Well done Froome. What a ride. Never seen this from him before. What a stage. What. A. Stage.
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Nope. Don't believe that at all. Pro cycling is the same old sport it's always been. Just disgusting.
Well, that was cheeky from Carapaz and Lopez.
Shame you see it that way man. It was glorious.
I've been following the sport for too long to believe in shite like this any more.
You can change pro cycling into any sports and it still believable that way. Just enjoy it
Spare a thought for Yates though, can't imagine what he'll be feeling. He'll do well just to make it to the end do the race, poor lad.
A big lesson learned for him. Just peak at 3rd week of Grand Tour. Thats where all of it count.
Not sure where he was by the time Froome finished but could he even be in danger of failing the time limit? In any case, I don't see him starting tomorrow. It'd be completely pointless. Just go home and rest up, get healthy and fit again.
If thats the case all of the sprinter would have been cut alltogether. Second bold, like Aru did today? just feck off after not gonna make it.
Agreed, he should go home. I'd admire him if he made it to start line tomorrow though, he's taken a brutal beating today.
You've got a point there. I think it will be hard though Yates having been leading most of this race and to nosedive the way he did today. demoralisimg is not even close to describing it.
Like I say , it will be a mark of the man, if he has the courage to make it to the sign on tomorrow..
It would be utterly pointless and it would only do more harm than good. He's clearly not well physically (and mentally as well probably), why risk anything? He was on more than 30 minutes or something when Froome was on his final ascent, the final verdict could be over 40 minutes. That doesn't happen unless you're either sick or mentally checked out.
Even Sunweb's team looks defeatist on interview. No one saw that Skytrain coming today.
I think Yates should race tomorrow. No one can predict what will happen. Maybe it was just a bad one day for Yates. But yeah, seeing him almost one hour behind just pointless from that point of view.
I think Yates should race tomorrow. No one can predict what will happen. Maybe it was just a bad one day for Yates. But yeah, seeing him almost one hour behind just pointless from that point of view.
He has finally come in at around 38 minutes so he'd need a load of the best GC riders to lose over 30 minutes tomorrow. You can't predict what will happen but that is asking a bit much.
One motherfecker of a stage tomorrow to look forward to. Relentless.
Froome - and Sky - are a disgrace.
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fecking hell Froome!
That was truly epic.
Froome needs to finish it off now, then he'll hold all 3 GTs at the same time, something I thought he'd never ever do, given Sky's favouritism towards the Tour. It will truly elevate him up with the all time greats.
To do it in 3rd consecutive GTs is truly remarkable. He is by far still the strongest climber and a strong TTer too, a perfect match for a great GC rider.
I love Giro and Vuelta more than Tour. Tour nowadays too much leniant towards sprinter and puncheur. Not taking anything of sprinter but mountain is where all the excitement about GT. Rest the Froome's case aside, that stage was race of the year for me. Hard to topple that.
Landis 2.0
I like all the GTs for different reasons. The reason the tour claims to be THE GT to win is that to this day the teams bring their strongest team, though to be fair, their roster is so strong nowadays, that the . difference between their GT squads is much less pronounced.
Froome was clearly undercooked at the start of this Giro which has made all the difference. Remember his late start last season and how he was able to ride in to the Tour and maintain his form for the Vuelta? In previous seasons he was just knackered by the time he arrived in Spain. Team Sky just got smarter. It's no surprise Yates crash and burned, although I hadn't imagined it would be so dramatic. He'll be back.
I always imagined a Dumuolin-Froome showdown at the Tour, not at the Giro. Dumoulin is a truly great rider. He's got everything to win multiple GTs.
So didn't watch today.....but did Froome just do a Landis?
No, not in the slightest. Landis took out 8 mins from other GC, Froome just took out 3 mins. Bear in mind, if Dumoulin just rode in his usual pace and not waited for Reichenbach after his old lady style descent, he would be on pink or thereabout with just seconds between him and Froome.
In other words, Dumoulin can keep up but due to poor decision, he lose 40 secs. Its not like Froome rode a superhuman ride, its just a better calculated, a crazy one infact.
Sometimes i get fed up by this ignorance, if you had Contador rode like Froome today, you will see chapeu and what a pannace comments or something like that. Maybe it just people hate his calculated style and his dominance over the years.
Yes, i want to see that too. Tour has less mountain so it suit Dumoulin perfectly. How he is able to transform his style is really remarkable.
It's true, his calculated style and his exclusive focus on the Tour always bothered me. Now he's favourite to win the last missing GT and doing it with an incredible attack, I'm actually warming to him more, despite all the doping stuff. This is what I want to see!
Yeah, his style not easy to watch for some i must admit but there's beauty on it. No one can do such a high cadence on mountain like him. This Giro prove he can do an attack like others not just his usual tactic.
I like Froome, I like Contador, I loved Landis' relentless attack too....
I feel Froome had to win this Giro though, with everything surrounding him, winning it was his best defence really for me. Because he's crushed the last two, so if he was riding those "clean", he should be winning this as Dumoulin is still for me...a bit behind. Hopefully they both head up Le Tour though, no reason not too really, both will have this in their legs too and should still be the favourites.
I feel Froome had to win this Giro though, with everything surrounding him, winning it was his best defence really for me. Because he's crushed the last two, so if he was riding those "clean", he should be winning this as Dumoulin is still for me...a bit behind. Hopefully they both head up Le Tour though, no reason not too really, both will have this in their legs too and should still be the favourites.
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Maybe just a tiny little bit.
Stage looks great today as well. Warming up on the first 126.6 km, and then, bang, three tough climbs in the last 88 km.
A question about last stage as well. Lets say, Dumoulin gets within 10 seconds after today, will there be a race from him tomorrow?
Here we go, first climb.
Technically, the race is still on untill tomorrow but there is this unwritten rule that you dont attack on ceremonial stage aka last stage. So, if Dumoulin wants to win, he must win it today.
Yeah, that's why I asked. The rule is silly to me, but what do I know. I get it if the difference was for instance, like today's, 40 seconds. But if it drops to, dunno, 5-10, I'd really like to see them trying to win in the last stage.