Still think its misunderstood Porte is prone to bad days. He really isn't and I think he can win this Tour and not just by an outside shot, this guy is for real.
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Considering the amt of time he put into Froome and Pistoleros, yes it was impressive.DanielSong39 said:Great ride by Porte and I expect him to be the favorite to win the Dauphine and a strong contender in the Tour.
You do have to look at the time gaps relative to his competition, though. Tony Martin was below par today; if Martin had been 30 seconds faster, would we be saying the same things about Porte's performance?
DanielSong39 said:Great ride by Porte and I expect him to be the favorite to win the Dauphine and a strong contender in the Tour.
You do have to look at the time gaps relative to his competition, though. Tony Martin was below par today; if Martin had been 30 seconds faster, would we be saying the same things about Porte's performance?
Cookster15 said:DanielSong39 said:Great ride by Porte and I expect him to be the favorite to win the Dauphine and a strong contender in the Tour.
You do have to look at the time gaps relative to his competition, though. Tony Martin was below par today; if Martin had been 30 seconds faster, would we be saying the same things about Porte's performance?
I think the answer to your question is yes. The indicator is Porte Vs the GC rivals not Porte Vs a TT specialist. In any case Martin wasn't that bad. But Porte still needs to confirm his early season climbing in the coming stages. Lets see if he hasn't traded climbing strength in a quest to improve his TT.
Jancouver said:So my favourite little-man is already peaking at the beginning of June? Isn’t that too early? The hardest Tour stages are 6 weeks from now. And if not, he will win the Tour by 30min ... but I still believe he will crack because he peaked too early or will have one of those "Little Richie Misfortunes".
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Better like from 6.4 watts/kg to 6.6 watts/kg?Jspear said:Jancouver said:So my favourite little-man is already peaking at the beginning of June? Isn’t that too early? The hardest Tour stages are 6 weeks from now. And if not, he will win the Tour by 30min ... but I still believe he will crack because he peaked too early or will have one of those "Little Richie Misfortunes".
He's been in decent form since January and he's probably gonna get even better.
Sounds like a one-way friendship to me, at least until Froome lets Porte win a Tour.Netserk said:Nah, they are still BFF. Whenever they can, they will hold hands on the climbs.
lbennie said:impressive stuff from him today
With Froome he's won the Tour de France three times so it's not a surprise that he's up there. You have to give him some respect. He did not have the best time trial but in the mountains he's not going to be an easy guy to crack but we'll try."
Cookster15 said:lbennie said:impressive stuff from him today
More impressive stuff from Ritchie today. Until today I wasn't sure how good Porte was going downhill. I guess we now know. He seems to be in the best shape of his career if he can hold or even build on this for the 3rd week of the Tour. But I think Froome bounced back today he will lose that puppy fat by next month.
Blanco said:Cookster15 said:lbennie said:impressive stuff from him today
More impressive stuff from Ritchie today. Until today I wasn't sure how good Porte was going downhill. I guess we now know. He seems to be in the best shape of his career if he can hold or even build on this for the 3rd week of the Tour. But I think Froome bounced back today he will lose that puppy fat by next month.
So how good is he going downhill? He didn't impress me for sure. If Fuglsang wasn't there, Froome would've gaped him easily.
movingtarget said:Blanco said:Cookster15 said:lbennie said:impressive stuff from him today
More impressive stuff from Ritchie today. Until today I wasn't sure how good Porte was going downhill. I guess we now know. He seems to be in the best shape of his career if he can hold or even build on this for the 3rd week of the Tour. But I think Froome bounced back today he will lose that puppy fat by next month.
So how good is he going downhill? He didn't impress me for sure. If Fuglsang wasn't there, Froome would've gaped him easily.
Even if Froome picked up some time it wouldn't have been that much and Froome sat on Porte's wheel for the entire climb. So it's pretty obvious who is stronger at the moment and descents are not going to to decide the Tour.
Blanco said:movingtarget said:Blanco said:Cookster15 said:lbennie said:impressive stuff from him today
More impressive stuff from Ritchie today. Until today I wasn't sure how good Porte was going downhill. I guess we now know. He seems to be in the best shape of his career if he can hold or even build on this for the 3rd week of the Tour. But I think Froome bounced back today he will lose that puppy fat by next month.
So how good is he going downhill? He didn't impress me for sure. If Fuglsang wasn't there, Froome would've gaped him easily.
Even if Froome picked up some time it wouldn't have been that much and Froome sat on Porte's wheel for the entire climb. So it's pretty obvious who is stronger at the moment and descents are not going to to decide the Tour.
I didn't argue who's stronger, I saw it was Porte. I asked how is he going downhill, cause to me it looks like he's going not so good.
And you don't know what's going to decide Tour, maybe exactly descents, you just don't know...