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Haha, one can't criticize Froome's today's result. Sure, it's not a problem. Let's criticize his bike position! The man with this position will cut anyone in halves in Mont Saint Michelle TT. You will see.
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airstream said:Haha, one can't criticize Froome's today's result. Sure, it's not a problem. Let's criticize his bike position!
The Hitch said:Froome was best of the gc guys despite being the only one who has not done wind tunnel testing, and has the worst tt position.
King Boonen said:Froome has been consistently good in the time trial throughout his career though. It's hardly surprising he beat Nibali and Rodriguez, I thought Contador would be closer but he doesn't look great at the moment.
The Hitch said:Froome was best of the gc guys despite being the only one who has not done wind tunnel testing, and has the worst tt position.
Kreuziger only does well in uphill TTs. On every other course he's been crap for years now.Kokoso said:Tour de Romandie 2012.
Today it was poor showing from him.
He was okay in TTs, yes. Not great though.King Boonen said:Froome has been consistently good in the time trial throughout his career though. It's hardly surprising he beat Nibali and Rodriguez, I thought Contador would be closer but he doesn't look great at the moment.
Pippo_San said:Poor Roman, the guy who should have been the next big thing in GTs in his own words
El Pistolero said:Are you joking? I hadn't even heard of the guy before the Vuelta in 2011.
King Boonen said:Froome has been consistently good in the time trial throughout his career though. It's hardly surprising he beat Nibali and Rodriguez, I thought Contador would be closer but he doesn't look great at the moment.
notrolfsorensen said:Actually he isn't that much slower than he used to. At least not in seconds. It's just everybody else that are much faster than him in 2009 for instance.
http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=10565
wwabbit said:It was actually his best performance ever in a prologue-length TT...
El Pistolero said:Are you joking? I hadn't even heard of the guy before the Vuelta in 2011.
wwabbit said:Froome has been consistently good? Must have been the Sky Train....
Gloin22 said:Because you haven't heard about him, doesnt mean others didn't
And he was okay I'd say, nothing special but had few nice ITT results.
He even beat Wiggins in ITT at Worlds Mendrisio in 2009
King Boonen said:2nd in british nationals in 2010, 5th in commonwealth games in 2011. I'm guessing I don't need to list his 2011 and 2012 results? And those are only the obvious ones from wikipedia.
So he's been consistently good for the last 4 years, seems fair enough to me.
Pippo_San said:So Amador, ride of the day
El Pistolero said:If anything I find his time ridiculous considering he went full throttle the days before.
El Pistolero said:Yeah, one day, on a day which he was going to struggle either way anyway. Froome has been good in every stage so far and has a horrible time trial position.
El Pistolero said:Did you take a look at the field of the British Nationals in 2010?
2010 may seem recent, but GB was still bad at cycling then with the exception of Cavendish.
El Pistolero said:What makes you more tired, one day of going in the red or 3 days of going in the red?
Aerodynamics are not as important during a road race as he can hide behind the Sky train anyway. During a time trial however it is important...
Beech Mtn said:Don't let his GF hear you say that. She was raising hell on Twitter, arguing against claims that he set the record up Prati di Tivo.
Fantastic ride by Amador. I assume he's targeting Giro performances again this year?
Fabs looks a little off. Yesterday taking it out of him, I suppose. Will be interesting to see him against Thor/Boonen at Roubaix, esp after Thor looking strong yesterday.
El Pistolero said:I actually did know him before 2011, it's called a hyperbole. I knew him as someone who couldn't ride a time trial bike without endangering other people on the road.
El Pistolero said:Did you take a look at the field of the British Nationals in 2010?
2010 may seem recent, but GB was still bad at cycling then with the exception of Cavendish.
Ryo Hazuki said:he will focus on the classics, although he will work for valverde, except in flanders and msr