Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

[Climbing]

Better than Coppi even, for sure.

 

[PhiLiz]

The cycling is cleaner banner was - finally - buried today. Pathetic.

 

[telencefalus]

Even Susan is sick of Froome , he hopes that he will lose everything from Vuelta on , that's something more than salbutamol here

 

[Puckfiend]

Bwahahahahahaha

https://twitter.com/Digger_forum/status/1000030632842530816

 

[LaFlorecita]

I'm going to believe this means Froome's performance has even left Contador speechless
https://twitter.com/albertocontador/status/1000031392573554689

He knows what's up!

 

[hfer07]

SKY & the Magic Kenyan had it planned: play around, stay within the 5 minutes margin all along then Kill it at the last 2 stages.

disgusting

 

[Gigs_98]

I was super hyped when Froome attacked on the Finestre but this developed into a farce. If Froome had taken pink after the chasing group was watching each other and therefore lost so much time, or if Dumoulain had been the only one working, I'd say chapeau Froome right now, but it didn't go like that. Froome was at the front for 80 kilometers. Dumoulin had a third of the time in the wind Froome had, still lost 3 minutes on descents, flat roads and false flat climbs (terrain which should suit him even better than Froome) and didn't gain a second on the mtf. The whole sky team went from shitty all giro long (with the exception of poels in two mountain stages) to having 5 riders in a group of 15.
This was wrong on so many levels. This doesn't make sense, period.

 

[Bronstein]

Re:

I don't think a motor is the best explanation for a sustained 80-km effort. I believe you guys underestimate the ol' doping.

Except that Landis 06' didn't have to contend with the passport. No one has done anything like this in the passport era as far as I can recall. Motor + blood bag.

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

Cycling is so easy when you have a guaranteed 50 Watt advantage

Ohwell

This sport is back to being the biggest joke of all, rather than somewhat of a joke that could at least to pretend to try and be serious

The problem isn't that Froome wins. It's the way it happens. It looks completely planned out, going from testing out the legs on Zoncolan to "Yeah I could make up 3 minutes on the Jafferau stage, let's fake it here and there" and then just finish s.t. on Prato Nevoso, where he didn't the initial acceleration.

This hasn't been a race for the first 18 stages. It's been a goddamn *** play.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Landis was more believable

 

[Gigs_98]

Re:

Landis was more believable

Landis at least lost time on the Joux Plane.

 

[hrotha]

Re: Re:

I don't think a motor is the best explanation for a sustained 80-km effort. I believe you guys underestimate the ol' doping.

Except that Landis 06' didn't have to contend with the passport. No one has done anything like this in the passport era as far as I can recall. Motor + blood bag.

I don't believe the current peloton is any cleaner (in terms of performance boost) than in 2006. It's only got dirtier and dirtier at the very least since 2011.

 

[saganftw]

froome just wanted that coveted "most memorable doped performances" trophy...its the only important trophy missing from his palmares

 

[theracingelf]

Simply sickening...

 

[TheSpud]

Just looking at the replay and one of the main sponsors banners was 'Mediolanum' - I misread it of course ...

 

[armchairclimber]

Take it easy guys, he was riding within himself.

 

[bebellion2]

I don't want to protect the guy but he told everyone that he's aiming for the third week. Maybe with an additional BB on the rest day which needs 1-2 days to kick in but he always planned to peak now. He has way more knowledge about how always the third weeks are the hardest, especially now since we have some tough mountains right at the end. If someone is using some stuff in the first two weeks then they'll go faster but that also means that their body will be more exhausted towards the end (losing more fat, etc.). Apart from motors all other types of doping can kick back if you overdo it.

 

[DFA123]

More dopers to ride like this please.

 

[Alexandre B.]

This sport is doomed.

 

[chuuurles]

3 GT's in a row of watching froome take the piss

 

[DFA123]

Re:

3 GT's in a row of watching froome take the piss

He was pretty low key in the last two that he won, not really taking the piss and leaning heavily on his team. This is back to 2013 levels.

 

[Puckfiend]

Can anyone tell me if Kirby died from excessive masturbation today? Death by orgasm?

 

[PremierAndrew]

Sunweb's DS's reaction sums it up

 

[chuuurles]

Re: Re:

3 GT's in a row of watching froome take the piss

He was pretty low key in the last two that he won, not really taking the piss and leaning heavily on his team. This is back to 2013 levels.

Fair, but still...

 

[Forever The Best]

This was the most ridiculous performance I've ever seen, by far. (I started watching in 2011)