Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

[Kretch]

^^^^ He looks tentative and uncomfortable.

would serve him well to put on some weight for the cobbles

Dude grew up riding goat tracks - it aint going to be an issue.

 

[red_flanders]

Not sure he'll stay upright with a bike position like this on the cobbles!

Looks like an accident waiting to happen. Hope he doesn't take anyone else down with him if/when he eats it.

Not about this picture, but man that Madone stuff–what an utter fraud this guy is. How anyone can even remotely believe this clown is clean is beyond my imagination.

 

[ralphbert]

^^^^ He looks tentative and uncomfortable.

would serve him well to put on some weight for the cobbles

Sure, he will put 3 bags in that morning and take 2 out that night.

 

[GreasyMonkey]

Looks like an accident waiting to happen. Hope he doesn't take anyone else down with him if/when he eats it.

His BFF is giving him plenty of space, and Thomas, even more so.....

Man he looks SOOOoooo uncomfortable, like an "amateur hour" audition..

 

[LaFlorecita]

There's a pic of the whole article on here :

https://twitter.com/oufeh/status/473394060498333696/photo/1

Not too easy to read though

Is he ***? It seems strange to him?

He really doesn't understand why we're a bit skeptical of someone beating Armstrong's times?

 

[LaFlorecita]

^^^^ He looks tentative and uncomfortable.

would serve him well to put on some weight for the cobbles

Haha mew and then lose it before the first MTF

 

[Digger]

Michelle Cound saying on twitter yesterday that lance clearly wasn't the amazing athlete everyone thought him to be was amazing...that's how they are trying to justify it...forgetting rominger and tyler et al...lance won the worlds at 21, froome won the atomic jock race and she's comparing calibre of riders.

 

[thehog]

His BFF is giving him plenty of space, and Thomas, even more so.....

Man he looks SOOOoooo uncomfortable, like an "amateur hour" audition..

There was a camera crew there with him, including film footage.

Hence been given the space as they wanted to shoot footage of Froome alone.

Then the question; what he there to train or make a documentary?

 

[the sceptic]

Michelle Cound saying on twitter yesterday that lance clearly wasn't the amazing athlete everyone thought him to be was amazing...that's how they are trying to justify it...forgetting rominger and tyler et al...lance won the worlds at 21, froome won the atomic jock race and she's comparing calibre of riders.

lol. do these people really believe all the bull**** that comes out of their mouths? Im starting to think Michelle and Dawg are just trolling.

Lance won the tour 7 times in a row ffs. If he wasnt an amazing athelte then he was an amazing doper. It still doesnt make any sense how Dawg can beat that clean.

If Armstrong was nothing special, he would have gotten beaten by a better athlete/doper. But maybe everyone were lazy and didnt know anything about cycling in all those years.

 

[PunchingRouleur]

lol. do these people really believe all the bull**** that comes out of their mouths? Im starting to think Michelle and Dawg are just trolling.

Not sure about Michelle, but Froome is obvious troll, I bet he has a lot of fun reading clinic, at least it looks like that, base on effort he is putting to keep his and Sky threads going.

 

[DirtyWorks]

Looks like an accident waiting to happen. Hope he doesn't take anyone else down with him if/when he eats it.

Staring at his power meter over bumpy parcours is not a good combination either. The guy never looked "good" on a bike.

Sky train FTW on that stage.

 

[DirtyWorks]

Lance won the tour 7 times in a row ffs. If he wasnt an amazing athelte then he was an amazing doper.

I think you are forgetting about the assistance he got from ASO and the UCI to collect those wins.

I'd argue that the UCI and ASO are at it again with Froome as so much of the behaviours from all the actors is almost identical.

 

[ScienceIsCool]

lol. do these people really believe all the bull**** that comes out of their mouths? Im starting to think Michelle and Dawg are just trolling.

It still doesnt make any sense how Dawg can beat that clean.

<snip>

Well, that's just it. It makes absolutely no sense that a clean athlete can beat doped performances. There's nothing about cycling or human physiology that could cause that. By way of example:

Take two cars (I dunno, Honda Accords). One is five years older than the other, but is running nitrous oxide. Vrooom. It's faster than the car that isn't running nitrous. No question about it.

It simply does not matter if the "clean" car explores all the marginal gains. Better grease for the bearings. Tires designed by Boeing. Aerodynamic paint. Ultra pure gasoline that's been passed through a Brita filter. Warm up the engine before a race.

The doped car is going to win every time. It's not even close. So if Froome is admitting to the world that he is besting known doped performances, then he is also admitting that he is doping. The arrogance is astounding...

John Swanson

 

[Spencer the Half Wit]

Well, that's just it. It makes absolutely no sense that a clean athlete can beat doped performances. There's nothing about cycling or human physiology that could cause that. By way of example:

Take two cars (I dunno, Honda Accords). One is five years older than the other, but is running nitrous oxide. Vrooom. It's faster than the car that isn't running nitrous. No question about it.

It simply does not matter if the "clean" car explores all the marginal gains. Better grease for the bearings. Tires designed by Boeing. Aerodynamic paint. Ultra pure gasoline that's been passed through a Brita filter. Warm up the engine before a race.

The doped car is going to win every time. It's not even close. So if Froome is admitting to the world that he is besting known doped performances, then he is also admitting that he is doping. The arrogance is astounding...

John Swanson

That analogy only works if you are saying that the clean rider has exactly the same "engine" as the doped rider. To exaggerate to prove a point if the old Honda Accord had a 1 litre engine then the boost received from the nitrous oxide may or may not beat a Honda Accord with a 2 litre engine.

 

[Fagniniwins]

Or maybe everyone is cheating and Froome is a once-in-a-generation specimen whose doped-up performances are beating LA's once-in-a-generation doped-up performances.

That's still something to be proud of.

 

[ScienceIsCool]

Which is why Froome will *never* release his VO2max numbers.

John Swanson

 

[GuyIncognito]

Or maybe everyone is cheating and Froome is a once-in-a-generation specimen whose doped-up performances are beating LA's once-in-a-generation doped-up performances.

That's still something to be proud of.

That's shot down by Froome having zero GT talent shown as a youth, unlike every single pre-EPO GT winner

 

[blackcat]

It is amazing that only Sky work hard (others on Tenerife are there for a tan) and the others also dont eat properly. Sky really should just shut up with the BS that they re invented cycling!!

If Sky did re invent cycling then why did they need people from the sport, the Leinders, De Jongh, Yates, Jullich etc when those guys are 'old school generation' when Sky were doing something new!

How can people swallow it?

the y were taught gag reflex techniques by linda lovelace

 

[the sceptic]

That analogy only works if you are saying that the clean rider has exactly the same "engine" as the doped rider. To exaggerate to prove a point if the old Honda Accord had a 1 litre engine then the boost received from the nitrous oxide may or may not beat a Honda Accord with a 2 litre engine.

The clean rider doesnt just have to beat one doper, he has to beat a whole bunch of them. Thats the problem. Even if you imagine that Froome is more naturally talented than Armstrong (which is wrong), it still doesnt explain how he can be faster than all the other dopers as well.

 

[blackcat]

I think you are forgetting about the assistance he got from ASO and the UCI to collect those wins.

I'd argue that the UCI and ASO are at it again with Froome as so much of the behaviours from all the actors is almost identical.

i hope that they have to give back a hole heap of knighthoods. whole, but hole works too

schadenfreude is one of the most pleasant emotions known to woman and man

 

[Bexon30]

The clean rider doesnt just have to beat one doper, he has to beat a whole bunch of them. Thats the problem. Even if you imagine that Froome is more naturally talented than Armstrong (which is wrong), it still doesnt explain how he can be faster than all the other dopers as well.

Exactly 2.5% better. Man Froome is on fire, clean of course. At Daves rate of evolution expect Bolt to run under 9.2 all in the name of progression. I'm pretty sure given an equal rival or nearer rival Froome would eek out some more power from his skeletal like body. Better than the best doper!

 

[blackcat]

really wanna see a scrag fight at the tour with cound and cath.


i will pay good money for a ringside position

 

[The Hitch]

The clean rider doesnt just have to beat one doper, he has to beat a whole bunch of them. Thats the problem. Even if you imagine that Froome is more naturally talented than Armstrong (which is wrong), it still doesnt explain how he can be faster than all the other dopers as well.

Well said.

 

[Von Mises]

What is the length of Madone?

 

[Hawkwood]

really wanna see a scrag fight at the tour with cound and cath.


i will pay good money for a ringside position

Who do you think would win?