trail wrote:
torrey wrote:
Took the balls out of him on a course that needed them.
On the other hand, almost every GT victory involves being tested with serious adversity multiple times, and handling it gracefully. (e.g. Froome himself running a bike uphill). I was a little surprised that he'd get snakebit by something that didn't look, on the surface, all that big of a deal. Buy, of course, often reality is bigger than surface perception. Good chance Froome will show up in a big way for the rest of the race. (even though as a card-carrying Froome-hater I hope he undergoes a complete meltdown).
To be fair Froome has never really been great at short TT's, Martin also seems to struggle with short technical TT's......what is the deal with Martin he seems to have completely lost his ability to be a serious TT contender.
One potential issue is now Sunweb has a lot of responsibility early and i am sure Sky is perfectly happy to allow them to hold the pink jersey. If i was TD i would rather BMC have the jersey early and chill out for a week. Can sunweb protect TD for three weeks? TD cannot climb to the same level as an on form Froome, which begs the question is Froome on form or close to ideal form?
Who do you think is a serious contender outside of TD/Froome? Pinot, Yates, Woods, Bennett, Aru, do we know who Movistar is riding for?