Salvo Montalbano Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I always thought Scotland would be a great venue for a pre-Grand Tour event, where you could have several summit finishes (up to Glenshee or wherever), some great stages between historic cities (a St Andrews to Edinburgh stage that meandered through Fife and Stirling etc) with wide avenues for a bunch sprint and plenty of places where you could run a Time Trial. You'd get good crowds too, especially if the World Pro teams used it to build up for a big stage race. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 The tour of Britain confuses the hell out of me. A decent part of the appeal of the likes of the Tour De France is the glorious scenery yet when we ignore the glorious parts of Scotland to tour round the shiteholes in England. It's utterly bizarre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Another good finish today, Froome did well to not lose any ground as he had to fight back a couple of times after being dropped, Contador did most of the attacking but the leaders all finished together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 5 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said: The tour of Britain confuses the hell out of me. A decent part of the appeal of the likes of the Tour De France is the glorious scenery yet when we ignore the glorious parts of Scotland to tour round the shiteholes in England. It's utterly bizarre. That's what I was meaning up thread in a way. Even the stage yesterday, they went to Tatton Park then did a huge random loop just to get a long climb in then headed back to Tatton, where if there was a bunch sprint there was no room going up the drive. Surely heading up Glencoe or up to the Cairngorm Ski Station or something would be an amazing sight? I'd be amazed if Quintana didn't win the Vuelta now, unless something mad happens. Froome will probably take 90 seconds to 2 minutes off him in the TT but where is he going to get the rest of the time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 1 hour ago, Salvo Montalbano said: That's what I was meaning up thread in a way. Even the stage yesterday, they went to Tatton Park then did a huge random loop just to get a long climb in then headed back to Tatton, where if there was a bunch sprint there was no room going up the drive. Surely heading up Glencoe or up to the Cairngorm Ski Station or something would be an amazing sight? I'd be amazed if Quintana didn't win the Vuelta now, unless something mad happens. Froome will probably take 90 seconds to 2 minutes off him in the TT but where is he going to get the rest of the time? Throw everything he's got left, at the MTF on Alto de Aitana, come Saturday's penultimate stage? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 He'll have to. He'll have to rely on the team getting him there though, while Movistar can just keep pace, then once he's there he needs to try and outfox Quintana on the climb - Nairo looks like he could just hang on his wheel so he'll have to explode or try and work him too hard that he drops him with a km or two to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 (edited) Team Sky, taking "marginal gains" a bit too far? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8mwtRSOm8 Edited September 8, 2016 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 (edited) Froome's got 46 seconds back at the first check point, Quintana has hammered the first section (by his usual standards) as he is 6th overall at checkpoint 1 Edit - up to 1min 33 at 2nd Checkpoint. Needs another 2 minutes before the finish, cant see him getting it Another Edit, Froome wins the stage, but more important only 2 min 16 infront of Quintana. Will be interesting last with Froome needing 1 min 21 tomorrow Edited September 9, 2016 by honestly united 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Well, that all seems fine. Peaking at the end of a three week tour. Six weeks after winning another three week tour. With an Olympic bronze medal in between times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Except he's not peaking. He nailed the TT and there was no other time trailer in the race barring the guy who came second, who also came 4th to Froome in the Olympics. If he was peaking he'd have been able to take something out of Quintana to recover some of the time lost when Sky dropped the ball and let Bertie and the rest break away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Good attempt at trying to claw back the diff, but Quintana was easily able to deal with the attacks. Nice touch by Froome, not to take it to the line & applaud his opponent's win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Yeah, a good effort but the team failed when they missed the break and it shows Sky aren't infallible. Sets up a great few years ahead though, and Orica look like they're going to be players on the big stage and with AG2R having a couple of decent young French prospects and Bertie thinking he has one more Tour victory in him it's going to be fascinating in all three Grand Tours next year. Good to see the crowds on the Tour of Britain too. A very successful event. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Nice touch by Froome, not to take it to the line & applaud his opponent's win. Yeah, I liked that. It's been a cracking Vuelta with the battle between the top two, the involvement of Chavez, Contador and Yates etc. Contador's response to the question would he come back to try and win the Vuelta of "The Tour, the Tour" was interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Who is Contador going to next year? I have Bora-Argon in my head but I'm not sure if I made that up. Not convinced he'll find himself in a strong enough team to win the Tour - Sky, Movistar and Orica look like they have great depth and can push along the peloton if they need to get onto a legendary Bertie Breakaway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 2 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: Who is Contador going to next year? I have Bora-Argon in my head but I'm not sure if I made that up. Not convinced he'll find himself in a strong enough team to win the Tour - Sky, Movistar and Orica look like they have great depth and can push along the peloton if they need to get onto a legendary Bertie Breakaway. Trek Segafredo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Cheers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/15/chris-froome-and-bradley-wiggins-targeted-in-wada-hacking-scandal?client=ms-android-google 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 The use of TUE's is out of control over all sports. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Aye. I get that people might need anti-inflammatory or painkilling medication but the use of steroids when there are other alternatives, asthma inhalers for all these athletes with recently diagnosed "athletic induced asthma" (isn't that just called being out of breath after exercise) and the heart medication for super fit athletes is a joke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 It's like the story of when Obree went to Europe & was asked to join a medical programme the team were on. He wouldn't join their programme, so they didn't let him join their team. Probably the shortest pro-cycling career ever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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