Falling apart for Froome

DeadCalm

argyllflyer wrote:

I don't get the criticism of Sky for yesterday. They put three up the road in case Froome collapsed after his own attack from the peloton (as he did) and in doing so, not only won the stage but contributed enough to the break to stop Contador taking anything further from the race.

If the reason for putting men up the road was to go for a stage win, why did Porte and Lopez drop back in an attempt to help Froome?

I reckon the win for Nieve was a fortunate by-product of a plan to counteract the obvious weakness in the Sky team by getting their mountain helpers a head start.

The_Boy

Rick Chasey wrote:

Top_Bhoy wrote:

sjmclean wrote:

This needs spoliers on it. Ruined the weekends racing for me today.

There would be a genuine complaint if it was posted in 'Beginner' without warnings but 'Pro Race''. Seriously???? Why access the forum titles 'Pro Race' in the first instance if not knowing the outcome of the most important pre-TdF race was that important? I don't understand why some feel the need to blame others for this type of situation; I guess it's easier to blame others than take responsibility for their own actions.

Same happened for me. Go on the forum you run the risk, ultimately.

When I'm at work and planning on watching the day's stage as live at night I make a point of avoiding all cycling related sites.

On Friday I thought the world cup thread on a wine forum I'm a member of would be a safe read...

iainf72

DeadCalm wrote:

I reckon the win for Nieve was a fortunate by-product of a plan to counteract the obvious weakness in the Sky team by getting their mountain helpers a head start.

Nonsense. Why would Sky ride on front all day when Bert was in yellow. Putting riders up the road was to put Bert under pressure.

I agree the Nieve win was a by product but the move was nothing to do with weakness.

ddraver

Sky are so boring, they never attack

How dare Sky Attack!