Tirreno - Adriatico Stage 4, Narni -> Prati Di Tivo, 173 kms (09/03/2013)

[Publicus]

Obviously what Sky is doing must be trainable... Froome rode at a consistent high rate the entire mountain and then had enough to launch the decisive attack with 750 meters to go. What's the proper strategy/tactics to combat that? Ride at a higher average pace than they are comfortable? I'm just at a loss to figure out how the other GT riders can compete...

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Come on, be honest - does this seem right to you? Santambrogio did well today, but Sky is amazing in about 90% of races. They're just THAT much better?

I know what I think about Sky, I just don't like the double standards of some posters on here.

 

[whittashau]

Rogers was nowhere btw. That's what happens when you leave sky

Yeah, can sky fans explain this? Did he forget how to ride based on numbers since leaving sky?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

They are without question the best team in the world right now. I greatly admire their winning ways. Their team is LOADED with talented riders.

That preparation in Tenerife has paid off, it seems.

 

[trevim]

Now I'm dying to see what Sky's classics team have in store

 

[Big Doopie]

So a multiple grand tour winner just got beaten by a 41 year old. He must have cracked really hard.

but how did he win those multiple gts?

seriously, contador is given credit here for stuff that we know to have been clinical.

 

[airstream]

OH MY GOD! WHAT A DELIGHT!!! What a brilliant tactics! What a splendid strategic idea that was played perfectly! What a power, what a valor and what a composure! It is something I've never ever seen for 8 years I follow. Probalby exactly stages like this are remembered most of all, pushing back some first or childish memories. It was just something we loved the sport for.

Contador fans, I sincerely sympathyze with you, but changes always come sooner or later.

 

[will10]

I know what I think about Sky, I just don't like the double standards of some posters on here.

Santambrogio's ride today is as much an outlier as Froome's, as you well know.

 

[diggercuz]

Blah blah blah blah

Clinic.

 

[Moviefan1203]

I know what I think about Sky, I just don't like the double standards of some posters on here.

That bothers me too. Sky is always getting slammed with riders that have never tested positive (Wiggins, Froome, Porte), yet a convicted doper like Contador is a forum favorite. It makes no sense to me.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

The day is not that far away when half a dozen Sky riders will just ride away from EVERYBODY else on a summit finish

 

[rzombie1988]

I'm thinking the key to taking down Sky is either going with say about 10km out where all three sky members can't possibly keep up or waiting until the last km to leave it to a last second sprint.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

OH MY GOD! WHAT A DELIGHT!!! What a brilliant tactics! What a splendid strategic idea that was played perfectly! What a power, what a valor and what a composure! It is something I've never ever seen for 8 years I follow.

Contador fans, I sincerely sympathyze with you, but changes always come sooner or later.

Unlike you, I think most people are CYCLING fans here.

I just want to see a battle, US Postal crap all over again.

 

[Afrank]

but how did he win those multiple gts?

seriously, contador is given credit here for stuff that we know to have been clinical.

Go to the clinic if you want to discuss doping, I wasn't even thinking about doping when I made that post.

 

[RHRH19861986]

Froome now has Oman, probably Tirreno, anyone knows what´s next for him?

Might be Catalunya or Pais Vasco, Romandie and Dauphine/TdS?

 

[SafeBet]

Froomey: team was amazing, they're the reason I was fresher than the other riders in the end.

Nibbles: I hoped Contador could help me more when I attacked but he probably didn't have the legs.

 

[Publicus]

That bothers me too. Sky is always getting slammed with riders that have never tested positive (Wiggins, Froome, Porte), yet a convicted doper like Contador is a forum favorite. It makes no sense to me.

I think the thing is SKY's dominance is just not Wiggo and Froome, but their entire squad. The fitness level on the team is off the chart good. That's just not something I've seen in a good long while.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Santambrogio's ride today is as much an outlier as Froome's, as you well know.

Exactly. So where is all the outrage about his performance?

 

[brilleaben]

OH MY GOD! WHAT A DELIGHT!!! What a brilliant tactics! What a splendid strategic idea that was played perfectly! What a power, what a valor and what a composure! It is something I've never ever seen for 8 years I follow. Probalby exactly stages like this are remembered most of all, pushing back some first or childish memories. It was just something we loved the sport for.

Contador fans, I sincerely sympathyze with you, but changes always come sooner or later.

Doesn't it get confusing, to cheer for everyone who is a rival to Contador?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

OH MY GOD! WHAT A DELIGHT!!! What a brilliant tactics! What a splendid strategic idea that was played perfectly! What a power, what a valor and what a composure! It is something I've never ever seen for 8 years I follow.

Contador fans, I sincerely sympathyze with you, but changes always come sooner or later.

the tactic is Postal indeed.
Well I can think there has been quite alot of stages that has been more impressive than this, but yea, thier tactic seems to work out great

 

[Eshnar]

Guys, any further references to clinic issues will get you banned. This has gone for enough time. Now I have to delete everything...

 

[Nuash65]

All this clinic talk in the race threads is destroying this forum.

Absolutely. Needs a serious crackdown or the race threads become just innuendo and sarcastic. The whole point of the forum being the only place should be to avoid this.

 

[Miburo]

Exactly. So where is all the outrage about his performance?

3 of his teammates weren't dropping evans and purito

 

[trevim]

Froome now has Oman, probably Tirreno, anyone knows what´s next for him?

Might be Catalunya or Pais Vasco, Romandie and Dauphine and TdS?

At this point I believe anything if Sky say they're going for the win

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Froome now has Oman, probably Tirreno, anyone knows what´s next for him?

Might be Catalunya or Pais Vasco, Romandie and Dauphine/TdS?

If they control País Vasco into a tempo grinder's race, I give up.