Team Ineos (Formerly the Sky thread)

[bianchigirl]

Oh I'm a believer - and all those silly dopers need to stop it immediately! Can't they see that one of the most dominant teams ever is clean and showing them the way to do it?

What an absolute farce sky are making of the sport

 

[zalacain]

Oh my Goodness they didn't win Gand Wevelgem
Eastern European docs prove superior.

 

[Franklin]

Until the point where he joined Sky.

Meh nonsense. Porte was a huge talent as is shown by his results. Don't let your annoyance about this farce cloud your judgement. Porte never was average.

 

[xrayvision]

Absolutely ridiculous its almost sickening, and the fat moron in UCI praise this SKY team. Im so close to switch of the telly, its so predictable and yet again nothing gets done, welcome to new Lance period.

Its just a matter of time before we see the same organized doping on every team, revolutionary training methods my azz, cleaner sport my azz.

 

[zalacain]

What an absolute farce sky are making of the sport

It is all becoming so predictable

Think I'll start watching Pelota

 

[thehog]

Meh nonsense. Porte was a huge talent as is shown by his results. Don't let your annoyance about this farce cloud your judgement. Porte never was average.

Richie Borg was solid. But never this good. Hs gained 30watts over winter.

His attacks are scary.

He's like Indurain.

1996 just called and wants its EPO back.

 

[Lanark]

Until the point where he joined Sky.

He wasn't. He was a good to great time trialist and a slightly above average climber. Now he is a great time trialist and great climber. He's a joke, but he wasn't mediocre before Sky.

 

[Der Effe]

Richie Borg was solid. But never this good. Hs gained 30watts over winter.

His attacks are scary.

He's like Indurain.

1996 just called and wants its EPO back.

This was my point, indeed. Mediocre might not have been the best choice of words but Porte doing this is just ridiculous.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Wiggins not under the same regime, today at least.

 

[The Hitch]

Meh nonsense. Porte was a huge talent as is shown by his results. Don't let your annoyance about this farce cloud your judgement. Porte never was average.

He was a very good tter but certainly a mediocre climber.

 

[maltiv]

At what point was Porte a mediocre cyclist?

He wasn't even a professional bike rider at 23 years of age.

You have athletes who have trained hard and competed since they were 8. Then there's Porte who started riding when he was 20. And he's crushing them all with his mouth closed...It just shouldn't be possible.

2 years ago he couldn't even stay with a large peloton to give Contador water bottles on mountain stages.

 

[Cavendash]

So Froome is the new Lance. Just riding away from everybody. Thats was hillarious to watch.

To be fair Lance used to ride away from the cream of the crop in the ultimate race, Froome rode away from pretty much a bunch of nobodies, once, in a **** race.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It is all becoming so predictable

Think I'll start watching Pelota

You say that, but Aimar Olaizola wins pretty much everything in that.

 

[Franklin]

He was a very good tter but certainly a mediocre climber.

Really? He's been pro for three years. If we scratch 2011 he has been pretty good indeed. A debut of 7th in the Giro* and Super domestique in 2012, all padded with pretty solid wins.

He was a very good TTer and a pretty good climber. And yes, now he's gone above very good climber

* Yes, he got a lot of free minutes, but even then he did manage to hang on.

 

[Ferminal]

He wasn't even a professional bike rider at 23 years of age.

Wouldn't that make him a developing cyclist?

 

[Lanark]

To be fair Lance used to ride away from the cream of the crop in the ultimate race, Froome rode away from pretty much a bunch of nobodies, once, in a **** race.

Yeah, at least Armstrong was kind enough to only make a joke of the Tour de France. Sky makes a mockery of the entire season.

 

[zalacain]

You say that, but Aimar Olaizola wins pretty much everything in that.

Not since he retired

 

[The Hitch]

* Yes, he got a lot of free minutes, but even then he did manage to hang on.

He lost 17 minutes over 3 stages and a time trial.

 

[xrayvision]

He wasn't even a professional bike rider at 23 years of age.

You have athletes who have trained hard and competed since they were 8. Then there's Porte who started riding when he was 20. And he's crushing them all with his mouth closed...It just shouldn't be possible.

2 years ago he couldn't even stay with a large peloton to give Contador water bottles on mountain stages.

There are many commonalities between Porte and Lance Armstrong, both started as triathletes, superior lung capacity, average cyclists and history will tell us the rest, all in good time.

 

[MartinGT]

What a complete farce. Porte suddenly decides he wants to catch the Dawg up and starts smashing and dropping people.

Haha, pure class, its a complete and utter joke.

 

[the asian]

Richie Porte continuing the fine tradition of Triathletes becoming GC contenders.

 

[Marco Pantani]

David Walsh ‏@DavidWalshST 12m

Impressive ride by Froome and Porte in Criterium International. Sky's tactics excellent, and though Froome won today, Porte is GT contender.

Who's he write for?

Thanks for that that one, Walsh got epic.
I wonder if it's him tweeting that, or if it's actually a mur dog.

 

[The Hitch]

There are many commonalities between Porte and Lance Armstrong, both started as triathletes, superior lung capacity, average cyclists and history will tell us the rest, all in good time.

Both trained way harder than everyone else. Even though they actually dont know how hard everyone else trains they know they themselves must train harder because everyone else is lazy and doesnt want to win.

 

[workingclasshero]

Quote from Brit commentator "Sky have got the formula"

if only he knew how right he is

Hahahahhahahha.

It is sooooooo obvious.

Tip to Sky: do not overdo it....

true

that was just silly to watch

 

[Ferminal]

By the way, Sky didn't win the teams classification for Crit Int