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Giro d'Italia 2015 May 9th - 31st (please use spoiler tags)

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  • #102
    Pudsy33
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    He crashed prior to the cobbles iirc


  • #103
    ThisRegard
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    xxyyzz wrote: »
    It's mad, the guy used to be an xc mountainbike racer, he should have no problems with the cobbles.

    Yeah, and as Pudsy points out he went down 2 or 3 times in the one stage before he even got to the cobbles and decided to retire that day. He crashed in the stage the day before too.


  • #104
    Brian?
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    xxyyzz wrote: »
    It's mad, the guy used to be an xc mountainbike racer, he should have no problems with the cobbles.

    It's a complete mystery actually. Someone coming from MTB should have great handling skills. But Froome is useless in the rain, slightly better than Wiggins but still brutal.

    It's a characteristic all Sky GC contenders share. Porte is brutal on wet descents as well. I seriously think they should hire someone like Sean Kelly as a coach.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #105
    Brian?
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    MPFG wrote: »
    I see no one is opting fro Nibali ?? And he probably has the strongest team and is the best on cobbles

    Losing to Horner in the Vuelta has put me off Nibali forever. :).

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  • #106
    MPFG
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    Brian? wrote: »
    It's a complete mystery actually. Someone coming from MTB should have great handling skills. But Froome is useless in the rain, slightly better than Wiggins but still brutal.

    It's a characteristic all Sky GC contenders share. Porte is brutal on wet descents as well. I seriously think they should hire someone like Sean Kelly as a coach.

    They cannot sign Sean Kelly or indeed alot of great coaches/DSs because of zero tolerance


  • #107
    Brian?
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    MPFG wrote: »
    They cannot sign Sean Kelly or indeed alot of great coaches/DSs because of zero tolerance

    That didn't stop them signing Sean Yates etc.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #108
    MPFG
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    Brian? wrote: »
    That didn't stop them signing Sean Yates etc.

    That was before they brought in the zero tolerance policy and why Yates left....???????

    I thought this was known


  • #109
    Brian?
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    MPFG wrote: »
    That was before they brought in the zero tolerance policy and why Yates left....???????

    I thought this was known

    Ah I don't know. I thought the zero tolerance policy was from the start.

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  • #110
    MPFG
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    Brian? wrote: »
    Ah I don't know. I thought the zero tolerance policy was from the start.

    I think its a stupid policy....not possible in the sport as it is now and they are missing out on so much expertise

    They have the science and nutrition covered and marginal gains .... whatever they are

    But they lack IMO the old wily racing brains like other teams have


  • #111
    ThisRegard
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    Brian? wrote: »
    That didn't stop them signing Sean Yates etc.

    And Geert Leinders as their doctor.
    MPFG wrote: »
    That was before they brought in the zero tolerance policy and why Yates left....???????

    I thought this was known
    Brian? wrote: »
    Ah I don't know. I thought the zero tolerance policy was from the start.

    I thought it was from the very start too, it was a corner stone of the team they were this new team riding clean with a clean past using fancy training methods and preparation only for their marginal gains.

    edit: From the BBC
    Dave Brailsford made two big promises in 2009 when he announced the formation of a British-based cycling team for the following season.
    No longer satisfied with just Olympic domination, Team GB's commander-in-chief was going to use BSkyB cash to take the first home-grown rider to victory in the Tour de France within five years, and he was going to do it with a team untainted by doping......................

    have seen three senior members of staff leave Team Sky, two having admitted to doping over a decade ago, and a retiring rider confess to having lied to the team about his past on at least two occasions. These four followed team doctor Geert Leinders out of the door, although he was eased out a few weeks before Usada boiled Lance.
    from http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cycling/20147726


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  • #112
    Darkglasses
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    The zero-tolerance policy was theoretically there from the beginning, but it was kinda ramped up when this came in.


  • #113
    ROK ON
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    Brian? wrote: »
    Losing to Horner in the Vuelta has put me off Nibali forever. :).

    Lance, Hinault, Merckx and Anquetil would all have lost to Horner in that particular race.


  • #114
    dastardly00
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    ROK ON wrote: »
    Lance, Hinault, Merckx and Anquetil would all have lost to Horner in that particular race.

    I was just going to post something similar :D


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