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Vocal Minority
2,093 posts
21 months
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Well that must be that for Evans. No way back surely? 90 secs or so lost?
Froomey up to second anyway
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Yiliterate
1,440 posts
75 months
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samwilliams said: That looked like a bit of a message from Froome to the Sky management.
(maybe!) My thoughts exactly... ...might just go and have a few quid on him winning the GC in the next 3 years or so!
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Killer2005
15,383 posts
97 months
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British 1,2
Can't believe it
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Killer2005
15,383 posts
97 months
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British 1,2
Can't believe it
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central
15,957 posts
86 months
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Tour overall after st11: 1. Wiggins; 2. Froome +2'05; 3. Nibali +2'23"; 4. Evans +3'19"; 5. Van den Broeck +4'48"; 6. Zubeldia +6'15"
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Johnny
4,469 posts
153 months
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Top work from the Sky boys! What a great stage 
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paulrockliffe
2,678 posts
96 months
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Yiliterate said: samwilliams said: That looked like a bit of a message from Froome to the Sky management.
(maybe!) My thoughts exactly... ...might just go and have a few quid on him winning the GC in the next 3 years or so! I'm not sure it was, more likely a message to the likes of Nibali to knock it on the head. Sky know he can climb as well as Brad - see last years Vuelta - but they (and Froome) also know that there's a long TT left where Brad will take more time out of Froome and that there's no way Froome is going to close the gap to Wiggins in the hills anyway. Whether Froome was supposed to be dishing it out I'm not so sure, but I don't think it was about his place in the team. Interesting anyway.
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Gizmoish
15,505 posts
78 months
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I'd say he went and didn't realise that Wiggo was looking the other way at the time.
Agreed on the good bet for a Tour though.
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Vocal Minority
2,093 posts
21 months
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The question is, would a professional cyclist 'send a message' in such a fashion?
Pro cyclists know they are paid professionals and know how the game is played. They know they are there to do a job. I presume Froome is experienced and mature enough to know that he was brought in to support Wiggins this year, and that Sky will not throw away their ace (the team work) or suddenly swap to a bloke over 2 minutes in arears. I am sure he knows that his time will come, probably next year or the year after.
Sky seem to be maintaining a pace that they will be able to do day after day after day. It is how they plan to win. Look at Voeckler, hero yesterday, nowhere today. He decided to put his eggs in the stage win basket (and why not?), but he is now picking up the tab.
If Froome breaks ranks to win a stage, fine, but can he back that up for the rest of the tour? The simple answer is we do not know. A lot of people seem to be getting all over excited and merely assuming he can.
Sky are professionals, Froome and Wiggo are professionals. They are playing the numbers game as they know that is how they will win. I do not think Froome would be so impetuous as to start 'sending messages' to management, especially not at this stage of this race.
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Gizmoish
15,505 posts
78 months
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Last point is the key. If he secretly wants to win it, he needs to get himself to within 30 secs one way or another and then do the TT of his life (BW, 3 mins behind on the road, wouldn't have time to react).
But he won't.
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Mr E
14,128 posts
128 months
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Froome was awesome today. Absolutely awesome.
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DJRC
19,819 posts
105 months
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One of the best stages Ive seen. Following it on the txt this afternoon really was, hanging on every new entry
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racerbob
231 posts
49 months
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Froome today reminded me of a wild animal unleashed, incredible talent, I think he thought Wiggo was with him when he went, he knows who's the boss. However, Evans had an off day today, it happens, tomorrow it could be BW, who knows, but the tour isn't over yet, and the Pyrenees are yet to come. Those SKY boys have lots more pulling to do, strong team indeed.
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Gwagon111
3,365 posts
30 months
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I think Froome needs to wind his neck in a bit, he'll get his chance, and sooner rather than later. I think he needs a word in his shell like from the management of Sky. We all know what he's capable of, but there's a time and a place to show it.
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ewenm
24,437 posts
114 months
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Watched the highlights, great stage! Great to see people attacking! Now watching the last 30km of the live coverage  Currently on M Rolland post-tumble trying to catch up again 
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Gargamel
5,317 posts
130 months
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Gwagon111 said: I think Froome needs to wind his neck in a bit, he'll get his chance, and sooner rather than later. I think he needs a word in his shell like from the management of Sky. We all know what he's capable of, but there's a time and a place to show it. Wiggo was saying afterwards that the radio messages were all mixed up, go and slow were hard to understand, wiggo was taking a breath after getting back at nibali and Froome got a message to 'go" Froome isn't playing games, he wants Wiggo to win because that is his Job this year.
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okgo
20,723 posts
67 months
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Wish their f  king wives would stfu on twitter. b hing and moaning, f king keep your gobs shut.
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Bosshogg76
698 posts
52 months
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okgo said: Wish their f king wives would stfu on twitter. b hing and moaning, f king keep your gobs shut. Easy....stop stalking their wives on twitter....or are you hoping with the old men out the country you can get in there? 
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Rouleur
4,422 posts
58 months
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Great stage that, really good fun.
Assuming that Wiggins stays with Sky, and I can't imagine why he wouldn't, then I can see Froome being poached by one of big outfits in a couple of years and having a team built around him. He's got a huge amount of potential in the GTs.
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okgo
20,723 posts
67 months
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They can give him the vuelta or giro, and of course doesn't suit wiggo then I'm sure they would let him have a go at tour too.
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