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the finish today looked brutal and Valverde looked very good...
I hope Yates can cling on, I don’t mind Valverde at all and he’s great to watch but Yates deserves this in my opinion
Interesting to me is they are both formerly banned for doping, I wonder if Froome just served a ban and got on with it if the fans would leave him alone
I hope Yates can cling on, I don’t mind Valverde at all and he’s great to watch but Yates deserves this in my opinion
Interesting to me is they are both formerly banned for doping, I wonder if Froome just served a ban and got on with it if the fans would leave him alone
_dobbo_ said:
the finish today looked brutal and Valverde looked very good...
I hope Yates can cling on, I don’t mind Valverde at all and he’s great to watch but Yates deserves this in my opinion
Interesting to me is they are both formerly banned for doping, I wonder if Froome just served a ban and got on with it if the fans would leave him alone
Err Valverde was involved in Operation Puerto which involved organised blood doping, he was successful in the tail end of the blood doping era. He received a two year banI hope Yates can cling on, I don’t mind Valverde at all and he’s great to watch but Yates deserves this in my opinion
Interesting to me is they are both formerly banned for doping, I wonder if Froome just served a ban and got on with it if the fans would leave him alone
Simon Yates tested positive for terbutaline without a TUE due to an admin error, he received a 4 month suspension.
This is like drawing equivalence between 3 points for speeding and causing death by dangerous driving.....
The critics have been accusing Froome of doping since 2013, before the inhaler the Sky haters were basing the claims that Froome doped purely on climbing speed and that he cycled for team Sky.
Confirmation bias means we tend to shape facts to our pre existing biases, so for critics of Froome if he had voluntarily suspended himself it would have been viewed as an admission of guilt rather than someone acting whiter than white.
The whole zero tolerance of doping and winning clean were bad idea's, in hindsight the Argyle/Garmin/powered by education/tetrapak method of confession to previous doping sins plus a commitment to be prepared to "loose clean would have been more effective.
Yates looking increasingly strong. Agree with the comments about it being possibly one of the best grand tour victories. He's had to work like hell (yates).... not a bad team M. Scott but certainly not as strong as sky or movistar etc.
Hats off to valverde too. That man was born to race bikes, unbelievable that he can still mix it with riders much younger than him.
His stats for consistency are truly remarkable
I've really enjoyed the Vuelta yet again, I think it's the unpredictability that makes it so open and fun to watch!
Hats off to valverde too. That man was born to race bikes, unbelievable that he can still mix it with riders much younger than him.
His stats for consistency are truly remarkable
I've really enjoyed the Vuelta yet again, I think it's the unpredictability that makes it so open and fun to watch!
Dr Imran T said:
It would be great to see Yates win the Vuelta, his interview post stage yesterday was funny
Still think Quintana is the biggest threat to GC mind.
Still think so. I am kind of disappointed in Quintana he burst on to the scene and looked like he could destroy people in the mountain stages but it just hasn't happened. Yes he is superb but not quite at the level he should be maybe he needs a change of team.Still think Quintana is the biggest threat to GC mind.
Quintana.... I really liked him but then his antics and rudeness has dimmed his star in my eyes. Things like attacking when the leader of the race has a mechanical. He's as bad/petulant as Nibbles, IMO.
I really like the Yates brothers, but why do they talk through their teeth?
Fingers crossed three different Brits hold the title for the 3 Grand Tours this year.
But my, hasn't the race been exciting with Sky sitting at the front? Yesterday the break held off the peleton on a 'sprint' day.... Cracking stuff.
I really like the Yates brothers, but why do they talk through their teeth?
Fingers crossed three different Brits hold the title for the 3 Grand Tours this year.
But my, hasn't the race been exciting with Sky sitting at the front? Yesterday the break held off the peleton on a 'sprint' day.... Cracking stuff.
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