The Secret Behind Sky's Climbing Dominance | Controlling a Mountain Stage | Eurosport Explainers 

The secret is having enough money to pay a team full of loyal super domestiqes

@@soundninja99 i guess movistar didn't pay their riders enough

The secret is protecting the fittest as long as possible, mantaining pace despite rivals atttack: resisting te urge to go faster to mantain a pace

U should consider performance in the variables.. Unless, if we talk about hypothetical and all the riders have the same performance, then the rest depends on mechanics. But the reality is, not all riders have the same performance.

Very true. Same in every sport

@@muhdhafidz5644 money buys quality riders though

@@jeffsmith9351 yeah, ure right

I do not blame team Sky, I just say this kind of tactics makes our sport so boring! Just watch how team sky won the Giro this year, that was epic!

Der Eidgenosse It's not the only way to win 😉

@@diegospina97 shut up

It's called elevator music. *G*

@@j1shin cmon whats the title

Darude Sandstorm

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@@danielsolie7425 thank you brother

Lots and lots of sweetspot training. At least that’s what lance said in a interview. Also lots of money to hire good riders like sky

Ryan Sharp who in Team Sky uses a TUE ? Carrying money up a mountain stage will slow you down ;)

oh yes! i still remember the battles of Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador, for example! What a great time that was But let's see, maybe the whole sky era and riding style is just temporary, at least that's what I hope.

Gamefreaker1 98 Tbh everyone’s to blame

bulfri Not just sky my friend. If sky aren’t in the lead of a gc the leaders team would do the same. Quintana Vuelta 2016 Movistar did that all the time

Joe Whiteley0711 The problem is that Thomas and Froome rely on helpers, always looking behind if there's an attack and then Poels or Bernal closes the gap, they are the leaders, they should react, it's just almost boring to watch. If you compare that with Alberto Contador..

Gamefreaker1 98 If it works for them and also they don’t Always rely on teammates look at froomes solo ride. Also people like Quintana Bardet etc all rely on domestiques. It’s just they aren’t as good so they aren’t present

have you tried inhalers? this wouldn't make you any more able to move out of your chair. Get a good look in the mirror. In sports, it is useful for those who suffer from asthma induced by prolonged efforts, but there is no chance you know what these latter words mean.

Guillame, I heard a Consultant on Radio 4 saying the strength of inhaler that Team Sky were taking would only be prescribed if the patient was in A&E with severe breathing disorder. He said anyone with that level of breathing difficulty shouldn't be engaged in any sport.

Joe, it depends what strength yours is. You're not doping you're coping. The point the Consultant was making is that the super-strength steroid inhalers Team Sky take are the ones that would only be administered for severe-emergency breathing difficulties, the sort you see in A&E.

Still, inhalers. I think people just want to hate. This is inhalers we are talking about, the use of which is permitted in races. The loss in performance/confidence/motivation induced by the uncalled for hate and booing all around the tour largely outweighs the performance gains from salbutamol, which are zero. Seriously, all these people who hate on salbutamol use should just try and use some, to see if this has any effect on their body when they (start?) doing sport. It will not. No effect, zero, none, if you don't have asthma. I have 0 asthma in normal condition, but I have exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (exerise-induced asthma). If I do not use salbutamol, after ~~ 6 hours of efforts, my breathing starts breaking down to the point where I can only use a fraction of my lung capacity. If sports were my profession, salbutamol would save my carreer. Maybe those who have exercise-induced asthma should not be allowed to become professional cyclists. This is a legitimate question. But as long as we allow them to compete (and thus use medicine), we should just accept that they use it. This is so crazy what people do in the tour out of boredom and stupidity over the use of salbutamol.

quack quack quack

No sky rider has ever been proven to have doped so its simply illogical to say that they have doped

Christopher Froome

ajsilva78 he only rode this years tour because the UCI and WADA decided that he hadnt doped...

Of course no... Some athlets in his situation have been suspend, search and you will see... His from sky and calls Christopher Froome, thats the reason

an alleged TUE violation, aka. AAF - which by the way has been cleared, in case you've been living under a rock - is _not_ doping. get your facts straight.

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@@harrytri7419thank you brother