Shuggie_Murray7 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Guys like Poels are dropping the likes of Quintana. How anyone still thinks Sky just "snap up the best climbers in the world" for their team is beyond me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Is there a more likeable guy in cycling than Jens Voigt? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Guys like Poels are dropping the likes of Quintana. How anyone still thinks Sky just "snap up the best climbers in the world" for their team is beyond me. No one thinks they're clean though, surely? Is that what you mean? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Is there a more likeable guy in cycling than Jens Voigt? Is this sarcasm? Reading cycling forums like I do, Jens is despised. A doper from the EPO era that somehow never tested positive. I quite like him tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Superhuman from Froome today. Unbelievable, in every sense 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Superhuman from Froome today. Unbelievable, in every sense HahaLooking forward to the highlights tonight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Said last week Froome could have six minutes overall by Paris. Depends on how he races it. If he wants to batter them on one of the last two stages he easily could, Pyrenees, ITT, and Alpine stages looks good. He might just decide to stick with Porte and Aru though as they`ll be the biggest attackers, that`d give him a comfy five minute buffer by Paris. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Porte looking the strongest of the rest with Aru also looking decent. Could see those two ending up on the podium on Sunday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 1 hour ago, Desert Nomad said: Said last week Froome could have six minutes overall by Paris. Depends on how he races it. If he wants to batter them on one of the last two stages he easily could, Pyrenees, ITT, and Alpine stages looks good. He might just decide to stick with Porte and Aru though as they`ll be the biggest attackers, that`d give him a comfy five minute buffer by Paris. I think you're right. No chance of any attacks from Mollema or Yates, as they'll want to hold what they have, and Quintana doesn't have the legs. I reckon Porte and Aru still think they have a shot of the podium, so I hope and expect they'll both try and attack in the next two days. Froome is long gone though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Laurens Ten Dam the latest rider to be insinuating Sky are at it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milhouse Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Team Sky are very reminiscent of US Postal, we know how that turned out. Has a non-doper ever been as all round dominant in a Tour as this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Very interesting interview with Ross Tucker on Irish radio. Asking the questions the UK media are terrified to ask. http://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/Off_The_Ball/Off_The_Ball_Highlights/149905/Tour_de_France_2016__New_Tour_Same_Questions 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Team Sky are very reminiscent of US Postal, we know how that turned out. Has a non-doper ever been as all round dominant in a Tour as this? Indurain? Never seemed to be in any trouble when he won 5 in a row. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) It's all getting a bit ridiculous now eh? Froomey will probably go on the attack again tomorrow. Edited July 21, 2016 by Shuggie_Murray7 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I thought that I wouldn't be able to hate a team more than I hated US Postal, but along come Sky. Also, I despise "Froomey". Also, re the Armstrong debate on the last couple of pages, is it really any surprise that he's been the most harshly treated? First of all, he is/was an absolute c**t, to sections of the media, to the rest of the peloton, to his own team mates. Single-handedly destroyed some careers. Additionally he always insisted he was whiter than whiter, you'd never catch him lowering himself to doping, made an absolute fortune from Cycling, then the whole cancer comeback and how "amazing" and "superhuman" it was (beginning to wonder if he actually had cancer or not tbh) then made even more money from the sport whilst still insisting that he didn't dope. It is really no surprise to me the way he has been treated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Is Brailsford still using "marginal gains" as a reason why his domestiques continually keep dropping some of the finest climbers in the world? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Indurain? Never seemed to be in any trouble when he won 5 in a row. Indurain non-doper [emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Indurain non-doper [emoji23] Like many others the only thing he ever tested positive for was salbutamol, it's amazing how many top cyclists have asthma. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Treating the Sky domestiques as if they are your run of the mill drones helping out the leader isn't quite accurate though, is it? Porte was a domestique last year and now is BMC's leader and set for a podium. Pouls, Landa and Thomas at a push could be a leader for a mid ranked team and Sky don't really care so much about the Giro or Vuelta and have a bigger and deeper squad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compliment Sandwich Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 2 hours ago, Shuggie_Murray7 said: Is Brailsford still using "marginal gains" as a reason why his domestiques continually keep dropping some of the finest climbers in the world? Guys like Nieve, Landa and Henao don't even look like they need to drop off on the climbs. It's almost got the feel that they do it because they don't want to raise any more suspicion than they already do by having 4/5 riders up top when Quintana is dropping off the back. Not been much chat on here of Adam Yates remarkable Tour to date. If he keeps up this level of form then he'll surely be a future Sky leader... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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