Team Ineos (Formerly the Sky thread)

[burning]

ok just take it to the clinic. . .

lol my bad wrong thread

lol indeed

 

[Franklin]

What;'s happening now?

Froome closes almost instantly and then blasts straight past Contador and Nibali with 700 metres to go.

That's what happening..

 

[Parrulo]

why explosion?

weak field, every1 else miss peaked

 

[infeXio]

Joke of the century watching the guy who usually lost about an hour in a mountain stage suddenly blowing everyone away.

 

[Ferminal]

Barely cracked 1600m/hr, nothing to see here.

Funny thing is the guy people consider to be the biggest doper in history was comparatively crap outside his three week target. This is a game changer...

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

Well, I for one give up...

 

[JimmyFingers]

what was the time gap?

 

[the sceptic]

Joke of the century watching the guy who usually lost about an hour in a mountain stage suddenly blowing everyone away.

Everyone else lost power obviously. This Froome is the same Froome that used to barely get up hills a couple of years ago

 

[Unkown]

I just don't understand how Cataldo is dropping guys like Evans, J-rod, ect riding tempo. Makes me sick.

 

[thehog]

Everyone had a headwind except Sky.

So it's normal.

Could someone call Hein and get these guys into the UCI for a chat?

 

[blackcat]

Anyone in here thinking that the Sky doctors might get the Nobel Prize for Chemistry

chemists or genetic researchers surely

and the nobel prize for biochemistry goes to.... Sir David Brailsford.

 

[Ferminal]

This shouldn't be just Sky though... Kwiatkowski, Horner and Santambrogio are no different.

 

[Franklin]

what was the time gap?

He went from behind to 11 seconds in one blast.

Froome is on a different planet here, it seems. He opens a gap and he won't be brought back.

And that's not the clinic saying he's E.T.

But hey.... nothing to see here

 

[infeXio]

Everyone else lost power obviously. This Froome is the same Froome that used to barely get up hills a couple of years ago

True true.

Froome's got enough dope in him to supply a pharmacy

 

[thehog]

He went from behind to 11 seconds in one blast.



And that's not the clinic saying he's E.T.

But hey.... nothing to see here

Even Rogers has lost his magical 450w

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Everyone had a headwind except Sky.

So it's normal.

Could someone call Hein and get these guys into the UCI for a chat?

How does that work, the Sky riders' power output was such that it forced a headwind onto those behind?

 

[Parrot23]

Fantastic to FINALLY see a clean Bertie riding today in Tirreno. Also, Evans impressive in that regard. Great job.

Old man Horner today at 41: greatest clean performance in cycling history. You heard it here. Powered by Snickers.

Guaranteed.

(Methinks riders generally lose about 1% a year of FTP after age 30--on average, in a big sample).

 

[blackcat]

How does that work, the Sky riders' power output was such that it forced a headwind onto those behind?

euphemism/metaphor.

 

[thehog]

Two Sky trains in two separate races smash the field.

Wow!

That's better than Festina.

Let the good times roll!

 

[Franklin]

Two Sky trains in two separate races smash the field.

Wow!

That's better than Festina.

Let the good times roll!

Yeah I have been watching both tickers... it's a bit much really.

 

[Baltazar]

How I felt watching today's stage:

 

[JimmyFingers]

He went from behind to 11 seconds in one blast.



And that's not the clinic saying he's E.T.

But hey.... nothing to see here

11 seconds on a MTF? So not 3 minutes in the last k. I watched it: Contador's attacked slowed, he attacked from the group a few yards behind, sling-shotted past the slowing group and maintained that over the last 500 metres. Well-timed....

Actually there's little point saying all that. But he didn't go from very far out, and he didn't put much time into everyone else. But carry on with the frothing at the mouth

 

[will10]

I just wish the other teams would train. They make it so easy for Sky by not training.

 

[thehog]

Yeah I have been watching both tickers... it's a bit much really.

Good seeing Uran doing all the work and then coming in a few seconds behind!

Sky could field two teams in the Tour!

 

[thehog]

I just wish the other teams would train. They make it so easy for Sky by not training.

They should start warming down. Isn't it obvious?