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Five things we learned from the Tour de France
- Updated: July 25, 2016
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PARIS (AFP) — Five things we learned from the Tour de France, which ended Sunday in Paris with Chris Froome winning his third title:
Va-va-Froome
Just as others before him such as Eddy Merckx, Miguel Indurain, or even the disgraced Lance Armstrong, Froome proved this year that when one rider is simply better than the others, nothing can stop him. It’s true that Froome had the strongest team, but he was individually the strongest climber, time trialer, descender, and flats rider. No one managed to take time out of Froome in any domain. When the best rider is simply superior, he almost always wins.
Sky’s suffocating armada
In its three previous Tour victories, Sky had the best team. This year, the British outfit brought perhaps the best team the Tour has ever seen — notwithstanding the super-charged US Postal and Discovery Channel teams of the Armstrong years. But when a team is that strong — Froome himself acknowledged this was the strongest team ever fielded by Sky — it kills the race. The tempo set by Froome’s teammates prevented any rider from even thinking about attacking, particularly in the mountains. Cycling may be a team game, but sometimes the team can take the fun out of cycling. Tour organizer ASO is now looking at the possibility of reducing team rosters from nine to eight riders.
A step too far
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