Chris Froome did a 100 km solo attack at the Giro d'Italia to take the race lead with just 2 days to go, dropping everyone. Way to go Froome, you did a Floyd Landis. How stupid can you get? Are you going to claims too much sex or beer like Landis did?
Looks like he responded well to a transfusion. Hopefully the drugs in his blood bag aren't detectable.
Serious question: why are the Brits above getting caught?
Do they have their hands in so many anti-doping agencies that they can blackmail anyone who tries to expose them?
Live to run wrote:
Serious question: why are the Brits above getting caught?
Do they have their hands in so many anti-doping agencies that they can blackmail anyone who tries to expose them?
The problem here though is that he HAS ALREADY been caught, yet here he is racing and pulling another farcical performance out of thin air.
Maybe he got the word he's about to get suspended and just said F it, may as well show the world what I (and my drugs) can really do
more than likely he got the ratcliff, usian bolt, mo farah treatment.
"we will protect you and this will go away, we will sweep it under the rug and find some technicality to clear your name, now go back to crushing"
I haven't been watching the Giro. Is Sky not able to pull him along the way they have the past several TdFs? Part of the problem in believing that Froome is guilty has always been that his team is ridiculously good, and therefore several top GC riders could also win if swapping places with him. And so while the positive test earlier this year is certainly a big deal, I've honestly never thought he was as dominating a rider as his four TdF wins would let you believe.
mypredictor wrote:
I haven't been watching the Giro. Is Sky not able to pull him along the way they have the past several TdFs? Part of the problem in believing that Froome is guilty has always been that his team is ridiculously good, and therefore several top GC riders could also win if swapping places with him. And so while the positive test earlier this year is certainly a big deal, I've honestly never thought he was as dominating a rider as his four TdF wins would let you believe.
So what you are saying is you don't follow or understand cycling. Sky is Postal 2.0. Ever stopped to think why his team is "ridiculously" good?
Must be his kenyan roots.
Haha, being an American must really, really suck right now. No wonder you're all angry!
Big difference between Froome and Landis: Froome is already 4x TdF champ, not a relatively unknown rider. This performance was more like Contador at PN or Dauphine (can't remember which) a few years ago. Also, not sure how doping could help him get a minute+ on the descent.
I Chose D2 wrote:
Big difference between Froome and Landis: Froome is already 4x TdF champ, not a relatively unknown rider. This performance was more like Contador at PN or Dauphine (can't remember which) a few years ago. Also, not sure how doping could help him get a minute+ on the descent.
Exactly that, Dumoulin screwed up by not chasing on the descent and then he got very little help (Carapaz and Lopez just marked each other and Pinot did a little) the rest of the way.
mypredictor wrote:
I haven't been watching the Giro. Is Sky not able to pull him along the way they have the past several TdFs? Part of the problem in believing that Froome is guilty has always been that his team is ridiculously good, and therefore several top GC riders could also win if swapping places with him. And so while the positive test earlier this year is certainly a big deal, I've honestly never thought he was as dominating a rider as his four TdF wins would let you believe.
His usuall strategy wouldnt work because he needed huge time, so they blew the race apart on the hardest climb with 2 more climbs after it. Even though he had to ride solo, there werent more than 3 guys working together in either of the next groups, and Pinot and Reichenbach were really only working to distance D-Pozz, not to catch Froome. And no, there are a lot of guys who could have won swapping places with him.
I am confused. I thought only the Kenyans are doping? Of all people, you accuse the noble Brits of cheating. Outrageous.
I'm sorry that you can't dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles.
I Chose D2 wrote:
His usuall strategy wouldnt work because he needed huge time, so they blew the race apart on the hardest climb with 2 more climbs after it. Even though he had to ride solo, there werent more than 3 guys working together in either of the next groups, and Pinot and Reichenbach were really only working to distance D-Pozz, not to catch Froome.
Exactly.
Bit of pragmatism required here - Froome has put on a show today which of cycling's finest Armstrong, Pantini and Landis would have been proud of.
Cycling's all about sports entertainment and it would have been very easy for Froome - with a drugs ban hanging over his head - to go, "na, I'd better not, this is just going to look stupid", but no he just went and did it anyway. Hilarious stuff. Kudos to the Froomester!
Live to run wrote:
Serious question: why are the Brits above getting caught?
Do they have their hands in so many anti-doping agencies that they can blackmail anyone who tries to expose them?
British athletes dine on tea and crumpets and are above all other athletes who they consider proglodytes because of their steadfast refusal to take any substance that would give them an unfair advantage.
I'm assured of this.
Live to run wrote:
Serious question: why are the Brits above getting caught?
Do they have their hands in so many anti-doping agencies that they can blackmail anyone who tries to expose them?
It's not just Britain. The head of WADA is a guy that has, and continues to, bend over backwards to permit doping.
If you follow the money, you'd see that Sky is the biggest budget in cycling. You'd also recognize that the British cycling federation has a vested interest in never testing a grand tour winner positive. This was the identical arrangement USA Cycling had when they got USPS to give them tons of money.
Other federations do similar things. These aren't sports in any sense of the word. The federations favor athletes and those athletes are allowed to dope.
Actually, the big difference between Landis and Froome is that Landis had shown signs of elite performance early in his career, whereas prior to 2011, Chris Froome showed none until he magically became the best climber and time trialist in the world from Fall 2011 onward. Talk about turning a mule into a racehorse.....or motorbike maybe.....