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zlev11 said:i watch because i want to believe in this sport. this is a beautiful sport and a beautiful race.
If you are not emotionally invested in some of the participants in any way, shape or form then don't you find it a bit soulless?Benotti69 said:It easy to watch a sport and be passionate about the sport but not be passionate about the participants.
Mr.38% said:Superior training methods and equipment. Position, too.
Spencer the Half Wit said:He was about 50 seconds down at the 2011 Vuelta over a longer course, same as the Dauphine this year. So an improvement but not the sort that deserves "The day Cycling died" thread, surely?
Froome and Porte are the cocky overambitious type. Brailsford has trouble managing them.cycladianpirate said:What I cannot understand is why Sky are so unsubtle about it? In some ways it's the sheer audacity of what I'm seeing that gives me (some) doubts as to whether it is what it appears to be.
cycladianpirate said:What I cannot understand is why Sky are so unsubtle about it? In some ways it's the sheer audacity of what I'm seeing that gives me (some) doubts as to whether it is what it appears to be.
Don't be late Pedro said:If you are not emotionally invested in some of the participants in any way, shape or form then don't you find it a bit soulless?
cycladianpirate said:What I cannot understand is why Sky are so unsubtle about it? In some ways it's the sheer audacity of what I'm seeing that gives me (some) doubts as to whether it is what it appears to be.
cycladianpirate said:What I cannot understand is why Sky are so unsubtle about it? In some ways it's the sheer audacity of what I'm seeing that gives me (some) doubts as to whether it is what it appears to be.
H2OUUP2 said:This post says it all...What a Joke! 3:25 on the next guy in two stages. One of them being a short TT as well.
Makes me think if the peleton maybe is getting cleaner, and Sky didn't get the memo.
meat puppet said:trouble is this myth is backed up by the murdoch empire.
gonna be long 10 years or so.
Benotti69 said:It easy to watch a sport and be passionate about the sport but not be passionate about the participants.
hrotha said:Froome used to be a MO 72, HI 72, TT 74, now he's a MO 82, HI 80, TT 80.
DirtyWorks said:Like Armstrong, Sky has at least the UCI supporting the fraud. It's the same confidence. Do grand tour riders *know* the UCI is helping? I don't know. But, they have the exact same invincibility.
DirtyWorks said:Like Armstrong, Sky has at least the UCI supporting the fraud. It's the same confidence. Do grand tour riders *know* the UCI is helping? I don't know. But, they have the exact same invincibility.
I do think there is some fake outrage. People could be pretty sure how Froome was going to go given his recent TT performances. And yet, like clockwork, the same people tune in and somehow seem surprised?Wallace and Gromit said:But do you actually derive much enjoyment from watching the sport as it is?
The anti-Froome brigage (for want of a better description) are indeed passionate, but in an angry, negative way, with very little enjoyment apparent, the busting of Lance notwithstanding. Seems an odd set of emotions to choose to inflict on yourself, but each to his own.