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Le Baroudeur said:Wrong, Saxo gathered the intelligence, Mauduit briefed the team, Nico suggested it on the road, Rogers conferred, Alberto gave the order, 'Benna go', all in the space of a few seconds.
"I saw the opportunity arise in the crosswinds and I said to the boys lets put our heads down and go as hard as we can. It was harder than a mountain stage and I think the hardest stage I've ever done," he said at the finish.
"It's not over and today worked well because we've clawed back some time. It wasn't planned in the morning but it was decided in a split second. I saw everyone was tired with roughly 30 kilometres to go and I said to the boys let's go, let's try, we've got nothing to do. It paid off.
"It was similar to La Grande-Motte, yes. We had similar conditions. I saw everyone was on the limit and we were all at the front and we went at the right moment. It was a split-second decision and now we've clawed back some time. We spent some energy but so did everyone."
Rogers said no words were spoken between he and Bennati to make their move, nor was Contador asked if he was ready to go with it. "I just looked at Bennati. It was a relatively hard day right up to there and we both understood. The whole team was there ... no words took place," he said.
The Hitch said:you mean apart from wiggins and froome who were miles ahead of them?
hfer07 said:To the OP's question: It Remains me of Johan Bruyneel---he didn't need to be a great tactician when his riders have access to the best "Scientific Programme" in the sport
warmfuzzies said:Now that it is painfully obvious that Froome is the strongest man at this year's Tour, all that's left for the Contador fans is to snark about the Sky DS. What an awesome display today up Ventoux. It was highly competitive until the last 2 kms. Contador does not have the form to compete for the top spot, but he was competitive and limited his losses.
warmfuzzies said:Now that it is painfully obvious that Froome is the strongest man at this year's Tour, all that's left for the Contador fans is to snark about the Sky DS. What an awesome display today up Ventoux. It was highly competitive until the last 2 kms. Contador does not have the form to compete for the top spot, but he was competitive and limited his losses.
Cycle Chic said:http://www.newstalk.ie/player/podca...l_Highlights/26760/2/paul_kimmage_tour_report
Kimmage discusses Porte in the Newstalk session. He says its bizarre why Porte rode so strong in the Time Trial after Sundays performance and the rest day. Why was Porte riding so strong when he should have been saving himself to support Froome. ??
or could just have been that Porte didn't need to save energy as theres bucketloads there.
wwabbit said:Those 4 UCI WT points could be important.
Well, to be serious, he has said that he rode it to lift his own morale and prove that there is nothing wrong with him.
...except that we have now seen that he is having alternating good and bad days.
Pricey_sky said:It was all a cunning plan I can see him plotting now; Let's give the peleton a sniff of weakness and raise their hopes a little. Even give them a minute in the crosswinds before the killer blow today.
thehog said:Makes sense. I think we saw that today. Pretend to bonk and lose no time.
Like I said on another thread, Manchester based premiumebandit said:did you notice 20th C fox on rear of team sky shorts.............such events are all to add drama to the forthcoming film version
exclusively broadcast on the sky network
IndianCyclist said:With Froome & Porte in this form, Brailsford can afford to do anything
thehog said:I think Brailsford has shown he has no idea about Road cycling. They need Yates and Sutton back in the fold.
thehog said:I think Brailsford has shown he has no idea about Road cycling. They need Yates and Sutton back in the fold.
Netserk said:Is Sky tactically inept? Yes!
They only know one tactic and that's being the strongest....
thehog said:I think Brailsford has shown he has no idea about Road cycling. They need Yates and Sutton back in the fold.
kenk09 said:What tactic is it that stops a rider from having a bad day?
M Sport said:Picking that rider that has a shocking day in every GT he's ever rode in as your #2 when you had Wigems available?