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The Hitch said:Did froome say he had a chest infection. Cos chest infection is exactly what he claimed to have in June 2011 when he was asked about his health.
Turned out he had meant to say bilharzia, had just gotten mixed up and would only remember it on the podium of the vuelta 3 months later.
The Hitch said:What are you talking about?
the sceptic said:Wasnt Froome sick a couple of days ago?![]()
Only Contador can save cycling from this fraud winning again.
RichieTheBest said:Isn't Contador himself a fraud if you look for a cycling savior in him?
ChewbaccaD said:Sure, and what's going to be hilarious is watching Skybots bemoan a doped Contador..only to have to explain away how a "clean" Froome beats him...because a clearly doped Contador isn't as fast as the new clean Sky cycling...just ask Brailsford...![]()
20SecondsToComply said:Has Contador found a new method of storing steaks in non-plasticizer wrapping then?
the sceptic said:these "new" posters certainly know all the jokes![]()
BYOP88 said:Doesn't need steaks anymore, the guy went to Africa to get the 'disease of champions'.
hrotha said:Froome is a Saiyan. When he recovers from a disease, he gets stronger.
the sceptic said:Only Contador can save cycling from this fraud winning again.
Big Doopie said:clentadoppucci is the biggest fraud in present day cycling. once he is banished for life (as he should have been many years ago), we can move onto the next biggest fraud. as long as he is out there grotesquely and unapologetically stealing, all efforts must be on banning him forever.
Big Doopie said:nothing wrong with questioning froomie.
but please tell the world what contador performance do you actually know to be dope-free. how do you know contador is even marginally good? clean tour rookie talansky picked him off in the last climb of the TDF when contador's 2nd rest day top-off was beginning wear out. it boggles the mind. there is absolutely no logical way to argue that contador is naturally the most talented than any other rider. freakin' TJVG won 10 national junior championships. contador zero. but because of all his doped victories you think he is way more talented. ridiculous.
clentadoppucci is the biggest fraud in present day cycling. once he is banished for life (as he should have been many years ago), we can move onto the next biggest fraud. as long as he is out there grotesquely and unapologetically stealing, all efforts must be on banning him forever.
someone should put together a side-by-side video edit with clentadoppucci riding seated, straining, being dropped by freakin' nieve, talansky and others on the left and then on the right intercut footage of TDF 2007, 2009 and 2014 Basque with him sprinting up mountains like he doesn't need to breathe. it would be stunning.
Big Doopie said:someone should put together a side-by-side video edit with clentadoppucci riding seated, straining, being dropped by freakin' nieve, talansky and others on the left and then on the right intercut footage of TDF 2007, 2009 and 2014 Basque with him sprinting up mountains like he doesn't need to breathe. it would be stunning.
Donkey said:2)what you say with "doesn'T need to breathe" - well I know almost exactly the feeling when I'm in good form on my bike too, I just fly![]()
armchairclimber said:To be fair, he's forever coughing. It was remarked upon last year.
keeponrollin said:It's a marginal gain. All those billions of particles being coughed out at hundreds of kph give he an extra bit of acceleration up the road !![]()
While many think he constantly looks down to stare on his stem and/or powermeter, it is in fact to aim his coughs downward so the recoil helps him climb faster.Grupetto1 said:Wouldnt that make him go backwards?
Netserk said:While many think he constantly looks down to stare on his stem and/or powermeter, it is in fact to aim his coughs downward so the recoil helps him climb faster.
Marginal gains.
Netserk said:While many think he constantly looks down to stare on his stem and/or powermeter, it is in fact to aim his coughs downward so the recoil helps him climb faster.
Marginal gains.
Antoine VAYER @festinaboy
1st estimation Froome ( sick), with no drafting, 512 m to 1211m col Barboleuse, 24mn51s, 434 wattsétalon, ~6/2 w/kg. Warm up, Aaaatchoum !