I want Froome to go full genius too, i hope that the tour will provide us that at least. Hopefully Contador can push him to these limits.
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Yep, they should have done a TT on Ventoux or Alpe d'Huez. Although the Ventoux stage might be very interesting for comparison.Miburo said:I want Froome to go full genius too, i hope that the tour will provide us that at least. Hopefully Contador can push him to these limits.
Le Baroudeur said:Waiting for a leaked picture of half tanned Chris shirtless to make the emulation complete.
JimmyFingers said:not if the pollen count is high
JimmyFingers said:Wha? Does not compute
leon7766 said:At the risk of being banned again for supporting Sky .Well done Froome another dagger in the heart of doping .
the sceptic said:vetooo @ammattipyoraily
#Dauphine, St. 5, Valmorel (12.73 km) Chris Froome (68 kg): 32:32, 23.48 Kph DrF: 6.06 W/kg. CPL: 6.18 W/kg. BCR: 6.26 W/kg. rst: 6.34 W/kg
Moose McKnuckles said:Froome has always been a great climber. That video of him zig-zagging was a product of shoddy camera work. Inexcusable, really.
Fearless Greg Lemond said:The way he bridged the gap to dirty was quite impressive, riding away from him was lets say more impressive. Cyclisme a deux vitesses. Of course dirty had some pollen problems.
vrusimov said:Even more impressive was this: http://youtu.be/UOH7gl3Nxgc
@ 3:24 the soon to be winner of the Giro Nibali with Contador in tow "under acceleration" and watch Froome nearly crashing into Contador on his way up the grade to easily gap them both! Ridiculous!
vrusimov said:Even more impressive was this: http://youtu.be/UOH7gl3Nxgc
@ 3:24 the soon to be winner of the Giro Nibali with Contador in tow "under acceleration" and watch Froome nearly crashing into Contador on his way up the grade to easily gap them both! Ridiculous!
The way things are going for Bertie right now, he might not be so happy that he "allowed" Froome to "deftly" avoid him...roundabout said:You mean Froome deftly avoiding Contador's little swerve to the right
vrusimov said:Even more impressive was this: http://youtu.be/UOH7gl3Nxgc
@ 3:24 the soon to be winner of the Giro Nibali with Contador in tow "under acceleration" and watch Froome nearly crashing into Contador on his way up the grade to easily gap them both! Ridiculous!
vrusimov said:Even more impressive was this: http://youtu.be/UOH7gl3Nxgc
@ 3:24 the soon to be winner of the Giro Nibali with Contador in tow "under acceleration" and watch Froome nearly crashing into Contador on his way up the grade to easily gap them both! Ridiculous!
“I’m hoping to improve my form before the Tour. I don’t feel that I’m in 100 per cent condition yet but I’m where I need to be at this stage.”
Rollthedice said:He was probably thinking that he failed to beat Tony Martin in the ITT.