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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    Christopher Froome has been named as a starter for Israel PremierTech at the four-stage Giro d'Abruzzo starting on April 9. He will be the ceremonial team leader at the Italian race as he has been assigned number 81. It will be a challenging parcours for Froome with a total of 11,443 metres of...
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    Sadly, Chris Froome no longer appears on the start list for this race. We will be forced to wait a little longer for his explosion back onto the World Tour scene.
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    They would react the same way people would to hearing Mo Farah described as "a Somalian" - ie they would, in the words of Lance Armstrong: "lose their s***."
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    I hate it when this Chris Froome thread drops down into obscurity. I welcome anything on the magic Kenyan to bring him back up to the top - where he belongs.
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    Who will win Milano-Sanremo 2024?

    Disgraced former team boss Johan Bruyneel has a remarkable record in picking winners. He says it will be Mads Pedersen this year because he believes he will stay with Poggio attacks and then be favourite in the sprint.
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    With 26.8 km to go of today's stage Chris Froome has not been jettisoned. Yes, he is at the rear of the peloton, where the cameras have just captured him shedding a rain jacket. Maybe preparing himself for an assault on the finish?
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    Israel have confirmed Chris Froome's x-ray did not show any evidence of a wrist fracture and he is due to start today's stage.
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    Fortunately Chris Froome did finish today's stage. With the assistance of two team mates he rolled in over three-and-a-half minutes behind the main bunch. He was flexing and checking his wrist after his fall. Hopefully there is no fracture.
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    Chris Froome is currently 750/1 with British bookies to win the 2024 Tour de France. Is anybody tempted to have a flutter? Surely those odds must tempt somebody? If you think the outright win is a touch beyond Froome you can hedge your bets and back him each-way for a top-four finish with a...
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    You will rarely receive a response from Chris Froome on his twitter account. However, yesterday he did come back at a comment so he does read them. Froome was enjoying a day of fishing with his two young children when he received some stick from a vegan criticising the activity. Froome replied...
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    Stage One (tomorrow) is a pan flat 10km ITT. If Froome was showing decent form this would be a good chance to show himself and his power to the cycling world. However, I fear he will be completely outgunned and lose chunks of time. When the result comes in, instead of looking at his time compare...
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    Today's rolling Stage 4 of the Tour of Rwanda with a Cat 1; three Cat 2's and a Cat 3 climb has concluded with Froome finishing 41st - 1min 19secs behind the winner. Overall, Froome is now 32nd. 3mins and 37secs down on the race leader. Tomorrow's Stage 5 is a (not too steep) straight uphill...
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    Chubby Froome in his early twenties was not a monster TTer. He finished 17th at the 2006 Commonwealth Games (5min 20sec behind the gold medal winner), the same year he finished 37th at the Giro del Capo stage race ITT. He was 41st at the 2007 TT World championships. (Very good for us on the...
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    Mr Chris Froome will be returning to home soil at February's Tour du Rwanda. Remember he was there earlier this year and embarked on an epic solo breakaway? That attack was ultimately ruined by a puncture after approximately 75km and then a crash in worsening wet weather. Surely he will attempt...
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    Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

    Thomas has obviously forgotten the words of Froome's wife Michelle (post Vuelta 2011 breakthrough). She explained her husband's sudden transformation was the result of the couple dedicating themselves to nutritional research. Well, what choice did she really have? She had to come up with...
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