Spine Concept said:I think he was being sarcastic. Might be wrong though.
I know he was being sarcastic, just not sure what he was trying to be sarcastic for in the first place
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Spine Concept said:I think he was being sarcastic. Might be wrong though.
hrotha said:To be honest I'm not completely sure myself.
Me, bringing up Clinic stuff in the road racing forum? Perish the thought!El Pistolero said:Sounded like clinic stuff
News flash for TonyBavarianrider said:To sum it up.
He says that after the altitude training, his engine is still abit rusty. He thinks he'll need some hard miles to get it run smoothly gain. He expects a tough mountain finish tomorrow. His main goal is the TT.
Dekker_Tifosi said:News flash for Tony
EVERYBODY, and I really mean everybody, with GC aspirations in the Tour just came back from altitude training.
Evans, Van den Broeck, Sanchez, Gesink, you name em, they all just returned from 2300+m and beyond. ...
So uhm, if they did the same and are ahead in a discipline that is really tony's, then i worry
Dekker_Tifosi said:News flash for Tony
EVERYBODY, and I really mean everybody, with GC aspirations in the Tour just came back from altitude training.
Evans, Van den Broeck, Sanchez, Gesink, you name em, they all just returned from 2300+m and beyond. ...
So uhm, if they did the same and are ahead in a discipline that is really tony's, then i worry
Bavarianrider said:Tony is not interested and saves energy for the TT. Quiet obvious. He'll test his legs on Wednesday and he'll go either for the Saturday or Sunday stage. No need to worry. Tony just changed his gameplan. Nothing to be worried of.
But as a man of honor, i admit that my Top 5 prediction was wrong. So you guys can start thinking about a new avatar for me
Dekker_Tifosi said:News flash for Tony
EVERYBODY, and I really mean everybody, with GC aspirations in the Tour just came back from altitude training.
Evans, Van den Broeck, Sanchez, Gesink, you name em, they all just returned from 2300+m and beyond. ...
So uhm, if they did the same and are ahead in a discipline that is really tony's, then i worry
Parrulo said:was our avatar bet for the dauphine or the tour? i think the tour lol
also he couldn't even keep up with samu and gesink who were both soft pedalling and enjoying the show. so lol if you still think he can climb
Bavarianrider said:Both Dauphine Top 5, Tour Top 10
So you can change my avatar after the Dauphine and i have a shot to win it abck at the Tour
How do you know Tony wASN#T SOFTPEDALING TOOß
Parrulo said:for some1 who can top 10 a GT, according to you ofc, even if he were soft pedalling he wouldn't lose that much time. just look at samu and gesink . . . .
but ofc next weekend will confirm that.
If he's truly targeting the Tour GC, he'd better get a proper test in the mountains.Bavarianrider said:Tony is not interested and saves energy for the TT. Quiet obvious. He'll test his legs on Wednesday and he'll go either for the Saturday or Sunday stage. No need to worry. Tony just changed his gameplan. Nothing to be worried of.
But as a man of honor, i admit that my Top 5 prediction was wrong. So you guys can start thinking about a new avatar for me
hrotha said:If he's truly targeting the Tour GC, he'd better get a proper test in the mountains.
Do you mean "for the weekend plus 20 minutes"?Bavarianrider said:Just wait for the weekend.
El Pistolero said:3000m and beyond for VDB. He always trains at the Sierra Nevada. Where does Gesink train for altitude?
Flamin said:Same. Like many guys.