I actually feel cheated by Italy, they have falsely tricked me into believing it is a sunny warm country, but from what I have seen on TV it allways rains there.
I just want to say that all the people saying that Wiggins should have a go at Roubaix are fools. And thats putting it nicely. Wiggins and Froome are soft. I may go as far as acknowledging them as good riders but unless something huge changes they definitely don't have my respect. No grit. No heart. Nothing really. Just numbers. April in northern europe would eat both of them alive. They should stick to their ideal weather sleeping on volcanos.
CycloAndy said:
That's a fair point actually. As Ellingworth said, they underestimated how hard it was going to be. Tried to go all macho by riding at the front without wearing adequate clothing for the conditions and ended up looking like idiots.
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del1962 said:
CycloAndy said:
You guys should actually go out and travel around the world instead of sitting in front of the TV all day!
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As they say in cycling "you're only as good as your last result" so Sir Brailsford really needs to win the Tour of Beijing to save his job!!
as for team GB , they don't have to many riders to pick from, and most of them (Sky's) should be in the off season doing sponsor promotions (like Froome is doing last 2 days after worlds)
There is a reason that last 14 years or so no TdF winners took part in worlds. Only last year Sky and Wiggins thought is normal to show up.
As they say in cycling "you're only as good as your last result" so Sir Brailsford really needs to win the Tour of Beijing to save his job!!
as for team GB , they don't have to many riders to pick from, and most of them (Sky's) should be in the off season doing sponsor promotions (like Froome is doing last 2 days after worlds)
There is a reason that last 14 years or so no TdF winners took part in worlds. Only last year Sky and Wiggins thought is normal to show up.
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will10 said:
Yes, just seems like the good old days to me, when we were **** and the roads werent full of fat *******s in sky jerseys doing 10mph
mind you we were inconspicuously **** then with very few riders qualified, rather than failing en masse
hrotha said:
Cav making a pointless show of riding on the front has zero impact on the main part of the race. It's just a bit of PR for Cav. Tactics have nothing to do with this. They just didn't have the motivation/legs.
LaFlorecita said:You guys should actually go out and travel around the world instead of sitting in front of the TV all day!
On Saturday and Sunday I was on top of a mountains in the West of Scotland (near Glencoe), not a drop of rain in sight
(I still have blisters to prove it)
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EnacheV said:
What is that reason?
Armstrong: didn't care about races other than the Tour
Landis: banned/Pereiro: not really a 1-day racer
Contador: 2007-9 not attempted 1-day racing, 2010 under duress
Sastre: not a 1-day racer
Evans: might have done it had the course not been chronically unsuited to him
hrotha said:
And that's why they all couldn't give a **** when they reached the circuit?
Chris Froome may have intended to make a serious challenge, but it's pretty clear most of his teammates didn't give a fig for this race and were rolling out looking for the moment to step off.
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Moose McKnuckles said:They didn't make it anywhere near 275km.
If cycling in the rain is their weakness, I would suggest maybe track racing would be more suited to their talents.
Maybe that's why Britain is so good on the track. Fear of rain. Because it doesn't rain much in Brit....oh wait.
When was the last time a yank won the World Championships? Been a while hasn't it? Someone called Lance Armstrong in 1993, I think.
How did Chris Horner get on?
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del1962 said:On Saturday and Sunday I was on top of a mountains in the West of Scotland (near Glencoe), not a drop of rain in sight
(I still have blisters to prove it)
Dude, Scotland, isn't that in your backyard?
Waterloo Sunrise said:
Some of the other riders also didnot have teammates left. Rui Costa, Simon Clarke etc. though finished. Froome did not have the legs with or without teammates.
Froome is never gonna be a classics rider. He's good at big mountains and ITTs, which is what u need to win le tour. Doesn't have the skills, experience or explosive power to do well in classics.
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willbick said:
Lombardia might be within his remit as a climber though, though he'd need to finish solo obviously, and for that he'd need to hold form all the way to it. Also, Peña Cabarga = 5,6km @ 9,4% so Milano-Torino is plausible - Contador's not exactly known for his explosive power in one-day races either. Basilica di Supergà = 4,9km @ 9,4%... I'd say the Giro dell'Emilia might be within his reach too, but then somebody would post him zig-zagging on San Luca in 2009 and an argument would break out.
willbick said:
Yup, in fairness he pretty much admits this himself. It's not like he was taking an opportunity away from someone else by leading at the worlds so no harm done.
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