meat puppet said:so, froome banked a unit after the first mountain stage?
purcell said:Has Mrs. Froome started breaking off on twitter yet? Or is she actually keeping her yap shut for once?
The_Juan said:Not that time of the month.
red_flanders said:That's just abusive and stupid. Sorry the reporting function isn't working.
Granville57 said:Well I'm not a doctor, so I can't say with absolute authority where Chris Froome's brain is located, but I'll take a chance in saying that it probably won't be found within the "red zones" as depicted here.
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Perhaps it was a bit more "physical."
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SundayRider said:Maybe add another 5 minutes onto that?
thehog said:Sounds to me he was glowing at LBL and they pulled him. Unbeknownst he was still radioactive by Romandie so they rushed through a TUE.
red_flanders said:Probably. Look, the UCI don't even need to be complicit for this to work. Sky figure out Froome is glowing. They apply for the rush TUE. If they get it, he rides. If not, he's still "suffering from the flu" and is scrubbed. UCI guaranteed to come out and say it's all above board, which it is, technically.
None of it however, explains why a rider with such an "acute" respiratory issue is riding, let along smashing the field.
red_flanders said:Who knows. Would guess the former. Knowing what you could be popped for ahead of time? Quite the marginal gain.
GreasyMonkey said:I doubt that it was to cover a specific drug/combo, but if you put such a huge spike in any sample result, whatever they might find in small dosages would become simple noise in the background against the prednisone.
Testers would see that he had a TUE for it, and probably went no further.
Same as the age-old trick of if you want to hide something, put something bigger that would be of interest to the searching party, in plain view.
GreasyMonkey said:
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thehog said:Sounds to me he was glowing at LBL and they pulled him. Unbeknownst he was still radioactive by Romandie so they rushed through a TUE.
Fzotrlool said:Is Froome's Tour in danger yet? He seems to be a mentally broken man right now.
Walkman said:Geez.
What do you base that on?
"Mentally broken"? Have you ever competed in anything? Being tired and bonking does not equal mentally weak.
thehog said:I would say the look on his face today was like a kid caught with hand in the cookie jar. He's looked awfully sheepish.
Walkman said:Geez.
What do you base that on?
"Mentally broken"? Have you ever competed in anything? Being tired and bonking does not equal mentally weak.
Fzotrlool said:Is Froome's Tour in danger yet? He seems to be a mentally broken man right now.
thehog said:Sounds to me he was glowing at LBL and they pulled him. Unbeknownst he was still radioactive by Romandie so they rushed through a TUE.