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That is the tragic part. They litterary *** in peoples faces because they can.
the sceptic said:
That is the tragic part. They litterary *** in peoples faces because they can.
Stage 10. La Pierre Saint Martin (14.89 km, 7.72 %, 1150 m) Chris Froome: 40 min 54 sec, 21.84 Kph, VAM 1687 m/h, 6.09 W/kg [DrF] says pseudoscientist https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily
Good lad!
Good lad!
Froome finally completes his transformation into Lance mark 2
Dodgy disease - check
Amazing turnaround - check
Cadence - Check
Marginal gains and training specifically for tour - Check
Attack on day one of mountains - check
have team to destroy everyone before you even go for an all out attack - check
UCI in back pocket - Check
It's like the LA era never even happened - how can memories be this short and the UCI think we are all so stupid
Dodgy disease - check
Amazing turnaround - check
Cadence - Check
Marginal gains and training specifically for tour - Check
Attack on day one of mountains - check
have team to destroy everyone before you even go for an all out attack - check
UCI in back pocket - Check
It's like the LA era never even happened - how can memories be this short and the UCI think we are all so stupid
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Indeed.. but its normal... history often repeats itself.. The dodgy disease was the first thing I said when Armstrong was good! it was an excuse.. just like Froome..
Rob27172 said:
Indeed.. but its normal... history often repeats itself.. The dodgy disease was the first thing I said when Armstrong was good! it was an excuse.. just like Froome..
Utterly, utterly ridiculous. The emaciated grasshopper will win this one by 15 minutes plus.
I shall watch tomorrow because I love the Tourmalet and my old riding haunts but if it is a repeat of today. Farewell le tour de farce
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And compromising your immune system. Froome makes Rasmussen look healthy.
rhubroma said:
And compromising your immune system. Froome makes Rasmussen look healthy.
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Numbers of his last 6km would be interesting, but i guess those are "nice" enough..
the sceptic said:
Numbers of his last 6km would be interesting, but i guess those are "nice" enough..
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I wish, might as well , he doesn't really need to do anything now though, the tour is done he can have a normal ride till the end and everyone will just say that he had one good day and the others had a bad day.
Fruitzilla said:
I wish, might as well , he doesn't really need to do anything now though, the tour is done he can have a normal ride till the end and everyone will just say that he had one good day and the others had a bad day.
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If history repeats itself, he will do something crazy tomorrow as well
lemoogle said:
If history repeats itself, he will do something crazy tomorrow as well
I would've guessed over 6.09 W/kg considering the conditions. A little disappointing by the other contenders. Did the first week take that much out of the rest?
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So way under 400W for about 40min. Not even 'suspicious'. Vayer expected 430W.
meat puppet said:
So way under 400W for about 40min. Not even 'suspicious'. Vayer expected 430W.
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4-6 years is far too late, the money will have been made, legacy built, knighthood attained, podium girls long since kissed and forgotten, accolades accepted... Why doesn't anyone with the UCI or even the ALFD step in here now ? They know this smacks of US Postal with that kind of dominance and that wasn't from marginal gains
To see this mutant aberration of a team run roughshod over everyone else with their fecking motorhomes and support vehicles, unlimited budgets, shiftiness, lying, deceit and arrogance, oops, forgot the marginal gains...
Pro cycling as we knew it is finished... it really is..
DrSahl said:Dalakhani said:
I wanna bet you that in 4-6 years, Froome will be revealed... based on history
I admit, I dislike Froome as a person, I really do.. Even sky... but I can normaly look objectiv on things.. but today... This is like Armstrong.. but Froome is just a symtom of the real problems in cycling... it will take more than just nailing them for cheating etc... that wont happen anyway..
I wonder how many of the riders would fare without technology like cycling computers, radio etc. Then atleast tactical sense etc would play role as well..
4-6 years is far too late, the money will have been made, legacy built, knighthood attained, podium girls long since kissed and forgotten, accolades accepted... Why doesn't anyone with the UCI or even the ALFD step in here now ? They know this smacks of US Postal with that kind of dominance and that wasn't from marginal gains
To see this mutant aberration of a team run roughshod over everyone else with their fecking motorhomes and support vehicles, unlimited budgets, shiftiness, lying, deceit and arrogance, oops, forgot the marginal gains...
Pro cycling as we knew it is finished... it really is..
gooner said:Emma O'Reilly is a believer.
So is JV. Crazy adaptive Physiology has Froome and I bet they never calibrated the machines yet!!!!
https://twitter.com/Emma_OReilly/status/620975100767158276gooner said:Emma O'Reilly is a believer.
Froome did 1 better than Armstrong. Froome never upset any journalists or made enemies in the peloton. See some are learning.....
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Because money talks and this is not sports anymore its entertainment.. look at other sports, its the same there.
The only way I see a little change that could be made without any severe dmg to their reputation and the riders, is a ban on cycling computers and radio.. this way the rider would have to think more himself and it would open up abit (atleast for a few mistakes) this is why nobody really talk doping in Football (soccer) because its not raw sport about how strong you are, but tactical sense, finess, ball control etc.. pans in.. but there is just as much doping there as here.
If we stopped watching the tour, it might help, but that could damage more than help.
As I said earlier, I don't mind stages like this where one takes all like this, if just that rider would sometimes show his human and lose badly other days.. but that did not happen with Armstrong ie, nor Froome... doping is not really the biggest problem.. the whole way cycling works is.
S2Sturges said:DrSahl said:Dalakhani said:
I wanna bet you that in 4-6 years, Froome will be revealed... based on history
I admit, I dislike Froome as a person, I really do.. Even sky... but I can normaly look objectiv on things.. but today... This is like Armstrong.. but Froome is just a symtom of the real problems in cycling... it will take more than just nailing them for cheating etc... that wont happen anyway..
I wonder how many of the riders would fare without technology like cycling computers, radio etc. Then atleast tactical sense etc would play role as well..
4-6 years is far too late, the money will have been made, legacy built, knighthood attained, podium girls long since kissed and forgotten, accolades accepted... Why doesn't anyone with the UCI or even the ALFD step in here now ? They know this smacks of US Postal with that kind of dominance and that wasn't from marginal gains
To see this mutant aberration of a team run roughshod over everyone else with their fecking motorhomes and support vehicles, unlimited budgets, shiftiness, lying, deceit and arrogance, oops, forgot the marginal gains...
Pro cycling as we knew it is finished... it really is..
Because money talks and this is not sports anymore its entertainment.. look at other sports, its the same there.
The only way I see a little change that could be made without any severe dmg to their reputation and the riders, is a ban on cycling computers and radio.. this way the rider would have to think more himself and it would open up abit (atleast for a few mistakes) this is why nobody really talk doping in Football (soccer) because its not raw sport about how strong you are, but tactical sense, finess, ball control etc.. pans in.. but there is just as much doping there as here.
If we stopped watching the tour, it might help, but that could damage more than help.
As I said earlier, I don't mind stages like this where one takes all like this, if just that rider would sometimes show his human and lose badly other days.. but that did not happen with Armstrong ie, nor Froome... doping is not really the biggest problem.. the whole way cycling works is.
Re: Re:
From what I've seen from Froome, he isn't able to have a normal ride. The insanity is strong in this one
lemoogle said:
From what I've seen from Froome, he isn't able to have a normal ride. The insanity is strong in this one
Eagle said:https://twitter.com/Emma_OReilly/status/620975100767158276gooner said:Emma O'Reilly is a believer.
I can't get over the same reactions against such logic after LA. Indeed the more things change...
I don't think the power estimates are really more useful than common sense, at least when looking at individual climbs.
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