Why? - because it is an easy day apart from the kicker to Finhaut?
Tour de France 2016 **SPOILERS**
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Why? - because it is an easy day apart from the kicker to Finhaut?
I'm not sure he will hit it out of the park unless he is feeling absolutely 100%.
What would that take out of him with several back to back stages in the Alps?
Would it not make much more sense to let everybody attack and then just have team Sky close them down or even Froome on his own just close them down? That would be incredibly demoralising to have Froomey the automaton just relentlessly pursuing you a la Terminator?
Then on the last Alpine stage, absolutely hit it and go full retard to show how futile the attacks were? As in you did your best and it was 'pitiful' .
Going full retard too early leaves some hope for the others due to the after effects and Froome's history in wk 3 surely?
This week is (to paraphrase SCW) in the top two inches.....
What would that take out of him with several back to back stages in the Alps?
Would it not make much more sense to let everybody attack and then just have team Sky close them down or even Froome on his own just close them down? That would be incredibly demoralising to have Froomey the automaton just relentlessly pursuing you a la Terminator?
Then on the last Alpine stage, absolutely hit it and go full retard to show how futile the attacks were? As in you did your best and it was 'pitiful' .
Going full retard too early leaves some hope for the others due to the after effects and Froome's history in wk 3 surely?
This week is (to paraphrase SCW) in the top two inches.....
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
The last week's a dead rubber. Sky will bat out the draw.
Crandoggler
Senior Member
I remember Froome looking tired during his interviews last year. This year he looks as though he hasn't even been on a ride yet. Good luck to him.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
He does look pretty fresh, doesn't he? In fact, some of his earlier riding looked positively feisty. I can only remember him having to go into the red once when Quintana launched an attack last week. And, he looks alert enough to respond to a few attacks.
400bhp
Guru
Nah
Shadow
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- edge of the south downs
Cruel. But true. Et trés drôle.
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
Pinarello extend their deal with Sky for 4 more years
I can barely recall seeing any amateur cyclist on a Pinarello but I suppose they must think the marketing works.
They are very popular up here in Yorkshire.
They're probably looking further afield than Brighton, broader horizons, like Liverpool.
