Perhaps true.
But Froome hasn't been consistently strong through the Giro, he's had a good days and bad days. This is a good day.
That is far more plausible than being consistently strong for 3 weeks racing.

And you have to admire his balls!

while I agree for the most part... sometimes you just want to turn off the pessimism and watch a stage. If that's today... damn it's a fun watch.

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Just got the stats for the last climb, this is gonna be good

I agree. This is one of the best grand tours I've ever seen.

He's continued to pull out time when the chase should have had the advantage. TD only hope is Froome hitting the wall, doesn't seem like he has the power to pull it back on the last climb.

in my opinion: i think TD could shut down froome's virtual lead now. but the rest of his group is on the rivet. if he goes any harder he'll blow the group apart. so it's a calculated risk to lose a little time now and keep that group together until the road points up.

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This is an amazing stage and GT. Lot of credit to Froome, he’s a gamer.

Impossible to say, there has certainly been plenty of indications over the years that riders can also be prepared for a single day performance (e.g. corticosteroids). Gaumont way back when talked about the Cofidis (IIRC) team bus looking like a medical clinic on a TT day.

We'll find out momentarily, he's got about 30-45 seconds to pull back.

now we're going to see. i think we'll know in 5 minutes how this is likely to go. but it's a nail biter!

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No kidding...and it will still make tomorrow interesting...this day is going to leave marks so it sure isn't folded no matter what happens.

This is an all time classic day. So much for boring Sky, they just blew everything open.

Pretty sure yesterday made it clear that Yates was done and it just gave hope to everyone.

dumoulin is one cool customer. he immediately gets dropped as the road points up, but it's because the leaders (pinot) took it out too hard, trying to drop his GC rivals.

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"He's a jedi master of the controlled effort" ... LOL

Crazy how evenly matched Froome and TD are today, guess the big question is how much is left in tank tomorrow.

Just wanted to come back and tell all you bastards I told you so!!!

Given what's going on with froome right now, you think he'd risk his career on something like that? A bad tour wouldn't end him, but a full on doping violation would, especially right now.

So far it looks like reducing GC squad size has paid off for more exciting racing. This is an old school mano-y-mano battle. Tour might even be interesting this year

I have no idea, people do crazy shit all the time.

Gold

I just wanted to quote this, that is all.

There have been GC stars in the past under the most intense scrutiny who kept right on the program. Lance had to get a back-dated TUE after accidentally messing up his corticosteroid program, and he didn't bat an eye.

Froome - clean or not - is ruthlessly competitive. Nevermind the gentlemanly act. That dude is intense on the bike, and has a barely-contained hatred for losing.

Froome said it himself in week 1 that he was going to go on the attack during week 3...so duh!!! /pink

Fucking amazing stage. I was entertained.

Ug. I openly have Sky Derangement Syndrome, and I was genuinely angry for about 5 seconds before I slapped myself for letting entertainment affect me that way.

Still thinking of blocking your ass. :)