On one hand - ohemtittyfuckinggee what was that
On the other hand - hahaha *** Ineos
I salute my new Tommy V impersonating overlord
On the other hand - hahaha *** Ineos
I salute my new Tommy V impersonating overlord
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Guybrush said:Uphill bunch sprint - check
Murito uphill sprint - check
35 minute itt - check
Mountain goat - check
True. I couldn't stop laughing the last few Ks. :lol:Saint Unix said:Get the f*ck out of here with that sh*t. An absolute farce of a ride.
So blatantly obvious it's almost funny.
brownbobby said:At least someone had a word in his ear and told him that winning the stage would have been a step too far :lol:
DFA123 said:Alaphilippe could win every mountain stage left and he would still be the most credible winner of the last decade.
Saying things like 'it can't get any more obvious' is ludicrous when you think back to things like Froome in 2013 or even Thomas last year.
British UCI president - british domination.macbindle said:A ha ha haaaaaaaa
Is all I can say to today's utter farce.
This is Froome-level retardation
Hayabusa said:DFA123 said:Alaphilippe could win every mountain stage left and he would still be the most credible winner of the last decade.
Saying things like 'it can't get any more obvious' is ludicrous when you think back to things like Froome in 2013 or even Thomas last year.
So you think Alaphillippe is more credible than Nibali, Schleck and Evan's?
:lol:DFA123 said:Alaphilippe could win every mountain stage left and he would still be the most credible winner of the last decade.
Saying things like 'it can't get any more obvious' is ludicrous when you think back to things like Froome in 2013 or even Thomas last year.
should this be possible?Dekker_Tifosi said:wtf.. i guess he can win sprints, time trials and pure mt stages and contend for gc in the biggest gt of the year now.
brownbobby said:At least someone had a word in his ear and told him that winning the stage would have been a step too far :lol:
scapewalker said:brownbobby said:At least someone had a word in his ear and told him that winning the stage would have been a step too far :lol:
Lmao i was thinking the same thing.
F_Cance said:should this be possible?Dekker_Tifosi said:wtf.. i guess he can win sprints, time trials and pure mt stages and contend for gc in the biggest gt of the year now.
hfer07 said:I'm going to phrase it this way:
FOR NOW - Alaphilippe is pulling a Voeckler despite what took place today in the Tourmalet ......because apart from his outrighteous ITT win, He's done what is within his capabilities - YET
IF he manages to keep yellow in the 1st stage in the Alps next week, in the same fashion he did today- THEN I must say he's got a good program going on aside from the "normal doping" practices in Pro Cycling
At freakin LBL this year he couldn't keep up with Jakob Fuglsang on RaF because that climb was too long for a pure puncheur. That was like 3 months ago. Now he outclimbs Fuglsang on a 20 kilometer climb.Red Rick said:Remember when people thought he could win Tirreno but those 2km hills were too long for him?
In fairness I think power curves of TT's usually look like this. It's quite common for one or two riders to completely smash everyone elses times.ClassicomanoLuigi said:From the Pau ITT - there are speeds in km/hour (vertical axis) for 165 finishers
- The right side of the graph below 41 km/hr tapers off - mostly people who are soft-pedaling and not trying
In the middle all the way up to the left edge is a mostly-smooth curve resembling some sort of power-function
Then two guys, Geraint Thomas and Julian Alaphilippe, who don't quite fit that curve. 'Gapping' everyone close
Anomaly? Fluke statistical outliers? Natural extension of a power curve, which only conspiracists would question ?
Let the 'Jalien Alienphilippe' speculation begin, throw some fuel on the fire, y'all
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