Froome destroys all until he is far ahead as usual in the tour, Quintana maybe allowed to win a bit of all that lost time back on stage 20, when Froome is sure to win.
A waste of time to talk about Porte, Contador etc. This here is not Giro/Vuelta/Paris-Nice/Volta a Catalunya etc.
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Tour is not won by tactics in these days, it is pure science, directed by SKY...
Don't try to put all the blame on Sky; the Tour has been won by him who can produce the most (or very close to) w/kg on the last climb and ride a decent/good/very good ITT depending on how superior he is in the mountains. This year, it all comes dow to w/kg on the last climb due to the ITT's being waaaay to hilly for my liking, despite being a Quintana-supporter. Scrap the romantics, it has been this way a long time. If you are forced to long range attacks, chances are you won't win and are inferior to the best when its playing time.
Cycling wasn't necessarily better before Sky dominated. Tour 2006-2011 were largely relatively boring affair, partly due to the routes, partly due to waiting games.
I was not blaming somebody, or was not saying that it was better earlier, i have just stated the fact that it is bigger science than ever, with skyborgs and their calculation of every pedal stroke.
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Tour is not won by tactics in these days, it is pure science, directed by SKY...
Don't try to put all the blame on Sky; the Tour has been won by him who can produce the most (or very close to) w/kg on the last climb and ride a decent/good/very good ITT depending on how superior he is in the mountains. This year, it all comes dow to w/kg on the last climb due to the ITT's being waaaay to hilly for my liking, despite being a Quintana-supporter. Scrap the romantics, it has been this way a long time. If you are forced to long range attacks, chances are you won't win and are inferior to the best when its playing time.
Cycling wasn't necessarily better before Sky dominated. Tour 2006-2011 were largely relatively boring affair, partly due to the routes, partly due to waiting games.
Unless your name is Andy Schleck. Then you are the best, and you still do long range attacks to dethrone Thomas Voeckler.
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Tour is not won by tactics in these days, it is pure science, directed by SKY...
Don't try to put all the blame on Sky; the Tour has been won by him who can produce the most (or very close to) w/kg on the last climb and ride a decent/good/very good ITT depending on how superior he is in the mountains. This year, it all comes dow to w/kg on the last climb due to the ITT's being waaaay to hilly for my liking, despite being a Quintana-supporter. Scrap the romantics, it has been this way a long time. If you are forced to long range attacks, chances are you won't win and are inferior to the best when its playing time.
Cycling wasn't necessarily better before Sky dominated. Tour 2006-2011 were largely relatively boring affair, partly due to the routes, partly due to waiting games.
Unless your name is Andy Schleck. Then you are the best, and you still do long range attacks to dethrone Thomas Voeckler.
Haha, yeah, that was an outlier. That was a pretty one.
