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Too many efforts too soon from TD...
He's great at just hanging in there though, clawing his way back.
..... and TD gets back up and comes again.......
seconds out, round 6. Ding!
Yep, good effort. It's not the first time TD has done this throughout the climbs.
Hats off to Nieve, great ride.
I think the rest are running out of road to do anything now.
"And once again turn those races into a farce."
No more a farce than banning someone not yet proven guilty of anything.
You start playing that game then you'll have allegations flying round from. All angles from people who don't want people in the race for what ever reason.
Anyway
Back to the race. Gonna be a good one
Go go Froodog!
So first British winner of the Giro.
Has anyone ever held all three Grand Tour jerseys at the same time before? Maybe it was done before the Vuelta moved to its September date?
Such a shame the Froome's legitimacy is the main topic of this part of a thread about a brilliant sporting event. Where it has gone wrong for me is that the issue involves a test carried out in early September and it has not been cleared up 8 months later. It's not fair on Froome, his competitors or cycling fans. If his innocence is to be proved with a test/simulation why could this not have been carried out before now? Is it Froome and his team or the UCI/Wada that has delayed things? I don't know.
Never really warmed to Froome and I don't quite know why. It might be that he is 'marketed' as a Brit but has never lived in the UK (I'm not particularly Britcentric with my support of athletes but don't really warm to any flag of convenience sport person irrespective of nationalities involved), is it that he came along too soon after Wiggins and his gawky looks and low key off bike personality looked tame after the 'rock star' image of Wiggins; was it his wife's social media bitching when he burst onto the scene or is it some sort of subconscious distrust of his performances. Is it just that he just looks like a bag of spanners on a bike and I can't see him as someone to aspire to be like. Not sure.
No more a farce than banning someone not yet proven guilty of anything.
I disagree.
Worlds best GC rider wins GC...world stunned.
The online comments section over on cycling news is currently melting into a large pool of vitriol ( the section on the motor doping tests at the Giro yesterday is particularly hilarious)
Nieve!
Classy ride from one of my most favoured (ex) teams Euskadi Euskatel
Lovely.
No more a farce than banning someone not yet proven guilty of anything.
Like Pantani?
Edit : and let’s be honest, if Froome was Italian or Spanish then this thread would read very differently.
"No more a farce than banning someone not yet proven guilty of anything.
I disagree"
Ah well in future races may well be won by trial at the kangaroo court.
Edit : and let’s be honest, if Froome was Italian or Spanish then this thread would read very differently
No. It's not a nationalistic thing its the rules. AAF is not a ban. We don't know who else has one at the moment - TD may have one himself, you never know - because there are confidential. Until leaked by hackers.
But again and it's been said this before, there is no evidence for any physiological benefit to high doses of salbutamol. Any potential Beta agonist effect (and that would be potential) would be completely compromised by the adverse overdose effects - cardiac arrhythmia with potential cardiac arrest. So its a totally pointless drug to abuse in this way.
Ah well in future races may well be won by trial at the kangaroo court.
Do grow up. Froome has an AAS. It is for him to establish his innocence and it is perfectly valid to believe that he should not be competing unless he does so.
It's valid for you to think what you want, but it's not what the rules say.
The UCI said in a statement relating to Froome’s AAF: “Pursuant to Article 7.9.1 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules, the presence of a Specified Substance such as Salbutamol in a sample does not result in the imposition of such mandatory provisional suspension against the rider.”
Is this still about the race or as usual two people bitching at each other repeating the same old crap (like doping flat earthers?)?
Bloody tv has decided to tune out quest so cant get the 1hr highlight show, anywhere else to get highlights?
It’s valid for you to think what you want, but it’s not what the rules say.
I'm aware of that. I haven't at any point suggested otherwise.
Bloody good racing, and I can't help but admire Froome. days earlier he proclaimed that the race was not yet over even as he expressed his respect for Yates. And he was right.
Fantastic!
“Has anyone ever held all three Grand Tour jerseys at the same time before?”
Merckx and Hinault
Merckx and Hinault when the Vuelta was held in the spring. Froome's the only one who will hold them all in the modern era
Bloody tv has decided to tune out quest so cant get the 1hr highlight show, anywhere else to get highlights?
Whoever posted the link to £2 Eurosport subscriptions at Christmas is a hero. That's how I've been watching. I presume you can sign up for a month or something.
Is it just that he just looks like a bag of spanners on a bike and I can’t see him as someone to aspire to be like. Not sure.
I'm full of admiration for his efforts To hold all three jerseys concurrently in the modern era, and it just shows what an amazing cyclist he is...But, I agree with convert, he's just not some-one for whom I can cheer, (in fact I'll cheer pretty much anyone who takes him on, quite frankly) He seems too robotic for my taste (perhaps it's a Sky thing), and he clearly can't ride in the rain. or on cobbles, or without looking like his elbows are attached to his shoulders by bits of loose string...
Regardless; Chapeau
Aru.
Delivers the best TT of his life, up there with specialists like Tony Martin. Then climbs off, citing an 'abnormal' period of his career.
Hmmmm. Odora di pesce...
People obviously think their opinions are equally valid as rules. Welcome to the age of social media.
Should you ever get accused of a traffic offence, or a work-related disciplinary issue, just say "I don't think I'm guilty". That should do it.
I've said it before, the problem isn't Froome, it's the UCI's ineffective processes.
Lol@
Whilst funny on the surface, that ^^^ fan behaviour spoils the event IMO.
Froome's ride was no doubt impressive, but when I heard about it the first thing I thought of was Landis back in '06.
It seems I wasn't the only one who thought this too;
Compliment? Insinuation? You pays your money.....& I am a long way off handing mine over to Sky....
& I am a long way off handing mine over to Sky….
Freeview plus netflix for £7 a month is all you need.
Today's final stage might be neutralised apparently, some riders not happy with course! 😆
Insane doses of Salbutamol does not make me a faster rider it allows me to perform as I would if I didn’t have asthma.
Tbh I’m past caring about people opinions and interpretations of the rules, this has been the best grand tour to watch in a very, very long time and I’ve loved every second of it (well maybe not this shit boring second stage).
Why has it been neutralised?
I've seen a whole load of tweets about time bonuses cancelled but just turned it on and it seems there's a breakaway and time gaps being given but it just looks like a Sunday clubrun...
There's a lot of road furniture, cobbles, dead turns etc. All fine in a belgian classic but probably a bit too crashy for what should be a processional stage with a sprint.
It seems the sprint teams don't want the GC guys in the way and the GC guys don't want to fight with the sprinters so they agreed to both ask the commissaires to neutralise time gaps/bonuses.
If you find that annoying, just remember what the last day of term before the summer holidays and imagine that the teacher was making you do an exam instead of messing about.
Not annoyed, I was just wondering how there seemed to be a Maglia Rosa group 8 minutes back from a peloton. But I guess that's my fault for tuning in with only 40km to go!
Loving the Froodog! Top bloke in my book.
Landis back in ’06.
Not quite, as Landis went uphill faster than everyone else to gain most of his time. Froome gained most of his by plummeting like a brick off the Empire State Building down every hill.
And Landis gave the most wild eyed ,post ride interview since Shawn Ryder on the word.
If you want “full chat” climbing after a hard day in the mountains then look no further than Chicken Boy circa 07’...
Good job I've had dinner bikebuoy!
Congratulations to Froome from me, talented humble guy, to the naysayers get a grip, if it's he's not British enough when he has british parents, he's juiced to the eyeballs when he wins the TDF to putting in a Landis performance when he has a negative for subutamol, which isn't a banned substance by the way, when he is cleared of this technicality, i hope you couch surfing douche bags will make a public apology.
When he is rightly banned as the drugs cheat he is I hope you apologise?
😉
What banned substances has he taken, i'm all ears, you seem to have joined the braying mob, with little to go on other than social media innuendo, enlighten me then with some facts, not gossip and bile.
If he fails a test and its upheld then he's broken the rules and will rightly be banned. Nothing to do with taking banned substances.
Personally I like him, and really hope he's cleared. Makes a bit of a farce of the last two tours otherwise
Fergal - merely pointing out the daftness of the post above mine.
He has failed a test and his excuse is sheer nonsense.