Team Ineos (Formerly the Sky thread)

[Catwhoorg]

Yes .... starving himself has made him both a whiner and grouchy.

To be fair it makes most of us pretty grouchy, and he has to do more of it than we do.

 

[Ripper]

whilst being dragged around and protected by the strongest team seen since US Postal.

Love the comparison ... well done

 

[BYOP88]

With all their marginal gains, Sky still haven't got their train fitted to Italian gauge yet. They do realize they've only got a few weeks to get it sorted, right?

 

[Ripper]

To be fair it makes most of us pretty grouchy, and he has to do more of it than we do.

I was being entirely on the level with that post. I know what starving one's self can result in, behaviour wise. So some of his antics are not that much of a surprise.

 

[JimmyFingers]

With all their marginal gains, Sky still haven't got their train fitted to Italian gauge yet. They do realize they've only got a few weeks to get it sorted, right?

Sounds like they are coping

 

[wwabbit]

So everyone's going to start talking about Siutsou now?

 

[Ferminal]

I'd rather talk about Santambrogio.

Although under 6... clearly all are reaping the rewards of the clean era.

 

[markene2]

I'd rather talk about Santambrogio.

Although under 6... clearly all are reaping the rewards of the clean era.

Santambrogio has been insane this spring. definatly clinic material to discuss

 

[Ripper]

So everyone's going to start talking about Siutsou now?

I think everyone will keep talking about Sky.

Looks like Wiggo smashed it pretty well and finished right there with Nibbles.

 

[zalacain]

Siutsou has had a Giro top 10 as well a couple of years ago.

and in 2010 he scored 6 in the UCI doping suspect list

 

[Ripper]

Santambrogio has been insane this spring. definatly clinic material to discuss

No doubt ...

 

[Miburo]

Now wait for the result for FW and we'll have most likely an entertaining day in this thread.

 

[the sceptic]

Nibali looked strong with his new 6.0w/kg, but its gonna take more to get rid of Wiggins.

I guess this will be another 1-2 for sky.

 

[Ferminal]

and in 2010 he scored 6 in the UCI doping suspect list

Another one who probably doped well before joining Sky. Hasn't exactly ridden for the nicest teams.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

https://twitter.com/albertocelani/status/324512447618768898
Sivtsov:"I'm back to help my mates after the accident.Sky is not Wiggo and Froome,any of us can win 1-2 races a year" #cycling #trentino

How many pro races are there / year?

Curious how differently it was reported on CN:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-del-trentino-2013/stage-2/results
“We showed that don’t just win races with Wiggins and Froome, we have other strong riders in the team too,” Siutsou said. “Now I can say that I’m ready to help my leader at the Giro d’Italia.”

 

[maltiv]

Santambrogio has been insane this spring. definatly clinic material to discuss

I don't think there's much to discuss, I doubt anyone thinks he's clean.

 

[The Hitch]

Now wait for the result for FW and we'll have most likely an entertaining day in this thread.

didn't you learn your lesson with all those -omg, Porte is going to win by 10 minutes predictions in Pais vasco?

 

[maltiv]

And what about Kwiatkowski? He went from being good in TT...to being great in everything. Mountains, cobbles, punchy hills, steep hills, sprints, short TTs, long TT's...is there anything this guy can't do?

His sudden improvement is certainly up there with Froome's transformation in 2011.

 

[Ferminal]

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=16865

 

[Lanark]

vetooo ‏@ammattipyoraily Team Sky domestique Kanstantin Siutsou - 6 W/kg for 36.5 minutes. Unbelievable

Pretty good. So now at Sky we have Froome, Porte, Wiggins and Siutsou performing at the maximum humanly possible, and Henao will probably soon follow. What a surprise, all in one team.

 

[TheGame]

I have no idea why Dario Cioni is there - maybe to handle any press that try to ambush Wiggins out training, coz Kerrison would clearly be incapable. But there's Wiggo, no team mates, no doctor, just his trainer, Kerrison. The reason for his success.

Press officer for Italian Media contacts, and works with the Sky Italia twitter accounts and Italian Language website. Obvious really.

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

Me did like the gearing Sivtsov had on this climb. Good to see him back, such a nice talent that guy. Ex - clean team Barloworld of course.

 

[badboygolf16v]

"Finished the antibiotics" is the new code word.

 

[King Of The Wolds]

vetooo ‏@ammattipyoraily Team Sky domestique Kanstantin Siutsou - 6 W/kg for 36.5 minutes. Unbelievable

Pretty good. So now at Sky we have Froome, Porte, Wiggins and Siutsou performing at the maximum humanly possible, and Henao will probably soon follow. What a surprise, all in one team.

Interesting. Got an SRM file for that?

Of course, Siutsou's career best performance remains his 2010 Tour effort before he got to Sky. He'd spend literally all day driving the peloton for Cav, making Knees and Eisel's efforts last year look tame in comparison, and next day he'd be right up there near the end of the big climbs. Today's effort certainly looked more humanly possible.

 

[Netserk]

Interesting. Got an SRM file for that?

Of course, Siutsou's career best performance remains his 2010 Tour effort before he got to Sky. He'd spend literally all day driving the peloton for Cav, making Knees and Eisel's efforts last year look tame in comparison, and next day he'd be right up there near the end of the big climbs. Today's effort certainly looked more humanly possible.

How about Giro '11?