Tour de Romandie *spoilers*
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oooh, good ride by Talansky
cracking ride by Fenton0 -
Froome's prize is a lovely helicopter ride around the valley and down to the start."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.Contador is the Greatest0
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frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
Maybe have a look at the parcours before jumping to the conclusion you obviously are... :roll:0 -
frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
It's not like Froome being able to TT is a new thing and it was 7.5k of 300m of climbing, so would make it less favourable for someone like Tony Martin. Just look at the top 10, you wouldn't expect many of them to be close to Tony Martin on a flat course - yet they all beat him.
It's not really a huge surprise.0 -
frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
It was a mountain TT.0 -
frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
This is getting a bit tedious now FF.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
I should have done that instead of picking Phinney for PTP. Doh!r0bh wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
Maybe have a look at the parcours before jumping to the conclusion you obviously are... :roll:Twitter: @RichN950 -
eg Martin was beaten by Szmyd I think0
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No tA Doctor wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
This is getting a bit tedious now FF.
The hypocrisy would be amusing if it wasn't so tedious...0 -
Put him on ignore. So much easier. He's straight trolling.0
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Tedious? I thought it was a pretty good joke on people making similar noises about Bertie Back in the day when he was winning one week stage race prologues - and flat ones too...r0bh wrote:No tA Doctor wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
This is getting a bit tedious now FF.
The hypocrisy would be amusing if it wasn't so tedious...0 -
RichN95 wrote:
I should have done that instead of picking Phinney for PTP. Doh!r0bh wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
Maybe have a look at the parcours before jumping to the conclusion you obviously are... :roll:
I did look and still decided Martin could perform on the climb :roll:0 -
Fenton appears to have tidied up his TT position - elbows tucked in an' all0
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Pross wrote:RichN95 wrote:
I should have done that instead of picking Phinney for PTP. Doh!r0bh wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
Maybe have a look at the parcours before jumping to the conclusion you obviously are... :roll:
I did look and still decided Martin could perform on the climb :roll:
Got your Martins mixed up?Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
No tA Doctor wrote:Pross wrote:RichN95 wrote:
I should have done that instead of picking Phinney for PTP. Doh!r0bh wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
Maybe have a look at the parcours before jumping to the conclusion you obviously are... :roll:
I did look and still decided Martin could perform on the climb :roll:
Got your Martins mixed up?
Tony has done pretty well on the occaisional mountain tour stage, two or so years back (can't be bothered to google).0 -
Mad_Malx wrote:
Tony has done pretty well on the occaisional mountain tour stage, two or so years back (can't be bothered to google).
He's never done that well in prologues, so I wasn't expecting an improvement in a moutain prologue.0 -
FJS wrote:
Tedious? I thought it was a pretty good joke on people making similar noises about Bertie Back in the day when he was winning one week stage race prologues - and flat ones too...r0bh wrote:No tA Doctor wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
This is getting a bit tedious now FF.
The hypocrisy would be amusing if it wasn't so tedious...
I'm starting to think he might be right about the bit in bold though. Froome looking like a very strong favourite assuming he's on course to peak for July. I'm more confident in him than I am in Wiggo next month, although I'm hoping Wiggo has got his preparation bang on and will fly in the Giro...0 -
TheBigBean wrote:Mad_Malx wrote:
Tony has done pretty well on the occaisional mountain tour stage, two or so years back (can't be bothered to google).
He's never done that well in prologues, so I wasn't expecting an improvement in a moutain prologue.
He did win a short rolling TT in Paris Nice 2011, with Wiggo & Porte behind, but I forgot the prologue bit (and I made the same mistake in the last prologue PTP I picked him for).0 -
BigMat wrote:FJS wrote:
Tedious? I thought it was a pretty good joke on people making similar noises about Bertie Back in the day when he was winning one week stage race prologues - and flat ones too...r0bh wrote:No tA Doctor wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
This is getting a bit tedious now FF.
The hypocrisy would be amusing if it wasn't so tedious...
I'm starting to think he might be right about the bit in bold though. Froome looking like a very strong favourite assuming he's on course to peak for July. I'm more confident in him than I am in Wiggo next month, although I'm hoping Wiggo has got his preparation bang on and will fly in the Giro...
Yeah, well, we havent seen Wiggo smashing it so far this year like we have Froome. Having said that, he did look good last week until poxy gear issues. I wish he'd included a race-with-TT in his race program so we could see his form on that front0 -
If that's just a little taste of what we can expect from Froome in a couple of months, then there is going to be little competition for the overall.
The interesting part, though, is that Froome doesn't strike me as this confident, no-nonsense leader. He wouldn't be the first rider to disappoint as a result of lacking that skill of leadership.0 -
I don't know about that. He's a white colonial african, ex-public schoolboy. His sense of entitlement must be unfathomable.ThomThom wrote:The interesting part, though, is that Froome doesn't strike me as this confident, no-nonsense leader. He wouldn't be the first rider to disappoint as a result of lacking that skill of leadership.Twitter: @RichN950 -
RichN95 wrote:
I don't know about that. He's a white colonial african, ex-public schoolboy. His sense of entitlement must be unfathomable.ThomThom wrote:The interesting part, though, is that Froome doesn't strike me as this confident, no-nonsense leader. He wouldn't be the first rider to disappoint as a result of lacking that skill of leadership.
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You might well be right, but I've never seen him grin so much as here today.RichN95 wrote:
I don't know about that. He's a white colonial african, ex-public schoolboy. His sense of entitlement must be unfathomable.ThomThom wrote:The interesting part, though, is that Froome doesn't strike me as this confident, no-nonsense leader. He wouldn't be the first rider to disappoint as a result of lacking that skill of leadership.
He looks like a young lad returning to his mates after having just scored in the back entry (i.e. back alley). Such open joy, rather than cocky coolness, isn't normally a sign of leadership.
Or maybe it isn't so complicated - he was just happy/relieved to have done well and get kissed from both sides?
(like someone once said - a kiss is like whisky; one always would prefer a double)0 -
Any ideas where I can watch some highlights? Can see ought on YouTube?
Cheers
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r0bh wrote:No tA Doctor wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Froome just won a prologue? Oh my, what can you say. Everyone else may as well not turn up to the Tour looking for GC. What a joke. Zero to hero on just about every element. And it's not like that field is lacking in TT firepower.
This is getting a bit tedious now FF.
The hypocrisy would be amusing if it wasn't so tedious...
Can I ask a favour of everyone... Could you refrain from 'quoting' frenchfighters posts, because doing so cancels out the effect of putting him on ignore and I still end up reading his drivel.0 -
RichN95 wrote:
I don't know about that. He's a white colonial african, ex-public schoolboy. His sense of entitlement must be unfathomable.ThomThom wrote:The interesting part, though, is that Froome doesn't strike me as this confident, no-nonsense leader. He wouldn't be the first rider to disappoint as a result of lacking that skill of leadership.
The entitled St Christopher.
Through inexperience he's more likely than Wiggins to make a racing error, but I doubt he's struggling to impress his team-mates. Boardman nodded his approval at his ride away from Porte at the Criterium International....a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0 -
Macaloon wrote:RichN95 wrote:
I don't know about that. He's a white colonial african, ex-public schoolboy. His sense of entitlement must be unfathomable.ThomThom wrote:The interesting part, though, is that Froome doesn't strike me as this confident, no-nonsense leader. He wouldn't be the first rider to disappoint as a result of lacking that skill of leadership.
The entitled St Christopher.
Through inexperience he's more likely than Wiggins to make a racing error, but I doubt he's struggling to impress his team-mates. Boardman nodded his approval at his ride away from Porte at the Criterium International.
or...
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Contador is going to need to find his 2008-2009 form again, if he does then we could have a hell of a Tour.
The fact that Contador has been there, done it and worn the T shirt before still counts in his favour."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
Yeah, but is he still going there and is he still doing that? (The less said about the T-shirt the better)inkyfingers wrote:Contador is going to need to find his 2008-2009 form again, if he does then we could have a hell of a Tour.
The fact that Contador has been there, done it and worn the T shirt before still counts in his favour.Twitter: @RichN950
