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okgo said:
A fair few others fell off yesterday too, and same goes for the tour, just that Froome was the only household name...
I doubt he's a st bike handler, after all he has crashed a handful of times in a lot of racing days, I think he just gets a lot of stick as he is a big name.
Haha, yes you raise a fair point. He does look at his stem when he rides though. We need someone to post that clip of him and his stem again!I doubt he's a st bike handler, after all he has crashed a handful of times in a lot of racing days, I think he just gets a lot of stick as he is a big name.
London424 said:
So just so I understand...Contador broke his leg 6 weeks ago, didn't train at all for however many weeks and is now taking the piss up the mountains...hmm.
I think there is some doubt about whether the "broken leg" was a "broken leg" as you or I might understand it. If it was a real broken leg then I share your concern and disbelief.Rocksteadyeddie said:
London424 said:
So just so I understand...Contador broke his leg 6 weeks ago, didn't train at all for however many weeks and is now taking the piss up the mountains...hmm.
I think there is some doubt about whether the "broken leg" was a "broken leg" as you or I might understand it. If it was a real broken leg then I share your concern and disbelief.Grandfondo said:
Rocksteadyeddie said:
London424 said:
So just so I understand...Contador broke his leg 6 weeks ago, didn't train at all for however many weeks and is now taking the piss up the mountains...hmm.
I think there is some doubt about whether the "broken leg" was a "broken leg" as you or I might understand it. If it was a real broken leg then I share your concern and disbelief.If it had been anything more than that, then never mind the recovery speed, he would've needed to be off his tits on PCP just to ride those extra few miles he did before abandoning the Tour!
okgo said:
Guess Froome needs to address that given how many more mountain finishes there are.
Still, he probably will be leader after the TT?
What's he got to make up 27 seconds?? Not seen the course - is that a possibility for him? Valverde isn't bad at time trial and Alberto is good too.Still, he probably will be leader after the TT?
Interesting that Quintana and j rod rode back on to ac yesterday. Had they not done that ac would have been in the leaders jersey.
Rocksteadyeddie said:
Bit of a give-up from Froome today. Surprised to see him lose the thick end of 30 seconds. Contador looked good but perhaps flattered to deceive as he eventually gained nothing.
Didn't he make up an awful lot of time on his rivals Valverde (who was the red jersey) and Froome? I'd not say that was gaining nothing...Some Gump said:
Rocksteadyeddie said:
Bit of a give-up from Froome today. Surprised to see him lose the thick end of 30 seconds. Contador looked good but perhaps flattered to deceive as he eventually gained nothing.
Didn't he make up an awful lot of time on his rivals Valverde (who was the red jersey) and Froome? I'd not say that was gaining nothing...Dr Imran T said:
What's he got to make up 27 seconds?? Not seen the course - is that a possibility for him? Valverde isn't bad at time trial and Alberto is good too.
Interesting that Quintana and j rod rode back on to ac yesterday. Had they not done that ac would have been in the leaders jersey.
He took 10 seconds from Bertie in a 15 minute TT before the tour. I would think Froome could take anything up to a minute from Quintana and possibly 30 odd seconds from Bertie, he's probably the 3rd or 4th best time trialist there is behind Wiggins,Martin and possibly Cancellara Interesting that Quintana and j rod rode back on to ac yesterday. Had they not done that ac would have been in the leaders jersey.
I can't see there being any significant differences in time between Contador and Froome tomorrow, in fact I have a feeling Bertie will run Froome very close with J-Rod and Quintana suffering a loss, but not huge. TTs are always very interesting after a rest day, depends who's recovered the best from a week's hard racing.
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