Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

[deeno1975]

bravo Dawg, riding on the front and gaining a bit from the split

For once good tactical awareness... wonder will we all finally warm to "Froomey" and bow down to his "greatness"

 

[pastronef]

bravo Dawg, riding on the front and gaining a bit from the split

For once good tactical awareness... wonder will we all finally warm to "Froomey" and bow down to his "greatness"

I fear it won't happen, not even if he begins to pull wheelies à la Sagan or grows a Geschke style beard

we are very few hardcore Dawg fans

 

[LaFlorecita]

bravo Dawg, riding on the front and gaining a bit from the split

Wrong subforum

 

[pastronef]

bravo Dawg, riding on the front and gaining a bit from the split

Wrong subforum

I know, but I saw the Froome autographs pic and I got swayed

 

[jilbiker]

I wonder if the souped up bike will be used today? I know there is a lot of watching of mechanical doping and you would think, no way is any pro going to bring out a souped up bike. But LA returned in 2009 when there was supposedly more scrutiny and was still doing his thing so yes its possible. Lets see for any sudden bursts, I think its turned on for about 20 secs, AC says the speed is just way too much, a coded way of saying "not normal?"

 

[sniper]

I wonder if the souped up bike will be used today? I know there is a lot of watching of mechanical doping and you would think, no way is any pro going to bring out a souped up bike. But LA returned in 2009 when there was supposedly more scrutiny and was still doing his thing so yes its possible. Lets see for any sudden bursts, I think its turned on for about 20 secs, AC says the speed is just way too much, a coded way of saying "not normal?"

not really.
we know thats not how prosport works.
athletes with the mindset of "that,s too risky" are filtered out at an early age.

 

[deeno1975]

"Froomey", is it a motor, is it a TUE, is it a small factory full of drugs, is it pure class... I don't f**king know!!!

 

[King Of Molehill]

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Why does this child look so pained? Is Dawg trying to write out a new chapter of Mein Climb on his autograph pad? Warn the boy of the evils of coffee? Or did the kid really just come here to meet Contador instead?

He's just keeping an eye for flying elbows.

 

[drb716]

If anyone needs disc brakes, it's Froome -- for going up. He nearly overcooked a 10% switchback.

 

[MartinGT]

That was laughable.

Brutal

 

[BigMac]

That was laughable.

Brutal

Status quo ante. Nothing new to see.

This is 'normal'. Froome losing was not.

 

[meat puppet]

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If anyone needs disc brakes, it's Froome -- for going up. He nearly overcooked a 10% switchback.

Needs some extra work on the clutch, yes. Should be fine come the tour.

 

[thehog]

That was awesome! If Landa did a little trick before Dawg engaged the motor, lol!

 

[Semper Fidelis]

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"Froomey", is it a motor, is it a TUE, is it a small factory full of drugs, is it pure class... I don't f**king know!!!

No idea but willing to bet his heart rate did not climb above 140.

 

[MartinGT]

He was hardly out of breathe.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Heat activated dope ftw

 

[ontheroad]

Another reason why Froome is possibly on his way to becoming the greatest clean cylist of all time with that vicious acceleration. His acting skills aren't bad either with the 'feigning of getting dropped' just before the demonstration of insane cadence.

 

[thehog]

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*tumbleweed passes*

The Dawg now has to make up time. It can only mean one thing.... Time to deploy the seated acceleration!

You see! I picked it!

 

[Pantani Attacks]

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Another reason why Froome is possibly on his way to becoming the greatest clean cylist of all time with that vicious acceleration. His acting skills aren't bad either with the 'feigning of getting dropped' just before the demonstration of insane cadence.

Froome has a long way to go if he to rival the likes of Ricco for best clean cyclist.

 

[thehog]

Video here:

http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/23701

Impressive use of the motor...

 

[Pantani Attacks]

I cannot get over how terrible his style is.

 

[Semper Fidelis]

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Another reason why Froome is possibly on his way to becoming the greatest clean cylist of all time with that vicious acceleration. His acting skills aren't bad either with the 'feigning of getting dropped' just before the demonstration of insane cadence.

He was practicing his Lance Armstrong of 2001. He will deploy at TDF.

 

[ontheroad]

He will rip up the tour again in the first week or two, then try and make it believable again in the last week. Nobody can live with those accelerations and he's now gone from seated accelerations to a change in style out of the saddle accelerations. He can play it anyway. Time trial specialist, sprinting up punchy climbs, winning stages in the high mountains, seated accelerations, out of the saddle accelerations, playing poker pretending to get dropped up a mountain. He's just a spuremely exciting bike rider, possibly the greatest of all time if you exclude the dopers (and he's better than most of them as well). I don't know why he doesn't get the credit he deserves, maybe it is just his ungainly style.

 

[pastronef]

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Another reason why Froome is possibly on his way to becoming the greatest clean cylist of all time with that vicious acceleration. His acting skills aren't bad either with the 'feigning of getting dropped' just before the demonstration of insane cadence.

Andalucia 2015
Vuelta 2014

 

[Beech Mtn]

That made Ilnur Zakarain look like a clean, natural, non-suspicous rider.