Originally Posted by
reef58
How many riders in the history of the Tour could put almost two minutes on Contador on a climb?
Contador almost certainly burned through a lot of reserves on Friday, and isn't 28 any more -- as this year's Dauphine should have made clear. He lost his invincibility about 2 years ago, by the way.
The fact is up until a 2nd place ride in 2011 Froome had done next to nothing as a pro, and now the best or used to best cannot even ride his wheel.
Yes, being a younger rider, having a parasite for a few years, and then working for someone else, tends to do that.
And no, just because he hasn't caught public attention doesn't mean he hasn't had the skills until last week.
He is not winning a 10 seconds he is winning climbs by minutes.
Here's today's results.
1. Christopher FROOME, Sky, in 5:48:45
2. Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS, Movistar, at :29
3. Mikel NIEVE ITURALDE, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 1:23
4. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Katusha, at 1:23
5. Roman KREUZIGER, Saxo-Tinkoff, at 1:40
6. Alberto CONTADOR VELASCO, Saxo-Tinkoff, at 1:40
7. Jakob FUGLSANG, Astana, at 1:43
8. Bauke MOLLEMA, Belkin, at 1:46
9. Laurens TEN DAM, Belkin, at 1:53
Sorry, but nothing about this screams "inhuman" to me, especially since Contador, Kreuziger, Mollema and Ten Dam were all busting their asses 2 days ago to take back time on a flat stage.