Giro 2018, Stage 19: Turin - Monte Jafferau - 184 kilometres. *Spoilers*

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  • tim000
    tim000 Posts: 718
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Yates came in 38-39 mins down - looked very unhappy.
    gutted .
    1 because i was working :(
    2 no win for yates . :(
    nice consolation with froome though . :lol::lol::lol:
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    hypster wrote:
    Brailsford has repeatedly said that Froome is the most determined bloke he has ever met. I think to hatch a plan to attack on the Finestre with 80km to go knowing how much time is required is one thing. To actually pull it off is almost unimaginable.

    Apart from the Wiggins debacle, he doesn't seem like that as well (RR2 may disagree). Always comes across really friendly and super nice!
  • hypster
    hypster Posts: 1,229
    OnYourRight wrote:
    JTUK wrote:
    He has won five Tours, not like this is his first big show.
    Four.

    I think he means 5 GTs.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Portal saying it was planned - Froome wanted to do all or nothing.

    It was clearly planned. The way they had so many people along the route to hand out bottles etc. They new he was going to try something from far, far out.

    To be fair if you've won, what 5 GTs, you have nothing left to prove, so you might as well try it.

    I can't help but admire Froome's mental fortitude. It's really something. He'd make a formidable secret agent.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • schlepcycling
    schlepcycling Posts: 1,614
    OnYourRight wrote:
    JTUK wrote:
    He has won five Tours, not like this is his first big show.
    Four.
    Five....4 France + 1 Spain
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  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Above The Cows wrote:
    I can't help but admire Froome's mental fortitude. It's really something. He'd make a formidable secret agent.

    Perhaps he already is...
  • topper_harley
    topper_harley Posts: 597
    hypster wrote:
    Brailsford has repeatedly said that Froome is the most determined bloke he has ever met. I think to hatch a plan to attack on the Finestre with 80km to go knowing how much time is required is one thing. To actually pull it off is almost unimaginable.
    he is f*cking ruthless on a bike
  • JTUK
    JTUK Posts: 67
    OnYourRight wrote:
    JTUK wrote:
    He has won five Tours, not like this is his first big show.
    Four.

    Okay okay four Tours and a Vuelta, bloody picky :roll: :wink:
  • JTUK
    JTUK Posts: 67
    JTUK wrote:
    OnYourRight wrote:
    JTUK wrote:
    He has won five Tours, not like this is his first big show.
    Four.

    Okay okay four Tours and a Vuelta, bloody picky :roll: :wink:

    Five Grand TOURS
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    I assume the clinic has gone into meltdown?

    A day of racing from the 1950s. Chapeau.

    Tomorrow - surely Fortress Froome will be Sky's plan.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Above The Cows wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Portal saying it was planned - Froome wanted to do all or nothing.

    It was clearly planned. The way they had so many people along the route to hand out bottles etc. They new he was going to try something from far, far out.

    To be fair if you've won, what 5 GTs, you have nothing left to prove, so you might as well try it.

    I can't help but admire Froome's mental fortitude. It's really something. He'd make a formidable secret agent.
    00-Fenton
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Even if its planned, you've still got to pull it off and hope no-one else responds. In their evaluation of how things might pan out for the day you'd had possibly agreed that attacking on Finistere was the right idea, and that had a decent chance of cracking someone. But I doubt there'd have been much money on Froome being solo with an advantage of 40s at Finisterre and then extending it much beyond 90s by the finish.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Froome shedding a tear in the interview with Flecha

    Ruthless on the bike but comes across as human off it, I remember how gutted he looked climbing off in the 2014 tour
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Above The Cows wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Portal saying it was planned - Froome wanted to do all or nothing.

    It was clearly planned. The way they had so many people along the route to hand out bottles etc. They new he was going to try something from far, far out.

    To be fair if you've won, what 5 GTs, you have nothing left to prove, so you might as well try it.

    I can't help but admire Froome's mental fortitude. It's really something. He'd make a formidable secret agent.
    In the interview just now he sounded like he really enjoyed it too. Saying he's never raced like that before.
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    hypster wrote:
    Brailsford has repeatedly said that Froome is the most determined bloke he has ever met. I think to hatch a plan to attack on the Finestre with 80km to go knowing how much time is required is one thing. To actually pull it off is almost unimaginable.

    Apart from the Wiggins debacle, he doesn't seem like that as well (RR2 may disagree). Always comes across really friendly and super nice!

    I've noticed this weird thing quite a few times in the past. For some reason, people are associating perceived looks/demeanour to character traits. There are plenty of 'baby faced' brutes and monsters out there, one would think people would have learned by now.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Portal saying it was planned - Froome wanted to do all or nothing.

    It was clearly planned. The way they had so many people along the route to hand out bottles etc. They new he was going to try something from far, far out.

    To be fair if you've won, what 5 GTs, you have nothing left to prove, so you might as well try it.

    I can't help but admire Froome's mental fortitude. It's really something. He'd make a formidable secret agent.
    In the interview just now he sounded like he really enjoyed it too. Saying he's never raced like that before.

    As did Brailsford, sounds like he enjoyed planning a proper big attack rather than chipping away at holding a lead
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Apparently he's said he rode within himself today and didn't go to the limit...
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Not sure Hurt was the best choice of lead out song for Eurosport - I get the sentiment but it does have quite a few references to injecting drugs...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    adr82 wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Portal saying it was planned - Froome wanted to do all or nothing.

    It was clearly planned. The way they had so many people along the route to hand out bottles etc. They new he was going to try something from far, far out.

    To be fair if you've won, what 5 GTs, you have nothing left to prove, so you might as well try it.

    I can't help but admire Froome's mental fortitude. It's really something. He'd make a formidable secret agent.
    00-Fenton

    OK Froome as the new Bond would really break the internet.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Above The Cows wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Portal saying it was planned - Froome wanted to do all or nothing.

    It was clearly planned. The way they had so many people along the route to hand out bottles etc. They new he was going to try something from far, far out.

    To be fair if you've won, what 5 GTs, you have nothing left to prove, so you might as well try it.

    I can't help but admire Froome's mental fortitude. It's really something. He'd make a formidable secret agent.
    00-Fenton

    OK Froome as the new Bond would really break the internet.

    Could use the One Pro Cycling Aston Martin bikes for chasing baddies
  • JTUK
    JTUK Posts: 67
    Chapeau to Yates, still a young chap. Cyclists show they don’t gain your full strength until late twenties, early thirties. He’ll be back stronger.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    God I'm dreading the reactions to this in my office on Monday.

    I'll be having to studiously avoid all my 'Sky are all doping' colleagues who like to conveniently gloss over the tawdry recent history of Dutch cycling.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Not sure Hurt was the best choice of lead out song for Eurosport - I get the sentiment but it does have quite a few references to injecting drugs...

    Someone at Eurosport with a sense of humour?
  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    Yeah, the interesting thing is not that Froome’s attack was planned – of course he couldn’t have pulled it off without all those feed bottles, team members fully committed to their role, etc. The interesting thing is that the ride went according to plan. Such desperate plans rarely come to fruition.

    I think the parcours and the tactics flattered the athleticism of his ride, but it’s still a day for the history books.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,127
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    I assume the clinic has gone into meltdown?

    A day of racing from the 1950s. Chapeau.

    Giro 1956 to be exact which Charly Gaul won (according to l'Equipe TV)
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  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 403
    BigMat wrote:
    Impressive by Froome, but I attacked with 100km to go on my sportive yesterday and managed to stay away - he's got some way to go.

    Extremely underrated post here. This has done me :lol:
  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    Any news on time cuts? Everyone in?
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Anyway, impressive how Froome deFinistreted the entire GC.


    I'll get my coat.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I still can't believe he attacked when they were still in the trees on the Finestre.

    I'm going to have to watch the highlights show.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    Any news on time cuts? Everyone in?
    It’s 56-57 minutes. 151 finished by 45 minutes. How many started today?
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