Looked like the perfect lead out. If he avoids crashes he should win a few more. Perhaps make it to #2 on the all time stage win list? Hopefully none of the GC guys were involved.
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Looked like the perfect lead out. If he avoids crashes he should win a few more. Perhaps make it to #2 on the all time stage win list? Hopefully none of the GC guys were involved.
Great sprint from Cavendish.
Phill Ligget special. "You don't stop the missile when he's fired this close to the line."
Phill Ligget special. "You don't stop the missile when he's fired this close to the line."
Didn't watch today, but nothing out of the ordinary happened. Expect more of the same tomorrow but the two days after that will be worth watching.
Cavendish took quite a tumble about 30k out but it wasn't shown. He had to really fight to get back in. I think that crippled his chances today.
feck I wish the SBS site would stop spoilering the races.
There is this tiny fecking 'video' button in the middle of all these articles "XXX HAS WON THIS STAGE, THIS HAPPENED, DONT MISS THE ACTION, SEE THIS IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEOS'..
feck I just want to watch the extended highlights without seeing the fecking result.. cnuts.
There is this tiny fecking 'video' button in the middle of all these articles "XXX HAS WON THIS STAGE, THIS HAPPENED, DONT MISS THE ACTION, SEE THIS IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEOS'..
feck I just want to watch the extended highlights without seeing the fecking result.. cnuts.
Brilliant from Froome. I can't really see how he loses it from now bar an accident or something.
The first big climb, the biggest of the tour and you might as well hand over the yellow to Froome. Special mention for Quintana, was brilliant on the 2nd last climb and he could be a future tour winner.
Complete domination by team sky and him. Almost 2 minutes on Contador, 3 and a half minutes on Schleck and more than 4 minutes on Evans. 4 more climbs tomorrow, it could be a 5 minute gap by tomorrow.
Team sky are so good, I am starting to suspect some kind of foul play...
Complete domination by team sky and him. Almost 2 minutes on Contador, 3 and a half minutes on Schleck and more than 4 minutes on Evans. 4 more climbs tomorrow, it could be a 5 minute gap by tomorrow.
Team sky are so good, I am starting to suspect some kind of foul play...
Froome blows them out of the water. I can't see him losing it from here now, particularly with such a strong team around him as well.
The other yellow jersey hopefulls will really have to come out and attack now to try and break them if they want any chance.
The other yellow jersey hopefulls will really have to come out and attack now to try and break them if they want any chance.
Van Garderen just came in....12 minutes behind
Hopefully. Even if the attacks are unsuccessful it will be great viewing
Hopefully. Even if the attacks are unsuccessful it will be great viewing
True, it should add plenty of excitement, though at the moment it doesn't look like they will be able to break him. But then one poor day and everything can change
Hopefully Saxo, Katusha and Movistar work together. Only chance they have...
Well that was that.
Sky are the new US Postal. They're doing some stellar doping work behind the scenes.
All of the teams are using doping, but it certainly looks like Sky have discovered the winning formula.
Ridiculous how Porte could break the pelaton like that and then come second anyway.
Sky are the new US Postal. They're doing some stellar doping work behind the scenes.
All of the teams are using doping, but it certainly looks like Sky have discovered the winning formula.
Ridiculous how Porte could break the pelaton like that and then come second anyway.
It just seems wrong. Froome ok.. But Porte made me go wtf? Hopefully Quintana doesn't attack too early next time.. He seems explosive.
The Tour de France and specially cycling at this level is just impossible to enjoy for me anymore, what Froome did was ridiculous, it's unfair to accuse without evidence (innocent till proven guilty and all that) but a lot of people and myself included cannot help from being skeptical.
The only "true" element about the TDF is the beautiful landscapes of France's mountains etc etc ...
The only "true" element about the TDF is the beautiful landscapes of France's mountains etc etc ...
Looking back, I think Froome could have done that last year too.
It's not just Froome in particular that arouses suspicion I think, it's the whole team. They are not just better than the other teams but they are miles better.
Porte.. Does all the work.. Then blows the rest of them away. That scared me.. Just seems nearly impossible
I don't think that I even saw Quintana struggling. These guys were just too quick for him and everyone else. I mean we had guys like Contador and Evans, whose teams did not do any pacemaking at all, dropped like sprinters on the final climb while this Porte guy after doing all the work in catching Quintana then finishes a comfortable second. I wanted to appreciate such a show of super human strength, but this past decade has taught me better.
That race has become a farce IMO. Pity as I used to love watching it but now have no feelings for it anymore.
That is what gets me. Sky leave their tour winner at home, the next guy blows everyone out of the water and so does his lieutenant who broke the favourites for his captain. Both of who were nowhere two years ago.
US Postal transformations all over again.
You know the sport has issues when instead of discussing an amazing ride, all the chat is about whether the team are cheats or not
Froome getting all the credit for Richie Porte's absolutely fecking amazing ride, but well done to Froome anyway.
Froome's improvement might be explained by his recovery from bilharzia.
Took a look at the cycling forums.. All of them full of doping talk. Apparently, (unsure if true) Froome went up the mountain faster than all the doped up riders of the past..
I did find it funny yesterday that every time the camera's crossed to contador, the commentator would go on about how he doesn't look at all as comfortable as he did a few years ago when he tore people apart going up the hill. All I could think every time was well der, he was drugged up then
To be fair, If Froome was going up the mountain faster than a drugged up Armstrong, Ulrich and Contador...no further proof needed.
And Porte's likewise.
But actually, it's a little thing Sky likes to call "sports science" that no one else is using. Weighted handles and year round training is the secret formula.
Of course Froome is doped up, which makes you wonder the validity of Wiggins's victory last year. Sports science or not, it just defies logic that he can climb faster than doped up Armstrong, Contador or Ullrich.
this is what doping incidents do. all achievements will be seen through diluted specs now on.
Wiggins went from finishing 39 minutes behind in 2010 to winning last year. I am no expert but is that possible through training alone?
The year before didn't he have a crash and was badly affected by that when the peleton split? I could be thinking of a different year though.
Not sure but to be fair to Wiggins he finished 4th overall in 2009 so maybe 2011 was just a bad year for him
I don't think it is possible unless he put in a superhuman effort.
Not if they are credible. Evans and wiggins, though I doubt he was clean, were rather more human achievements. If they were doped they are far more likely to get away with it. Froome, like Riis and Armstrong, has gone full retard and pushing his doped up body to its superhuman limit. And porte is following suit.
Never go full retard.
Porte working very hard to get back to the yellow jersey group.
Movistar doing a brilliant job on keeping Froome in check. They know that they can force him to make an effort anytime they wish, and that is the last thing he wants to do when there is still 60 kms to go.
They just can't shake off Froome, can they? Quintana should have attacked right at the start of the last climb imo
I think this may answer your question:
Froome had no teammates around him for over 60-70 kms so, how could he gain the energy through drinks, food and other stuff?
So, we know that he was riding at a relatively high intensity since the movistar team were controlling the peloton and he had very little opportunity to take in energy.
Again, Froome was all on his own, no teammates around him, no-one to give him his energy drinks, water or energy bars. He still had another 4 category 1 hill climbs to do and movistar were still controlling the pace of the peloton. So, can you explain to me how on earth Froome managed to climb at least 4 summits on his own with no energy drinks or food whatsoever and still lost by a handful of seconds. This is not normal since he would have "hit the wall", a long way before the end, just like his teammate Ritchie Porte did earlier on in todays stage.
I don' think you are entirely accurate Proud_Lyon. I saw the Sky car near the peloton so Froome certainly did get the food and the drinks. And although Movistar rode at a high intensity Froome himself was never at the front and thus saving plenty of energy which allowed him to prevent repeated attacking attempts by Quintana