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Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 3:06 am
by Anonymous 1
DOB wrote:Who I really feel sorry for out of all this is the Sky train lads down the years like Stannard, Thomas, Porte, Rowe etc who spent every TdF since 2012 parked on the front chasing down breakaways, shelling GC contenders out the back and defending yellow jerseys for weeks at a time. They must be looking at today thinking “you mean all along you could’ve just waited to the last couple of days and put 3 minutes into the best in the world? Why the fcuk were we riding on the front all the way across Normandy and Brittany when we could’ve been chilling in the middle of the bunch and letting Trek or Europcar or Tinkov do all that shit...”
Froome has had to gamble that he will recover sufficiently from that brutal ride plus don't forget he would have beaten Wiggins(shut up Gospel) if he had been allowed but he paid his dues to help Wiggins to a TdF title.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 5:52 am
by nardol
Ah come on. Others are now saying what I said and got reprimanded for.

And no, black the interview did not mention Landis (I saw it live as it was a Dutch TV interview)

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 6:15 am
by terryfinch
Xupi wrote:This is a legendary stage, reminds of very old days when a campionissimo, such as Froome, attacked early in the day and had the cojones to shape the race the way he intended to.
Best stage win I’ve seen. Astonishing.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 6:15 am
by nardol
DOB wrote:Who I really feel sorry for out of all this is the Sky train lads down the years like Stannard, Thomas, Porte, Rowe etc who spent every TdF since 2012 parked on the front chasing down breakaways, shelling GC contenders out the back and defending yellow jerseys for weeks at a time. They must be looking at today thinking “you mean all along you could’ve just waited to the last couple of days and put 3 minutes into the best in the world? Why the fcuk were we riding on the front all the way across Normandy and Brittany when we could’ve been chilling in the middle of the bunch and letting Trek or Europcar or Tinkov do all that shit...”
Froome is without doubt the best GC rider in the world. His competition at the Giro is a level if not 2 levels below the GC competition at the tour. What he did yesterday I don't think he would have pulled off v the competition in the tour. At least not to the same extent.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 7:59 am
by farmerdave
guy smiley wrote:
etherman wrote:
Denirostaxidriver wrote:
Wasn't sure if that would be allowed in this thread :lol: :lol: but it is hilarious.
Oh shiiiit lol
:shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:
An interview of rare bueaty and even rarer honesty. LMAO.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 8:03 am
by Mick Mannock
You think that was an interview?

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 9:14 am
by BlackMac
nardol wrote:Ah come on. Others are now saying what I said and got reprimanded for.

And no, black the interview did not mention Landis (I saw it live as it was a Dutch TV interview)
He should be f**king ashamed of himself then.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 9:25 am
by Mick Mannock
About 90 secs of Froome's gain was on decents. Perhaps TD and others should have taken the sort of risks CF did.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 9:50 am
by blindcider
Froome had the advantage yesterday that he knew that he had to commit. Dumoulin and Pinot leant on an already blown Reichenbach too much and wasted too much energy trying to get the other two to ride. They would have been better off just ignoring those two and concentrating on chasing. Pinot didn't do a huge amount of work either so it was effectively 2 chasing 1 for most of the time. The amount of Team Sky guys out on the road with bottles and gels was amazing too, one of the commentators said that every available employee was out on course yesterday.

Great ride by Dumoulin too to stay with one of the best climbers in the world on that terrain.

Noticed Pinot getting a bottle from the car on the last climb and within 20km of the finish - I thought that was banned or have they changed that rule? Although if it is just a fine then its worth the penalty anyway

Mick - its often easier to descend on your own as the line choice is your own and the risks are minimised as you don't have to second guess the guys around you and where they will break

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 9:54 am
by Mick Mannock
TD was mostly at the head of his group during the decent. He had full choice of line. CF descended like a lunatic. A brave lunatic.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 9:58 am
by BlackMac
Mick Mannock wrote:TD was mostly at the head of his group during the decent. He had full choice of line. CF descended like a lunatic. A brave lunatic.

They clearly slowed at times to allow the group to remain intact. Froome's ride was good but the greatest damage was done by the chasing groups poor efforts.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 10:12 am
by Mick Mannock
BlackMac wrote:
Mick Mannock wrote:TD was mostly at the head of his group during the decent. He had full choice of line. CF descended like a lunatic. A brave lunatic.

They clearly slowed at times to allow the group to remain intact. Froome's ride was good but the greatest damage was done by the chasing groups poor efforts.
Yes. It was largely their own fault.

Bennett was just being a cvnt with the Landis quip.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 10:17 am
by Denirostaxidriver
Mick Mannock wrote:
BlackMac wrote:
Mick Mannock wrote:TD was mostly at the head of his group during the decent. He had full choice of line. CF descended like a lunatic. A brave lunatic.

They clearly slowed at times to allow the group to remain intact. Froome's ride was good but the greatest damage was done by the chasing groups poor efforts.
Yes. It was largely their own fault.

Bennett was just being a cvnt with the Landis quip.
Tad bit precious there. Simple fact is when your fellow pros start making comments openly about you ... Anyway, just re-watched the last 20km and very impressive.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:05 am
by Mick Mannock
Denirostaxidriver wrote:
Mick Mannock wrote:
BlackMac wrote:
Mick Mannock wrote:TD was mostly at the head of his group during the decent. He had full choice of line. CF descended like a lunatic. A brave lunatic.

They clearly slowed at times to allow the group to remain intact. Froome's ride was good but the greatest damage was done by the chasing groups poor efforts.
Yes. It was largely their own fault.

Bennett was just being a cvnt with the Landis quip.
Tad bit precious there. Simple fact is when your fellow pros start making comments openly about you ... Anyway, just re-watched the last 20km and very impressive.
Bennett's team keen to distance themselves
https://twitter.com/LottoJumbo_road/sta ... tor=roadcc

And
Former rider and now Fabio Aru's coach Paolo Tiralongo watched Froome's victory on a small television screen in a UAE team car. Aru had finally quit the Giro d'Italia early in the stage after a terrible race.

Tiralongo is under pressure to explain why Aru struggled so much but had no problem with Froome's performance.

"I'm sure his ride will stay in the history of the sport because it came on one of the hardest stages of this year's race after three weeks of racing," Tiralongo said.

"We can only say chapeau because it was a while since we'd seen an attack like that turned the race upside down and give the winner the maglia rosa."

Tiralongo dismissed any comparison to Landis victory in the Tour de France.

"No, this is not like Landis' win. He's Chris Froome, he's not a donkey. He did a ride like Alberto Contador used to do."[
/i]

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:07 am
by Gospel
Denirostaxidriver wrote:Tad bit precious there. Simple fact is when your fellow pros start making comments openly about you ... Anyway, just re-watched the last 20km and very impressive.
Would Bennet have said the same if it was Alberto Contador or Vincenzo Nibali? I very much doubt it.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:32 am
by BlackMac
Gospel wrote:
Denirostaxidriver wrote:Tad bit precious there. Simple fact is when your fellow pros start making comments openly about you ... Anyway, just re-watched the last 20km and very impressive.
Would Bennet have said the same if it was Alberto Contador or Vincenzo Nibali? I very much doubt it.
You can actually tell from his voice that he is not sure whether to say it or not and he is uncomfortable as fudge. Goes for it anyway and comes across like a snide wee kid to be honest

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:34 am
by Bullettyme
BlackMac wrote:
Gospel wrote:
Denirostaxidriver wrote:Tad bit precious there. Simple fact is when your fellow pros start making comments openly about you ... Anyway, just re-watched the last 20km and very impressive.
Would Bennet have said the same if it was Alberto Contador or Vincenzo Nibali? I very much doubt it.
You can actually tell from his voice that he is not sure whether to say it or not and he is uncomfortable as fudge. Goes for it anyway and comes across like a snide wee kid to be honest
You're both being a little precious and digging into it a little bit too much.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:41 am
by nardol
BlackMac wrote:
Gospel wrote:
Denirostaxidriver wrote:Tad bit precious there. Simple fact is when your fellow pros start making comments openly about you ... Anyway, just re-watched the last 20km and very impressive.
Would Bennet have said the same if it was Alberto Contador or Vincenzo Nibali? I very much doubt it.
You can actually tell from his voice that he is not sure whether to say it or not and he is uncomfortable as fudge. Goes for it anyway and comes across like a snide wee kid to be honest
Miauw. Black taking some hurt onto the thread.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:41 am
by BlackMac
Bullettyme wrote:
BlackMac wrote:
Gospel wrote:
Denirostaxidriver wrote:Tad bit precious there. Simple fact is when your fellow pros start making comments openly about you ... Anyway, just re-watched the last 20km and very impressive.
Would Bennet have said the same if it was Alberto Contador or Vincenzo Nibali? I very much doubt it.
You can actually tell from his voice that he is not sure whether to say it or not and he is uncomfortable as fudge. Goes for it anyway and comes across like a snide wee kid to be honest
You're both being a little precious and digging into it a little bit too much.
Nah. I would have had full respect for him if he had just come out and said it " I think the guy's a f**king cheat". That was just half hearted cowardice. I can't be arsed with guys like that.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:44 am
by nardol
He literally did come out and say it :lol:

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:46 am
by BlackMac
nardol wrote:
BlackMac wrote:
Gospel wrote:
Denirostaxidriver wrote:Tad bit precious there. Simple fact is when your fellow pros start making comments openly about you ... Anyway, just re-watched the last 20km and very impressive.
Would Bennet have said the same if it was Alberto Contador or Vincenzo Nibali? I very much doubt it.
You can actually tell from his voice that he is not sure whether to say it or not and he is uncomfortable as fudge. Goes for it anyway and comes across like a snide wee kid to be honest
Miauw. Black taking some hurt onto the thread.
I've said on more than one occassion that Froome should take his lumps. They f**ked up and I don't want them to use a technicality to weasel out of it. Froome should have stood down when the story broke and let the process take its course.

However the real one'd eyed ones are the people that are making it out to be more than it is. Every expert worth their salt has conceded that there is unlikely to be any deliberate performance enhancement involved.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:50 am
by nardol
BlackMac wrote:
nardol wrote:
BlackMac wrote:
Gospel wrote:
Denirostaxidriver wrote:Tad bit precious there. Simple fact is when your fellow pros start making comments openly about you ... Anyway, just re-watched the last 20km and very impressive.
Would Bennet have said the same if it was Alberto Contador or Vincenzo Nibali? I very much doubt it.
You can actually tell from his voice that he is not sure whether to say it or not and he is uncomfortable as fudge. Goes for it anyway and comes across like a snide wee kid to be honest
Miauw. Black taking some hurt onto the thread.
I've said on more than one occassion that Froome should take his lumps. They f**ked up and I don't want them to use a technicality to weasel out of it. Froome should have stood down when the story broke and let the process take its course.

However the real one'd eyed ones are the people that are making it out to be more than it is. Every expert worth their salt has conceded that there is unlikely to be any deliberate performance enhancement involved.
Fair play.

But it's cycling. There has been sooooo much controversy you have to be cleaner than clean. The fact the most dominant rider since Armstrong appears again not to be squeeky clean is a real real kick in the nuts to fans of the sport.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:52 am
by Anonymous 1
Denirostaxidriver wrote:
Mick Mannock wrote:
BlackMac wrote:
Mick Mannock wrote:TD was mostly at the head of his group during the decent. He had full choice of line. CF descended like a lunatic. A brave lunatic.

They clearly slowed at times to allow the group to remain intact. Froome's ride was good but the greatest damage was done by the chasing groups poor efforts.
Yes. It was largely their own fault.

Bennett was just being a cvnt with the Landis quip.
Tad bit precious there. Simple fact is when your fellow pros start making comments openly about you ... Anyway, just re-watched the last 20km and very impressive.
No problem with what he said. Just shows the quality of the ride

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:55 am
by Anonymous 1
BlackMac wrote:
nardol wrote:
BlackMac wrote:
Gospel wrote:
Denirostaxidriver wrote:Tad bit precious there. Simple fact is when your fellow pros start making comments openly about you ... Anyway, just re-watched the last 20km and very impressive.
Would Bennet have said the same if it was Alberto Contador or Vincenzo Nibali? I very much doubt it.
You can actually tell from his voice that he is not sure whether to say it or not and he is uncomfortable as fudge. Goes for it anyway and comes across like a snide wee kid to be honest
Miauw. Black taking some hurt onto the thread.
I've said on more than one occassion that Froome should take his lumps. They f**ked up and I don't want them to use a technicality to weasel out of it. Froome should have stood down when the story broke and let the process take its course.

However the real one'd eyed ones are the people that are making it out to be more than it is. Every expert worth their salt has conceded that there is unlikely to be any deliberate performance enhancement involved.
I'm sure his answer would be that they did not fudge up

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:55 am
by Mick Mannock
nardol wrote:He literally did come out and say it :lol:
If he did, his team would have issued a far more chastising tweet.

Bennett was being a snidey twat. Or being deliberately ambiguous.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:55 am
by BlackMac
nardol wrote:He literally did come out and say it :lol:

Either say something worthwhile or say nothing at all. Something in between just makes you look like a fool.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 12:01 pm
by Andalu
Bennett was careless but it was a cheeky throwaway comment, nothing to read too much into or get your panties in a bunch over.

Assuming it wasn't live streamed he may not have assumed they would post it anyway.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 12:01 pm
by Gospel
I'm not being precious. I just think that Bennet is playing to the gallery because Froome's an easy target with the Salbutamol case hanging over him. Different rules apply when it's a Contador or Nibali making the big gains. Anyone who actually watched the stage could see that events conspired to give Froome the opportunity to get himself clear and then stay ahead. Team Sky exploded the Peloton leaving a very select group out front, the race leader imploded massively and the chasers failed to work together. Froome made most of his time advantage on the descents whilst the Dumoulin group sat up waiting for Reichenbach. It was a fantastic stage.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 12:04 pm
by Mick Mannock
Andalu wrote:Bennett was careless but it was a cheeky throwaway comment, nothing to read too much into or get your panties in a bunch over.

Assuming it wasn't live streamed he may not have assumed they would post it anyway.
He would have been better off not saying it in that case.
“I didn’t say Froomey went out and rode on a bunch of gear and won the stage. I’m just saying he made a bigger comeback than bloody Easter Sunday.”
He does not have a great way with words.

But then why should he?

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 12:15 pm
by Akkerman
first reaction is always the honest one
sad he had to walk that back today, but that's the game i guess

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 12:17 pm
by Mick Mannock
nardol wrote:He literally did come out and say it :lol:
Having just listened to Bennett on Eurosport, he lumps you in with all the social media idiots.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 1:29 pm
by Mick Mannock
Pinot looks screwed

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 1:35 pm
by Akkerman
so the likely podium is froome, dumoulin, lopez, just as the bookies predicted at the beginning
another boring as fk grand tour :lol:

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 1:38 pm
by Laurent
Pinot shitting the bed once again.

This guy is getting so disappointing.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 1:47 pm
by Denirostaxidriver
Mick Mannock wrote:
nardol wrote:He literally did come out and say it :lol:
Having just listened to Bennett on Eurosport, he lumps you in with all the social media idiots.
The key word in that little video was not when he referenced Landis (although that was funny) but was actually when he said "Bullshit".

That was a little video spot done when noone else around. That was an honest answer.

It also does not help that he has an ongoing doping case so you can't even defend him there.

Actually have a cycling injury question but might take that over on to the other thread. But anyone with hamstring history and resolutions feel free to throw up any advice. Starting to piss me off.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 1:47 pm
by blindcider
Pinot ill by the look of it.

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 1:48 pm
by Mick Mannock
Laurent wrote:Pinot shitting the bed once again.

This guy is getting so disappointing.
FFS look at the state of him.

Have some sympathy

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 3:16 pm
by Mick Mannock
Well done Froome :thumbup:

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 3:17 pm
by Anonymous 1
In Froome we have The Best There Is, The Best There Was, and I believe I can say this without fear of contradiction.


The Best There Ever Will Be

Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 3:42 pm
by Gospel
You're just baiting the paddies now.