Ian Butler wrote:
If it weren't for Froome, I think Valverde would win the Tour he's strong this year.
Sky started an arms race, now they have to deal with the consequences
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
Maybe when you ask the right question about Sky to the right people and if you can afford it, then you can be as strong as them ? Not sure if that's what should be understood in the word 'copying'.
Valverde is probably one of the better GC contenders on cobbles, he can take some time there to get a good Tour (I don't see him winning though). Question is if Valverde can keep up this good form.
Aquarius wrote:
Maybe when you ask the right question about Sky to the right people and if you can afford it, then you can be as strong as them ? Not sure if that's what should be understood in the word 'copying'.
More the point I was trying to make was that they were using the same rhetoric and excuses for improved performances - this implies that they are involved in what isso termed the 'arms race', whether they are using the same substances or not.
The Tour de Taiwan was nice to follow result wise.
It`s nice to see that Dieteren was able to hang on here with the best as also the two sprinters Schnaidt and Schweizer having some good results.
Also just like Wurf`s blog there is one from Dan Craven in the Tour of Cameroun. Actually on that site there are regularly cycling blogs of smaller races like Tour of Taiwan (Oelerich) or others. In German though. So you would need to use a translator.
he's strong this year.
Tour de Taiwan, Stage 2: Taoyuan - Taoyuan (152 km) (2.1)
