Why Team Sky will dominate cycling till 2018

[diegotelmo]

Tiago Machado will win every race in 2014

 

[IndianCyclist]

The domination is limited to early season week long races & TDF.
Cobbles- zilch
Hills - nyet
Sprints- rare
Giro - Podium
Vuelta- Zero
WC-passing
Other teams are going to catch upto them by 2015. In 2016 most of the team may concentrate on Rio.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Oh My God

I wish he could explain more.

 

[del1962]

This soUnds dangeroUs to me. I've been told many times that yoU shoUldn't listen to mUsic while riding becaUse yoU will not hear the cars as well. I'd think that Britain woUld be extremely Upset if Froome were hit by a car dUring the ToUr and had to abandon. I bet that's what happened to Hoogerland in the ToUr a coUple of years ago. I bet Eye of the Tiger was blaring in his ear, and he failed to note the car coming aroUnd him, and that's why he was thrown into the fence.

Now, other noises might be better, bUt the rock and roll is a bad idea. Maybe they need to Use dolphin or whale noises? Or wind blowing throUgh the trees? Or rain on a tin roof? BUt the rock and roll is dangeroUs.

I'm betting they also Use ferns in their work-oUt space too.

Had Hoogerland been listening to British Rock like the Jam rather than sub-standerd American Rock perhaps he could have avoided his crash.

 

[rhubroma]

I am a massive Team Sky fan but they do not dominate the World Tour.

They dominate 1 GT and the 5 stage races leading up to it.

They do nothing in the other 2 GT's, classics, one day races etc.

To me this is not domination.

Hip, hip, hooray!!! (also hippity hip hooray)

 

[thehog]

Tiago Machado will win every race in 2014

That he will. He once hung onto Contador's wheel in an early season race.

 

[ChewbaccaD]

Had Hoogerland been listening to British Rock like the Jam rather than sub-standerd American Rock perhaps he could have avoided his crash.

You mean the genre we invented? If he'd been listening to The Spice Girls, or maybe Coldplay, he'd have wanted to put a bullet in his head. Or even worse, the Rolling Stones or Beatles. Too bad you can't produce more Stone Roses.

 

[biopass]

Ok, So why don't you start us off talking about science. And sorry, the jesey thing doesn't count as all teams have jerseys for different conditions. Sky just feels the need to tell everybody about it so the gullible will think that is a reason for their sucess.

Which is running out now in my opinion.

Crossfit Endurance and HIIT.

 

[JRanton]

They aren't even dominating cycling in 2013. No longer the world's best team according to either the World Tour ranking or CQ Ranking.

The dominance was very short-lived.

 

[Gloin22]

They are likely to bounce up. This was always going be a strange year with Wiggins - Froome drama, doping sorting out from last year and personell leaving etc..

 

[JRanton]

They are likely to bounce up. This was always going be a strange year with Wiggins - Froome drama, doping sorting out from last year and personell leaving etc..

I'm not sure. Uran's gone, Froome and Porte are going to struggle to improve on this year's results, Wiggins is as good as retired and EBH continues to disappoint.

Maybe Thomas can get some decent results in the classics if he stops crashing and maybe some of their young climbing talent will have breakout seasons. Maybe.

 

[Gloin22]

Surely EBH will improve from this season performance. Henao too.

Porte can easily improve by winning Giro, this single win ---> all 2013 results.

And I think Sky really understood how they did wrong, with overtraining etc. Or at least you hope they can see that

 

[WonderLance]

They aren't even dominating cycling in 2013. No longer the world's best team according to either the World Tour ranking or CQ Ranking.

The dominance was very short-lived.

They dominated the races that are worth winning... who cares what happens in August, not me and not anyone else.

 

[WonderLance]

Surely EBH will improve from this season performance. Henao too.

Porte can easily improve by winning Giro, this single win ---> all 2013 results.

And I think Sky really understood how they did wrong, with overtraining etc. Or at least you hope they can see that

EBH should know his place, he is a soild domestique on slow flat stages. Even with the best rider in history leading him out last year he could win a TDF stage. Sky has shown that this is the be he can do. But you are right sky will tweek their already awesome scientific training methods and come out stronger than ever next yeat.

 

[Pricey_sky]

I'm not sure. Uran's gone, Froome and Porte are going to struggle to improve on this year's results, Wiggins is as good as retired and EBH continues to disappoint.

Maybe Thomas can get some decent results in the classics if he stops crashing and maybe some of their young climbing talent will have breakout seasons. Maybe.

Thing is Froome was so far ahead of the opposition in this year's Tour its hard to see past him for next year too. Not too sure if Porte can win the Giro but he certainly showed he has the climbing legs to challenge. Thomas as you say could hopefully stay upright in the classics and perhaps get a couple of top 10's. They will no doubt be strong in all the pre Giro and Tour stage races too.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Kennaugh progresses. His work on the descent of Pailheres and the lower slopes of Ax-3 (where he blew apart 75% of the bunch) was top notch and it was a shame that Hesjedal pushed him off the side of the mountain the following stage which meant he rode the final two weeks of the Tour very sore. Edmondson will also have a much bigger role next year and has impressed me over the last couple of months.

 

[oldcrank]

They dominated the races that are worth winning...

Because Team SKY declared at their launch that a
win in the Tour within five years was their goal, one
might assume they built their team as a Grand Tour
oriented team first and foremost.

If we look at podium places in the Giro/Tour/Vuelta
over the last three seasons (2011/2012/2013) it
appears Team SKY has twice as many podium places
as any other team in that time, with twice as many
wins as any other team as well.

Over the last three seasons, Katusha is the only other
team to have at least one podium in each of the three
Grand Tours, but sadly they have no wins to show for it.

It can be argued whether six podium places and two
Grand Tour wins in three years is dominating or not,
but it can not be argued that SKY have been twice as
successful as any other team at achieving Grand Tour
wins and podium places in the last three years.

 

[Cimber]

The main reason that they will continue to dominate is economical reasons. They got a huge budget while most other teams struggle in these harsh financial times.

Oh and I agree witht he OP that science is a factor too. I am just thinking science that is better discussed the another forum.

 

[WonderLance]

It can be argued whether six podium places and two
Grand Tour wins in three years is dominating or not,
but it can not be argued that SKY have been twice as
successful as any other team at achieving Grand Tour
wins and podium places in the last three years.

I think you have misstyped here because I think that there is a very strong argument for Skye being twice as good as any other team in history let alone the rubbish teams riding these days with their old school non scientific training because i think skye really have pushed the boundries of what is possable and and are getting the absolue best from their riders. No other teams are able to do what sky is doing.

 

[WonderLance]

Thing is Froome was so far ahead of the opposition in this year's Tour its hard to see past him for next year too. Not too sure if Porte can win the Giro but he certainly showed he has the climbing legs to challenge.

frooome will dominate the tour for at least the next decade, we have seen now that becasue of the level playing feild of modern cycling riders can compete for longer and longer well into their forties. He truley is an awesome tallent. only sky could recoginse this kind of tallent and train up such an awesome rider.

Hve you ever seen someone attack seated at 150rpm!?? It was like watching ballet crossed with poetry and keira knightley,

 

[theyoungest]

They are likely to bounce up. This was always going be a strange year with Wiggins - Froome drama, doping sorting out from last year and personell leaving etc..

Yeah, because the rest of the cycling world haven't had any problems whatsoever... in fact, you could say that Sky was one of the least affected teams.

And I think Sky really understood how they did wrong, with overtraining etc. Or at least you hope they can see that

This has been the Sky way since 2011, and it has brought them a lot of success. I doubt they'll change anything, they don't care about post-July anyway.

 

[Flamin]

frooome will dominate the tour for at least the next decade, we have seen now that becasue of the level playing feild of modern cycling riders can compete for longer and longer well into their forties. He truley is an awesome tallent. only sky could recoginse this kind of tallent and train up such an awesome rider.

Hve you ever seen someone attack seated at 150rpm!?? It was like watching ballet crossed with poetry and keira knightley,

Same was said about Contador and Schleck after 2010 Tour. We know how that went.

 

[Netserk]

Same was said about Contador and Schleck after 2010 Tour. We know how that went.

Puh-lease. Contador never had SCIENCE!

 

[Flamin]

Puh-lease. Contador never had SCIENCE!

He has talent though

 

[LaFlorecita]

He has talent though

 

[doperhopper]

Puh-lease. Contador never had SCIENCE!

not even BADZILLA