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mcelliott said:
So when did you enjoy watching professional cycling? The sport has been rotten to the core for years. If there ever was a clean era I must have blinked.
What makes it worse now is that some teams are genuinely trying to do it clean, the continued presence of known cheats like Contador and Astana make a complete farce out of the sport. Disappointing, as the way I read the rule that has been enforced, a lot of things could be captured under it if they so wished - sticky bottles and spanners, hell even drafting a rider from another team if you drop off due to an accident or mechanical.
Seems a bit of a selective enforcing of the rule, but not much can be done about it now.
He just needs to hang in there now and not lose anymore time in the next few days and hope for a good TT and smash next week.
Aru isn't the best TT'er out there and Contador seems to be talking up his injury for the TT, but I can't see him losing too much time if any to Porte.
Contador has never lost the leader's jersey once it's on his back iirc.
Seems a bit of a selective enforcing of the rule, but not much can be done about it now.
He just needs to hang in there now and not lose anymore time in the next few days and hope for a good TT and smash next week.
Aru isn't the best TT'er out there and Contador seems to be talking up his injury for the TT, but I can't see him losing too much time if any to Porte.
Contador has never lost the leader's jersey once it's on his back iirc.
Very disappointing for RP, makes you think what other incidents could have been punished under the same rules.
What if Contador had slowed the peleton so Porte could catch up. Because it's not mechanical it's still helping someone from another team.
In Giro Extra (or whatever it's called) they seemed to be talking about the convoy being stopped when Porte was trying to make his way back. Something that can be done, but often isn't.
Because it was Juan Antonio Flecha I kinda lost the point of what he was saying but it seems as though the convoy was stopped, so when Porte was trying to get back on the peloton he couldn't draft the cars.... not that that's allowed but of course, it happens.
What if Contador had slowed the peleton so Porte could catch up. Because it's not mechanical it's still helping someone from another team.
In Giro Extra (or whatever it's called) they seemed to be talking about the convoy being stopped when Porte was trying to make his way back. Something that can be done, but often isn't.
Because it was Juan Antonio Flecha I kinda lost the point of what he was saying but it seems as though the convoy was stopped, so when Porte was trying to get back on the peloton he couldn't draft the cars.... not that that's allowed but of course, it happens.
Dr Imran T said:
ewenm said:
And now given an extra 2min penalty by the commissaires for receiving illegal assistance...
That's ludicrous, can he appeal the decision? I don't mind the rules being applied, if they are applied consistently across the board.
johnxjsc1985 said:
Dr Imran T said:
That's ludicrous, can he appeal the decision?
you seem to get less punishment for sharing a needle dare I say.when the sport is given an opportunity to promote good decent values like sportsmanship they shoot themselves in the foot.Its hardly a surprise though
Well worth a read to see the politics and battles inside cycling are nothing new.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1162429...
Gargamel said:
Well worth a read to see the politics and battles inside cycling are nothing new.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1162429...
Astonishing lady! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1162429...
Porte quits, possibly citing the 2 min penalty as the reason though to be fair he has had a rough two weeks and been unlucky on other occasions. To me though, it says that if you put a few minutes on Porte before the final week he wont be a threat, not sure I can ever see him as a GC contender personally though I am often spectacularly wrong...
pablo said:
Porte quits, possibly citing the 2 min penalty as the reason though to be fair he has had a rough two weeks and been unlucky on other occasions. To me though, it says that if you put a few minutes on Porte before the final week he wont be a threat, not sure I can ever see him as a GC contender personally though I am often spectacularly wrong...
I thought he cited a knee injury as the issue.^^I'm not convinced by Porte and didn't rate his chances in the Giro even before the 2 min penalty. he's a good rider and a genuinely nice chap but I just can't seem him as a GC winner.
It's just a shame that there is no real challenge to AC this time. The line up this time was pretty poor.
It's just a shame that there is no real challenge to AC this time. The line up this time was pretty poor.
Too bad about Porte's injury woes and, well, apparent lack of form. Never saw him making the top 3 anyway, now or ever in a GT. Mentally he's way too fragile. Anyway, Bertie seems to be bossing this one, definitely a giro tour double is on the cards. Throw in Froome, Quintana and Nibali - that makes a fantastic lineup for the Tour de France.
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