Tirreno-Adriatico 2013 *SPOILERS*

Richmond Racer

inkyfingers wrote:

Macaloon wrote:

Sky 25s down on QS. Chance for Cadel & Contador to take a handful.

Both teams have some decent Rouleur/TTers, so should be possible.

Sky never seem to be as good in the TTTs as you'd expect, though this squad is more climbing heavy than normal, what with all the classics guys off in Tenerife.

Tis true. I never pick Sky for a TTT win anymore

Richmond Racer

inkyfingers wrote:

Islwyn wrote:

inkyfingers wrote:

Islwyn wrote:

Are we surprised Cav crossed first?

No, he always does.

Only if he can keep up!

He normally does to be fair to him.

Cav's a bloody decent rider in TTTs

inkyfingers

Froome's Mrs doing her normal trick of airing dirty laundry on twitter...moaning about her precious other half not having a long sleeve skin suit available.

If I was a team manager looking to sign Froome in the future i'd insist he dumped her first.

Richmond Racer

inkyfingers wrote:

Froome's Mrs doing her normal trick of airing dirty laundry on twitter...moaning about her precious other half not having a long sleeve skin suit available.

If I was a team manager looking to sign Froome in the future i'd insist he dumped her first.

I've already named in the Cound Clause. She's a piece of work, seriously

neonriver

inkyfingers wrote:

Froome's Mrs doing her normal trick of airing dirty laundry on twitter...moaning about her precious other half not having a long sleeve skin suit available.

If I was a team manager looking to sign Froome in the future i'd insist he dumped her first.

Its marginal gains, its not the best TTT squad so they used short sleeves to make them ride quicker

iainf72

Richmond Racer wrote:

inkyfingers wrote:

Froome's Mrs doing her normal trick of airing dirty laundry on twitter...moaning about her precious other half not having a long sleeve skin suit available.

If I was a team manager looking to sign Froome in the future i'd insist he dumped her first.

I've already named in the Cound Clause. She's a piece of work, seriously

She's just a fairly standard South African chick from what I've seen. Doesn't say too much different to Peta.

But she does raise a good point, why don't they have long sleeved skinsuits?

andyp

Rapha version is too pricey maybe?

lostboysaint

andyp wrote:

Rapha version is too pricey maybe?

Once again, where's the fucking "like" button when you need it?!

disgruntledgoat

iainf72 wrote:

Richmond Racer wrote:

inkyfingers wrote:

Froome's Mrs doing her normal trick of airing dirty laundry on twitter...moaning about her precious other half not having a long sleeve skin suit available.

If I was a team manager looking to sign Froome in the future i'd insist he dumped her first.

I've already named in the Cound Clause. She's a piece of work, seriously

She's just a fairly standard South African chick from what I've seen. Doesn't say too much different to Peta.

But she does raise a good point, why don't they have long sleeved skinsuits?

Because shut up. That's why.

Besides it's only about 25 minutes, he'll live

frenchfighter

iainf72 wrote:

Richmond Racer wrote:

inkyfingers wrote:

Froome's Mrs doing her normal trick of airing dirty laundry on twitter...moaning about her precious other half not having a long sleeve skin suit available.

If I was a team manager looking to sign Froome in the future i'd insist he dumped her first.

I've already named in the Cound Clause. She's a piece of work, seriously

She's just a fairly standard South African chick from what I've seen. Doesn't say too much different to Peta.

But she does raise a good point, why don't they have long sleeved skinsuits?

Does he really need long sleeves to beat the opposition?

I know of riders that could ride in regular kit and still place.

frenchfighter

inkyfingers wrote:

Schleck dropped. Oh dear.

The suspicion cloud around this rider grows and grows for me.

Macaloon

andyp wrote:

Rapha version is too pricey maybe?

Long-sleeved when they started. It was raining.

frenchfighter

Michelle Cound ‏@michellecound
No long sleeve skin suit for @chrisfroome, are you kidding me? WTF @teamsky @rapharacing?! Disappointed!
48 mins Dave (Dim) ‏@dimspace
@michellecound @chrisfroome @TeamSky @rapharacing Jeez, I thought I whined a lot, but you have me licked... Bit of positivity..
46 mins Michelle Cound ‏@michellecound
@dimspace @chrisfroome @TeamSky @rapharacing when your loved one is freezing their ass off in the cold you can try be positive okay? #biteme

disgruntledgoat

Jeebus, he'll be out in it for less than half an hour. Is an extra foot of lycra on his sleeve really going to make that much difference?

Macaloon

frenchfighter wrote:

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46 mins Michelle Cound ‏@michellecound
@dimspace @chrisfroome @TeamSky @rapharacing when your loved one is freezing their ass off in the cold you can try be positive okay? #biteme

There's only one reason that this happens. Money. It suits everybody involved to concoct synthetic outrage over a character that has no meaningful connection with Sky. Well done everybody for playing along.

Edit #biteme

disgruntledgoat

On a different note, I was watching Mini Schleck's Galibier win on the Turbo last night, sad how far he's fallen. Still, riding in the wet and TTing were never his strong suits.

frenchfighter

Or he can just wear armwarmers. Being cold vs drag of armwarmers. Even I know what is worse for performance.

frenchfighter

disgruntledgoat wrote:

On a different note, I was watching Mini Schleck's Galibier win on the Turbo last night, sad how far he's fallen. Still, riding in the wet and TTing were never his strong suits.

All true.

lostboysaint

She's obviously pissed off because Sir Dave has refused to let him ride all wrapped up in cotton wool as he thinks the marginal gains will be wiped away.

Macaloon

Sky performance was not actually that poor when you recall that they have secreted an entire classics squad on fantasy island, and a few riders are at Paris-Nice. So: "Let's help Mrs Froome distract attention."

iainf72

[anonymousforummember] is right. This place is turning into SkyRadar

:P

cal_stewart

mrs froome rule 5 #biteme

frenchfighter

Anyway:

Stage 1 TTT Results
1 Omega Pharma-Quick Step 19:24
2 Movistar Team + 0:11
3 BMC + 0:16
4 Cannondale + 0:19
5 Astana + 0:20
6 Orica-Greenedge + 0:24
7 Sky + 0:25
8 Team Saxo-Tinkoff + 0:32
9 Lampre-Merida + 0:35
10 RadioShack-Leopard + 0:36
11 Blanco + 0:37
12 NetApp-Endura + 0:39
13 Katusha + 0:44
14 Argps-Shimano + 0:51
15 Lotto-Belisol + 0:55
16 Garmin-Sharp + 0:57
17 MTN-Qhubeka + 1:00
18 FDJ + 1:02
19 Vacansoleil-DCM + 1:04
20 Ag2r-La Mondiale + 1:05
21 Vini Fantini + 1:06
22 Euskaltel-Euskadi

disgruntledgoat

How much did Schleck lose?

frenchfighter

Cavendish was to the point. “Two words, one name: Tony Martin,” he said, and then joked: “There are no real egos here except maybe me, but it was all about getting eight guys from point A to point B as quickly as possible.”

frenchfighter

frenchfighter

garyhoop1

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welshmessenger

Good results there for 'dale and Movistar. Could Sagan win GC? Prato di Tivo too big I reckon.

LeicesterLad

Didn't realise TA was on Sky sports today, anybody know what the deal is with this? Carlton Kirby doing the commentary too...