Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Well, amazing bit of riding. If there's one thing the French admire it's panache and the willingness to attack from anywhere at any time, so if the crowds don't appreciate that then they won't ever like anything Froome does.”
I think Froome has been amazing. He out-Saganed Sagan on Saturday. Plenty of riders do the crossbar straddling thing when descending, but I haven't seen anyone do it with that crazy cadence peddling aswell (rather unfairly referred to by Boardman as 'circus clown cycling'). And today was also very impressive by Froome, not just in terms of execution but being wise to the possibility of something like that happening. I wasn't convinced expending all that energy was sensible just for the sake of a few seconds, but it also has a strong psychological effect on his rivals. It also shows what great shape Froome is in for the ITTs. Hopefully he'll finally get the respect he deserves.
You gotta love Sagan too. Great rider, great spirit, great guy.