Carols said:
Pricey_sky said:
StryderHells said:
Valv.Piti said:
Kudos to Geraint for not buying into all this non-sense. He is a straight up guy and I like that about him. And he is a real fighter, I can respect him. Wasn't to keen on him, but he is showing character, I hope he will be on the attack.
However, what I don't respect is the whining and the hypocrisy and its mainly the big Anglophone-teams doing that - Orica, Sky, Cannondale and BMC while the other, more traditional teams, if you will, keep their mouth shout (generally speaking) and just go about their own thing.
Well that's not really true is it, I remember Movistar having a whinge after stage 11 of last years Tour about the stage being dangerous when Quintana lost time to Froome in the crosswinds. All the teams and riders complain when they think they've been wronged.
Exactly, and don't forget the Movistar whinge over the whole Valverde and Sky incident during the Vuelta a few years back, even though Sky were already massing at the front when Valverde crashed.
Every team has a moan when they are upset about something, let's not start discriminating please.
Red Jersey was Down...big difference then a 'possible' contender. There is many decades of precedent when it is the race leader and many more allowances are made. Still it is up to the team. Sky chose to ride on Hard after crashing the Red Jersey. And despite the opinions to the contrary rewatching the race shows Sky started the crash when they did their massing. In this case MS had been on the front hauling butt for 50KM and the Pink Jersey wasn't affected. Totally difference circumstances.
Talking of leaders, wasn't it a couple of years ago when Froome had a mechanical in the maillot Jaune, clearly seen by the rest of the GC group yet someone from the bunch accelerated? Pretty sure it was Nibali in 2015?
I seem to recall at the time everyone said the group shouldn't have waited and i see no difference between a crash and a mechanical, If anything a mechanical can be even less of a riders fault.
It just further reiterates my point that every team has a moan when when things don't go their way, regardless of team, nationality etc.