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Saxo have come to the front and are taking up the pulling
Lovely jubbly for Froome and his team............... I wonder if there someone up the road who Contador thinks is a danger to his 2nd place ? |
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Saxo have come to the front and are taking up the pulling
Lovely jubbly for Froome and his team............... I wonder if there someone up the road who Contador thinks is a danger to his 2nd place ? He's scared of Quintana and Rodriguez. They will lose him on the final climb today, and they defiantly will on the final climb tomorrow. Anyway... Has anyone seen the power data Sky have released? apparently it was released to the French press yesterday, and they have agreed that it all looks normal. Anyone here seen it.... What do you think? Can't understand any of this power data stuff... It's all numbers and gibberish to me!
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No, it's about the team competition - no-one up the road is within half an hour of the leaders.
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Heizendahl . those specs .LMFAO .....
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Saxo have baffled me all this tour to be honest. They have had 1 good day. They missed their chance to attack Sky, then Movistar got involved and that was that.
He's scared of Quintana and Rodriguez. They will lose him on the final climb today, and they defiantly will on the final climb tomorrow. Anyway... Has anyone seen the power data Sky have released? apparently it was released to the French press yesterday, and they have agreed that it all looks normal. Anyone here seen it.... What do you think? Can't understand any of this power data stuff... It's all numbers and gibberish to me! ![]() Power output is in Wattage. That is the amount of force they apply to the pedals as they push/ pull through the crank. Froome is about 400 watts, scottish TT winner is about 334 watts, I am a dim 9 watt torch bulb LOL |
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Dont know why , but im getting worried about Chris Froome. He doesnt look comfortable, has dropped back in the peleton a few times and doesnt seem to be " sparky" .
I hope im wrong.
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Anyway... Has anyone seen the power data Sky have released? apparently it was released to the French press yesterday, and they have agreed that it all looks normal.
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Dont know why , but im getting worried about Chris Froome. He doesnt look comfortable, has dropped back in the peleton a few times and doesnt seem to be " sparky" .
I hope im wrong. ![]() |
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Sky released it to L'Equipe on the basis that they could not publish it or share it with anyone other than an expert, and they could report that expert's findings. The data won't be released publicly.
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Dont know why , but im getting worried about Chris Froome. He doesnt look comfortable, has dropped back in the peleton a few times and doesnt seem to be " sparky" .
I hope im wrong. ![]() Froome's still got every single one of his teammates with him (that in itself shows how brilliant Sky's pacemaking has been today), so he's in a pretty decent position right now. Two of Quintana's teammates are about 9 minutes up the road from him, which is too big a gap at the minute to be of any use! He's only got 3 men to be worried about - Quintana, Rodriguez and Contador - and the latter of those hasn't stayed with him on any big climb late in a stage this year. The first two are now too close together on GC to want to work together. It's almost inevitable that Quintana and Rodriguez will attack, but all Froome has to do is stay within a couple of minutes of them, and Porte will pace him to that. |
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http://www.outsideonline.com/news-fr...medium=xmlfeed
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=21212 @fredgrappe Ai-je une seule fois évoqué le fait qu'il n'est pas dopé ? Les données analysées ne permet pas de le dire. Je dois rester très honnête... @fredgrappe La question qu'il faut davantage se poser c'est plutôt de savoir quel était son profil avant 2011 ? Et là, je n'en sait rien... Translation? "Have I said one single time that he is not doped? The data analysed do not suffice to reach that conclusion. I must be very honest... ...The question we must ask is: what was his profile before 2011? And I know nothing of that..." |
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So, it will be leaked then... Stuff like this always leaks.
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http://www.outsideonline.com/news-fr...medium=xmlfeed
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=21212 @fredgrappe Ai-je une seule fois évoqué le fait qu'il n'est pas dopé ? Les données analysées ne permet pas de le dire. Je dois rester très honnête... @fredgrappe La question qu'il faut davantage se poser c'est plutôt de savoir quel était son profil avant 2011 ? Et là, je n'en sait rien... Translation? "Have I said one single time that he is not doped? The data analysed do not suffice to reach that conclusion. I must be very honest... ...The question we must ask is: what was his profile before 2011? And I know nothing of that..." |
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Wow, I'm surprised it's taken them that long to come up with that
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A couple of cheeky pushes there from the team car for that Europcar rider. Naughty.
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Saxo still pounding away on the front.................and Sky riders are dropping off the back on the climb
It's up and down for the remainder of the day so they might get back on again Quite a long descent off the last climb.............I wonder if Contador is planning to have another go on the downhill ? |
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Absouloutly LOVED that white bike on a zipwire .....
The creativity of the people on route is an art in itself. Pure french class. and then you get the nooobheads at the top of Alp de Heuz . Great to recognise / seeing those two girls flag waving on top of the split screen VW campervan at every stage since start .... ...just realised how much TV time ibe spent watching the Tour ..
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yeah, the zip wire bike was fantastic !.............
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Good to see The Devil too!
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here's some background info on Chris Froome for 'em:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013...tour-de-france |
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Good to see The Devil too!
http://www.tourteufel.de/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didi_Senft |
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Those clouds look seriously Donner und Blitzen !!!
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#648 |
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Apres moi le deluge...................
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OMG.......dat rain
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It seems very strange to be sitting here in basking hot sunshine, and watching lightning and heavy rain, usually it is the other way round!
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