The professional cycling thread

[Matt_N]

ferrisbueller said:

at the bloke with the two foot inhaler running alongside Froome.

Wonder if they did the same to Yates?!

[Matt_N]

Without doubt the best stage I've ever watched and it's not over yet.

[Chris Stott]

Matt_N said:

Wonder if they did the same to Yates?!

Doping is only bad if it's done by Sky

[ferrisbueller]

Matt_N said:

ferrisbueller said:

at the bloke with the two foot inhaler running alongside Froome.

Wonder if they did the same to Yates?!

Yes!!!

[Matt_N]

ferrisbueller said:

Yes!!!

Missed that.

[ferrisbueller]

I've stopped trying to make sense of it. Big Tom defying gravity, again. He's pulling the climbers along. Show him the inhaler!

[Chris Stott]

To enjoy cycling at this level you have to suspend all you know of what's physically possible for a human being, and just accept they are all on something to some extent.

[DeejRC]

If Froome pulls this off I don’t care if he is on something, he has potentially delivered something staggeringly impossible. Big Tom D must be livid though!

[Vocal Minority]

He definitely has the stage and now TD has fallen off the back of the chase.....everyone in pursuit is behind Froome already

This is scarcely believable....

[ferrisbueller]

Chris Stott said:

To enjoy cycling at this level you have to suspend all you know of what's physically possible for a human being, and just accept they are all on something to some extent.

I tell myself this every time someone overtakes me.

[Sway]

If this was planned (don't lose too much, let them knacker each other (and each other's teams) out, then pounce) then Sky have delivered on their promises.

fking hell.

[Chris Stott]

Sway said:

If this was planned (don't lose too much, let them knacker each other (and each other's teams) out, then pounce) then Sky have delivered on their promises.

fking hell.

Rope a dope

[anonymous-user]

chapeau tom d, he is digging in and giving it some stick

great race

[Sway]

Ah, they're all at it. As long as it's consensual and no one dies then fk it, I'll sit back and enjoy the show.

Seems I'm developing a continental attitude in my middle years...

[Chris Stott]

Sway said:

Ah, they're all at it. As long as it's consensual and no one dies then fk it, I'll sit back and enjoy the show.

Seems I'm developing a continental attitude in my middle years...

That's how I've always viewed professional cycling.

The people who piss me off are the hypocrites - those who moan about Froome/Sky being doped, and think someone like Contador is a god. Just accept that they are all doing it to some extent and enjoy the spectacle.

Wondrous ride from Froome today - the best I have ever seen.

[ferrisbueller]

Wow

[anonymous-user]

Froome: rode like a boss

That will be an all time classic stage

[ukbabz]

Wow, that's insane from Froome!

[_dobbo_]

That's one of the most astonishing bits of solo riding I've ever seen.

The Froome inhaler comments will just replace the complaints about the Sky train controlling the race, that only needs to happen for two stages now

[Chris Stott]

And Froome now holds all 3 GT's at the same time... exalted company...

Merckx
Hinault
Froome