

[Rollthedice]

FULL ***!!!!!!

 

[infeXio]

Ahahahahahahhahahahahahhahaha.

This is even worse than Armstrong

 

[lemoogle]

erm haha , sprinting past quintana now.

 

[burning]

Dawg show!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[zeamonkey]

Reeeeeeeeeeeetttttttaaaaaaarrrrdddddd LOL

 

[veganrob]

Biggest farce ever in the history of cycling.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Sorry for Hog he´s suspended. What is he doing now? Going amok?
Just kidding Hog, i love your posts...

 

[Rollthedice]

CN forum's gonna blow soon...

 

[Alphabet]

Absolutely ridiculous this .

Anybody ever climbed Mount Chilliad in GTA San Andreas on a bike? If you haven't, the protagonist, CJ, comes to an almost complete stop on the steeper sections. Then, his cadence increases out of nowhere to about 6000 RPM and he starts flying again. CJ can also push derailed freight trains uphill using nothing but his bare arms.

Froome is a real life version of CJ.

 

[the sceptic]

Now it´s time for the meltdown...

I love it.

you still think Froome is clean?

 

[T-Nielsen]

Making a deal with Quintana now.

"You get the win and then people won't think I am doping."

 

[BMCBikes]

nah, he's not doping. not at all. This is certainly a natural performance.