Vuelta 2014, **el sp-olé-rs**
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ayceejay
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The funny thing about Froome and I am thinking of this because someone said that he had been on the turbo trainer lots in an attempt to recover, is that he does give the impression that he is riding in virtual reality - the stem gazing - looking up to see where the end of the road is before going faster - the posture and expression. Is wind and rain and undulating terrain all alien to him?
I think with his upbringing his cycling was more in the reality than most others in the pro peleton!
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HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
I think part of it was journalistic overstatement - from what I gather the leg injury was a hairline fracture, which sounds a lot worse than it is when all the journos are calling it a broken leg. Add to that Bertie's usual sandbagging in the run up to Vuelta and suddenly his performance is a 'big shock'.
Was anyone really surprised when he said on the rest day 'Oh, by the way, I think I'm going to go for GC now'?
Strathlubnaig
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- Alberta
It was obviously a severe enough injury to pull out of the TdF, but nothing wrong with a wee bit of sandbagging, think of it as a marginal gain.
MisterStan
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- Out there somewhere
Brailsford would be proud!
In the Giro he was mighty impressive in the TT as well, but was less so in the mountain stages, so even despite this great result, I feel he'll only be gradually loosing time there
Yeah, as mentioned before, I feel he might hang on to a top 15/top 10
But probably more interesting, so did Rodriguez for his standards, so expect him to still be very motivated to go for it (for me he is at this point the only clear challenger for Contador)
Let's hope he can (but chances are that his body needs some time to get perfected aligned again)
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
How do you overstate a broken leg?
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I guess there are degrees of broken-ness. Different kinds of fracture. For example I can say that I once ran a marathon with a broken ankle, which is true - sort of, but misleading. I had a stress fracture that was diagnosed later, but my foot wasn't flopping around in all directions.
All the same this is a pretty amazing recovery.
MisterStan
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- Out there somewhere
It really is, I can't remember which channel I was watching the other day, but they said he had an infection in his knee too!
thecube
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- Leiicestershire
I had a broken leg, still managed to beat my brother at badminton before realising that it was broken!
How the hell did Uran do that time? this is a bit fishy.
How the hell did Uran do that time? this is a bit fishy.
KennaughKickIt
Active Member
Pretty sure he won a TT in the Giro? I could of course just be making that up.
Sad to see Quintana abandon, was looking forward to watching him glide up mountains.
Damn! This is a year of favourites crashing. I mean you always get one or two but it seems to be everyone this year.
themosquitoking
Guru
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- Spain
No, he hasn't has he? He can't, he's my favourite.
Strathlubnaig
Guru
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- Alberta
How come soon as a guy does a decent TT then he is assumed to be doping ? Just accept that Uran, as a GC contender, has identified TT as a potential weakness, and worked at it. jeez.
