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Le Tour de France 2015 | Stage 9 - Vannes/Plumelec C.L.M. par équipes
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| atlanta |
Posted on 12-07-2015 16:34
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Lol Froome as shut alot of haters up thats for sure. All we heard was Nibali was lucky Contador crashed, eh if Froome did not get taken down by thatstupid OGE rider the day before the cobbles Froome would won the TDF. Froome is much too good in the TDF. Also rode the TTT like an ITT. What a beast he is. Will be alot of what iff's when Froome retires.
He should be going for atleast his 3rd and 4th TDF now? If it was not for Wiggins and last year. If he wins this year surely the odds of him finshing with more TDF than Contador is looking good>?. He passes Nibali for sure if he wins 2 TDF he will have beat the best unlike Nibali.
I love the meltdown on cycling news if Froome wins lol all preciting he would not even reach the mountains intact, haha . |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 12-07-2015 16:37
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
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Not sure why there weren't any barriers on that hill after the 2nd intermediate. Decided the outcome.
Well if they focused on following the wheels instead of complaining then they would have won
3 riders in front got drag from the police motors. Impossible to follow them.
Disagree. Drag isnt that effective at low speeds since they were going uphill and there wasnt any head wind either. They just messed up.
front rider is right in the wheel of the motor. Thats a huge difference
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 12-07-2015 16:38
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atlanta wrote:
Lol Froome as shut alot of haters up thats for sure. All we heard was Nibali was lucky Contador crashed, eh if Froome did not get taken down by thatstupid OGE rider the day before the cobbles Froome would won the TDF. Froome is much too good in the TDF. Also rode the TTT like an ITT. What a beast he is. Will be alot of what iff's when Froome retires.
He should be going for atleast his 3rd and 4th TDF now? If it was not for Wiggins and last year. If he wins this year surely the odds of him finshing with more TDF than Contador is looking good>?. He passes Nibali for sure if he wins 2 TDF he will have beat the best unlike Nibali.
I love the meltdown on cycling news if Froome wins lol all preciting he would not even reach the mountains intact, haha .
We should already start calling him a 10-time winner imo
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 12-07-2015 16:39
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atlanta wrote:
Lol Froome as shut alot of haters up thats for sure. All we heard was Nibali was lucky Contador crashed, eh if Froome did not get taken down by thatstupid OGE rider the day before the cobbles Froome would won the TDF. Froome is much too good in the TDF. Also rode the TTT like an ITT. What a beast he is. Will be alot of what iff's when Froome retires.
He should be going for atleast his 3rd and 4th TDF now? If it was not for Wiggins and last year. If he wins this year surely the odds of him finshing with more TDF than Contador is looking good>?. He passes Nibali for sure if he wins 2 TDF he will have beat the best unlike Nibali.
I love the meltdown on cycling news if Froome wins lol all preciting he would not even reach the mountains intact, haha .
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| zelh_ |
Posted on 12-07-2015 16:41
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Froome so good he couldn't even beat a Contador who had a broken leg before the Vuelta  |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 12-07-2015 16:42
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Spilak23 wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Not sure why there weren't any barriers on that hill after the 2nd intermediate. Decided the outcome.
Well if they focused on following the wheels instead of complaining then they would have won
3 riders in front got drag from the police motors. Impossible to follow them.
Disagree. Drag isnt that effective at low speeds since they were going uphill and there wasnt any head wind either. They just messed up.
front rider is right in the wheel of the motor. Thats a huge difference
That pic doesn't prove that it was the unfenced climb that cost them the stage, it just shows Movistar and in particular the riders on the front weren't paying attention
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| atlanta |
Posted on 12-07-2015 16:43
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Spilak23 wrote:
atlanta wrote:
Lol Froome as shut alot of haters up thats for sure. All we heard was Nibali was lucky Contador crashed, eh if Froome did not get taken down by thatstupid OGE rider the day before the cobbles Froome would won the TDF. Froome is much too good in the TDF. Also rode the TTT like an ITT. What a beast he is. Will be alot of what iff's when Froome retires.
He should be going for atleast his 3rd and 4th TDF now? If it was not for Wiggins and last year. If he wins this year surely the odds of him finshing with more TDF than Contador is looking good>?. He passes Nibali for sure if he wins 2 TDF he will have beat the best unlike Nibali.
I love the meltdown on cycling news if Froome wins lol all preciting he would not even reach the mountains intact, haha .
We should already start calling him a 10-time winner imo
Lol i think you are being sarcastic there? But anyway no of course he won't win 10. Will probably not even win 5 but you have to admit the way he has rode so far is great. To have this buffer before the mountains is great when he did not even do a good ITT. So many people thought he would crash out again. When he as actually only crashed out of 1 GT since he as been a contender. VaE 11 12 14 TDF 12 13 and so far in 15. He is no where near as bad at staying on the bike that people think. |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 12-07-2015 16:44
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Strydz wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Not sure why there weren't any barriers on that hill after the 2nd intermediate. Decided the outcome.
Well if they focused on following the wheels instead of complaining then they would have won
3 riders in front got drag from the police motors. Impossible to follow them.
Disagree. Drag isnt that effective at low speeds since they were going uphill and there wasnt any head wind either. They just messed up.
front rider is right in the wheel of the motor. Thats a huge difference
That pic doesn't prove that it was the unfenced climb that cost them the stage, it just shows Movistar and in particular the riders on the front weren't paying attention
fencing would have meant that there was enough place so the police did not need to be this close.
not having fencing on an uphill part in a tt is always problematic
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| atlanta |
Posted on 12-07-2015 16:46
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zelh_ wrote:
Froome so good he couldn't even beat a Contador who had a broken leg before the Vuelta
Huh i sad TDF Froome has been the best TDF rider the ast few years. He also before crashing at the dauphinee beat Contador uphill the only guy who put Contador under pressure in 2014. So i believe Froome in the Dauphinee proved just as much as Contador in those 2 early stages he then crashed and everyone was dropping him. Did you see the Dauphinee stage 2? They were both great but that showed Froome would have contended. This year look at him in the TDF. You probably think he would not have got to the mountains anyway you just shocked how well he done. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 12-07-2015 17:15
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I missed stage..surprised that:
BMC took just one second from Sky
I expected movistar to be 2nd.
Astana and specially Saxo did all right..
Look at Orica..last team. This has been damn hard tour for them..that team has always liked TTT |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 12-07-2015 17:17
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Guido Mukk wrote:
I missed stage..surprised that:
BMC took just one second from Sky
I expected movistar to be 2nd.
Astana and specially Saxo did all right..
Look at Orica..last team. This has been damn hard tour for them..that team has always liked TTT
They want literally on a walk. They arrived with Matthews. They came as a team. |
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| pavuk |
Posted on 12-07-2015 17:41
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Miguel98 wrote:
Guido Mukk wrote:
Look at Orica..last team. This has been damn hard tour for them..that team has always liked TTT
They want literally on a walk. They arrived with Matthews. They came as a team.
They have nothing to gain, no GC, no chance to be top3 today, why ruin remaining riders. It was smart decision.
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BMC took just one second from Sky
I was quite surprised by that, If one of Sky rider wasn't in difficulty at the end, they could even won. Before race I thought that BMC have good chance to gain that 13 seconds, but no luck for them in that.
Yep, thats me down here...
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| Kritzo |
Posted on 12-07-2015 18:01
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atlanta wrote:
zelh_ wrote:
Froome so good he couldn't even beat a Contador who had a broken leg before the Vuelta
Huh i sad TDF Froome has been the best TDF rider the ast few years. He also before crashing at the dauphinee beat Contador uphill the only guy who put Contador under pressure in 2014. So i believe Froome in the Dauphinee proved just as much as Contador in those 2 early stages he then crashed and everyone was dropping him. Did you see the Dauphinee stage 2? They were both great but that showed Froome would have contended. This year look at him in the TDF. You probably think he would not have got to the mountains anyway you just shocked how well he done .
Froome has had the luck he did not have last year. 
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| Movistar |
Posted on 12-07-2015 19:34
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Question for those who are more knowledgeable about bike bio-mechanics. It seems Froome has the shortest distance from the top of his stroke to the bottom. It would think as a tall guy that would be different. What advantages does this supposedly bring him?
Obviously I would think they would set the distance to maximize the time a rider is in the most powerful part of the stroke. But Froome just looks much shorter than everyone else.
Be interested to see how much Sagan pulls for Alberto in the mountains. It seems like with the team Saxo has, Sagan will need to help anytime he can. Question is will he and maybe sacrifice his goals a bit.
Good stage overall though and nice ride by BMC. I podium for TVG would be awesome with this field. |
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| carlos_valverde |
Posted on 12-07-2015 23:01
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fantastic CLM! |
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| Malkael |
Posted on 13-07-2015 10:52
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Hmm, I guess we'll see who has the last laugh when the race enters some proper mountains since Yoyo Froome was still a thing during the Criterium du Dauphine. Still a bit early to call anything until then in my opinion, physiologically climbing well up Mur de Huy and Mur-de-Bretagne doesn't necessarily extrapolate to one's performance in a nice, long slog up a mountain pass.
If Froome dominates the mountains then you've my written permission to run for the hills at the second coming of Froome. 
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