red_flanders said:However, their explanations for Froome's withdrawals fall flat. For example, he's out with a stomach virus and then comes back 3 days later killing the field. He's either killing the field with a stomach virus still in his system, making it more shocking, or they're lying about the stomach virus.
Or your making up the stomach virus, mild chest infection for LBL and bad back for Tirreno.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/10791833/Chris-Froome-targets-Tour-of-Romandy-after-withdrawing-from-Liege-Bastogne-Liege.html