LOL, I can accuse 20% of posters of trolling using your criterion. THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY NEUTRAL COMPARISON. And your warning is an obvious abuse of authority. Get a bit of healthy realism, man.Netserk said:I warn you as a mod not to bait LaFlo with discussing Contador in a Wiggo thread.
What is it with you and Contador? I was just in the Sagan thread and you had to reference Contador there and here you are again.airstream said:LOL, I can accuse 20% of posters of trolling using your criterion. THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY NEUTRAL COMPARISON. And your warning is an obvious abuse of authority. Get a bit of healthy realism, man.
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Yes, I distinctly expressed my opinion. The forum doesn't need another mass extravagancy. Wiggins, Cataldo - Rodriguez, Valverde; Сontador - Rodriguez, Valverde. The thought is clear.Angliru said:What is it with you and Contador? I was just in the Sagan thread and you had to reference Contador there and here you are again.
What a ridicolous comment , mod or not.Netserk said:I warn you as a mod not to bait LaFlo with discussing Contador in a Wiggo thread.
Perhaps he was isolated but that's pretty normal at parcours like this Voltapostmanhat said:Just started watching the recording of today's stage and the commentators mentioned wiggin's criticising his team yesterday? Anyone know what was said?
I didn't hear it but it was probably Kirby exaggerating because Wiggins briefly got a gap on Cataldo and Lopez on the descent and waved to them to catch up. There was nothing in it at all really and Porte called him (Kirby) out for it on twitter.postmanhat said:Just started watching the recording of today's stage and the commentators mentioned wiggin's criticising his team yesterday? Anyone know what was said?
Was it Kirby who was commentating on Oman and made out Froome and Contador had a big altercation when they were clearly leaning their heads together to talk.JRanton said:I didn't hear it but it was probably Kirby exaggerating because Wiggins briefly got a gap on Cataldo and Lopez on the descent and waved to them to catch up. There was nothing in it at all really and Porte called him (Kirby) out for it on twitter.
Cheers. Thought it was a bit odd as they'd had a good day. A time-filler comment I suppose, during the extended coverage of people crossing road near the finish lineJRanton said:I didn't hear it but it was probably Kirby exaggerating because Wiggins briefly got a gap on Cataldo and Lopez on the descent and waved to them to catch up. There was nothing in it at all really and Porte called him (Kirby) out for it on twitter.
I think his team looks a bit weak in this configuration compared to the A team last year. Wiggins seems at a similar level as last year.JRanton said:So then, what do we make of his performance today?
I'd say it wasn't awful, losing 26 seconds to Purito and Quintana, but given how confident the Sky DS's sounded about his chances it must be viewed as pretty disappointing.
It's difficult to know where his form is in relation to last year considering that there wasn't a stage in PN or Romandie for that matter that came anywhere close to today's 4800m of climbing.
Only six weeks to go until the Giro starts. He has work to do.
No, not really a awful individual performance for Wiggins. Certainly not a good performance, but not really bad either.JRanton said:So then, what do we make of his performance today?
I'd say it wasn't awful, losing 26 seconds to Purito and Quintana, but given how confident the Sky DS's sounded about his chances it must be viewed as pretty disappointing.
It's difficult to know where his form is in relation to last year considering that there wasn't a stage in PN or Romandie for that matter that came anywhere close to today's 4800m of climbing.
Only six weeks to go until the Giro starts. He has work to do.
Add Henao and Kiryienka and it looks a lot better. Uran is pretty unreliable, but the other two are likely to be there when he needs them. No doubt he wishes he had the old gang: Froome, Porte and Rogers.Dazed and Confused said:I think his team looks a bit weak in this configuration compared to the A team last year. Wiggins seems at a similar level as last year.
Nibali and Astana are more than good enough to ensure there's a real race. The third week is also incredibly difficult so the ability to recover in comparison to your rivals will be absolutely critical.Afrank said:No, not really a awful individual performance for Wiggins. Certainly not a good performance, but not really bad either.
However it was an awful performance for the Sky team and their train IMO. Their control everything and neutralize all attacks didn't really work this time.If only Purito and Quintana were going to the Giro. Then we would have a real race.
Henao and Kiryienka will add significant quality I think. Still the parcours in the Giro is tough to control with a train stage after stage. Sky may need to be a bit smart and flexible with the tactics.JRanton said:Add Henao and Kiryienka and it looks a lot better. Uran is pretty unreliable, but the other two are likely to be there when he needs them. No doubt he wishes he had the old gang: Froome, Porte and Rogers.
Wiggins style of racing simply needs a counter weight. Without that weight (as in the Tour last year) an entire race could be dull for neutral fans. Impressive sure, but pretty undramatic.webvan said:Yeah, not a very good team, other than Uran there's not a lot of talent there, this won't be the case at the Giro and if he climbs like this, people are going to be moaning that it's boring, that we knew the result before the race started, etc...but cycling does have its mysteries sometimes.