Team Ineos (Formerly the Sky thread)

[topt]

Same thing happens in any sport where you have the biggest budget, the winners are usually the best funded teams.

I mean Pogacar, Roglic, Vingegaard etc wouldn't have to take the juice if they were in Sky/Ineos with the best domestiques ever assembled in history.

Because Pogacar, Roglic, Vingegaard etc aren't in Sky/Ineos they have to cheat to get the wins instead

if you are serious i am without words but I am quite sure this is just trolling

 

[topt]

No Sky/Ineos rider ever pulled off a 1 minute time trial win over the rest of the world class field like Roglic, Pocagar and Dumoulin did.

Froome was a very good time-trialler and climber, got him 4 bronzes at Olympics and Worlds, but when he had the whole team to help he could get a few extra seconds on his rivals.

Mutants like the Jumbo and UAE riders mentioned can just do a whole minute better than the entire world class field.

Yeah, after several millions pounds government funded investigation into Sky/Ineos they found a couple of dodgy TUEs. (Like Serena Williams and many others)

Imagine if any other nations governments investigated likes of Jumbo, UAE and Bahrain with such clout?

no, he was absolute crap until he came to Sky

 

[topt]

What the *** are you talking about, the SKY team was the best (and most expensive) ever assembled to control the mountain climbs for their GC rider.

Didn't ever see Froome or Thomas suddenly climb up a mountain TT at superman pace ON THEIR OWN like the cheaters Pogacar, Roglic, Dumoulin etc

yes

 

[iceblink]

It's tricky to be a troll in a thread filled by maniacs, but I'm hppy to have the accusation. I must be doing something right!

 

[Rob5091]

Has cycling in the UK gone back to pre-Sky days (as Hart has said)? Youngsters off to the Continent and Ineos riders leaving for greener pastures. Once the elder pair of Thomas and Cav retire, cycling's days of being headline stuff on the back pages look to be over.

 

[fmk_RoI]

Pidcock.

 

[Aimar16]

Pidcock.

The guy has a total of 4 wins, maybe he can win in one-day races where Pog, MvdP, Remco, WvA will not be present and with a big luck maybe win a stage in GTs like last year at TdF.

 

[ZamlinusYoutubeious]

Has cycling in the UK gone back to pre-Sky days (as Hart has said)? Youngsters off to the Continent and Ineos riders leaving for greener pastures. Once the elder pair of Thomas and Cav retire, cycling's days of being headline stuff on the back pages look to be over.

Decent crowds for their Nats. The racing was good for the womens.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

The guy has a total of 4 wins, maybe he can win in one-day races where Pog, MvdP, Remco, WvA will not be present and with a big luck maybe win a stage in GTs like last year at TdF.

4??? He's had 4 this year from memory; Strade Bianchi, OKK Chur, XCC & XCO Nove Mesto.......

 

[veganrob]

Pidcock says he can win a GT. Wait for the *** to happen when he is Ineos choice to lead TdF. I shudder to think of it.

 

[Rob5091]

Sorry, but Pidcock does not seem to be at the same level as the other top guys.

 

[Aimar16]

4??? He's had 4 this year from memory; Strade Bianchi, OKK Chur, XCC & XCO Nove Mesto.......

I only counted the road races. And he has 4 career wins (2 WT wins)

 

[veganrob]

Sorry, but Pidcock does not seem to be at the same level as the other top guys.

I agree. But him and Bernal are chosen to lead Ineos.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pidcock says he can win a GT. Wait for the *** to happen when he is Ineos choice to lead TdF. I shudder to think of it.

The competition is very strong at the Tour right now and even the best drones in Sky/Ineos history would have problems.

 

[Rob5091]

Bernal, Pidcock & Rodriguez as Ineos "protected riders" as they used to say. My money's on Rodriguez finishing highest on GC.

 

[ontheroad]

Pidcock says he can win a GT. Wait for the *** to happen when he is Ineos choice to lead TdF. I shudder to think of it.

Is this any less ludicrous than suggesting that either Wiggins, Froome or Thomas had GT winning potential at the same stage of their respective careers? No, its not.

 

[Oldermanish]

Pidcock.

At least he has cyclocross credentials....behind MvP and WvA.

 

[Oldermanish]

At least he has cyclocross credentials....behind MvP and WvA.

Today proved again he has cyclocross credentials....

 

[Aimar16]

That Tarling is kind of ridiculous, top 3 ITT rider in the world at 19

 

[Netserk]

That Tarling is kind of ridiculous, top 3 ITT rider in the world at 19

Sounds like a great talent.

 

[Aimar16]

Sounds like a great talent.

Sure, but not even Remco trashed opponents by such a margin at 19

 

[pastronef]

Sure, but not even Remco trashed opponents by such a margin at 19

you know why? because every athlete is different. Tarling is not Remco, and viceversa
huge win for the kid. yes!

 

[NFTtiddies]

10 km in under 10 minutes, Brailsford evolution right here

 

[samhocking]

Ellingworth's pretty much in charge of performance now, Brailsford just does the business side these days. Saying that, Tarling is simply a talent everyone could see coming. Has he ever not finished on the podium of an ITT the last 3 years?

 

[DJO]

Tarling has been a talent for a long time. Is he clean, he's a pro-cyclist.