jilbiker said:
I think Froome is playing with GT, he can easily whisk away and put 2 minutes on him. Speaking about impact of Giro, I remember Contador's two times he tried the double made so much noise about recovery. Quintana last year looked baked. What is different with Froome?! After that 75 mile plunge in the Giro and the next day was still cooking everyone, I was stunned, it defied all physiological logic. Is he an alien? Armstrong claimed that he was born with a different physio, we know now that was hogwash. if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.
But what is this super juice? It can't be BB, full or micro, the bike motto does not cover looking fresh the next day. The only place I have seen this kind of recovery is with BodyBuilders and of course with the aid of juice.
Yes, it is remarkable. And whatever combination or new product they have found, it surely works wonders for Froome (and Sky). We haven't seen a doping combo like this, that can enable you first of all become a GT contender, then dominate the Tour and now keep you going for a fourth grand tour win in a row.
The explanations can be any of these or a combination:
-they take larger quantities of doping than their competitors
-they have perfected the mix of products
-they have access to products/techniques not available to their competitors
-Froome is a super super responder (he must be)
The whole marginal gains discussion, I don't buy. In my opinion, it can give you the edge over your competitors, but not make you so much better as we have seen Sky are.
Froome and Thomas are racing along at the pace that Sky is setting, which is blowing up the other GC contenders, and are still able to attack on the final mountain and get a gap very quickly. They must be very strong. And furthermore, you continuously get the feeling, that they are not even going full gas.
But hopefully, we will at some point get an answer to the question.