Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[McLovin]

Honestly, I have no idea.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Froome is like a magnet to the Tarmac this summer! Hope he's ok, sounds like he is back in the bunch again having dropped back to the doctors car. I haven't seen the crash but sounds like Sky yet again didn't a terrible job in protecting their top man.

 

[TANK91]

bikehandling skills are the reason why he falls so often. Doubt there is another reason for his falling, to say Gesinks

How was 2013 so perfect then?. He as crashed alot but some reports that he got took down today and remember he was took out the stage before the cobbles stage. Lets see what happens but he may have been took down in his last 2 GT's through no fault of his own.

 

[sultanofhyd]

How was 2013 so perfect then?. He as crashed alot but some reports that he got took down today and remember he was took out the stage before the cobbles stage. Lets see what happens but he may have been took down in his last 2 GT's through no fault of his own.

Confidence

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

How was 2013 so perfect then?. He as crashed alot but some reports that he got took down today and remember he was took out the stage before the cobbles stage. Lets see what happens but he may have been took down in his last 2 GT's through no fault of his own.

Im not saying that he doesn't know how to ride a bike...
This year I've been in 3 crashes because of other people around me ****ing up. The previous 2 year none. Atleast 2 of the accidents this year I could have avoided if I had the bikehandling skills to take corners shaper than what I do so I could have avoided the falling riders infront of me (I am lousy at cornering in relatively high speeds).
I don't mean that Froome can't sit on a bike, it is just that it so happens that he has been in situasions this year that he hasn't been able to get out of, and yes, I belive some of them can't JUST be blamed on other riders.

 

[TANK91]

Hail hail Sir Christopher Froome. Make this man a sir such a great fighter(yes im a fanboy).

 

[Forunculo]

He did what I was hoping from Valverde or Purito.

Good to see him paying attention to small details after the crash.

 

[Rollthedice]

Im not saying that he doesn't know how to ride a bike...
This year I've been in 3 crashes because of other people around me ****ing up. The previous 2 year none. Atleast 2 of the accidents this year I could have avoided if I had the bikehandling skills to take corners shaper than what I do so I could have avoided the falling riders infront of me (I am lousy at cornering in relatively high speeds).
I don't mean that Froome can't sit on a bike, it is just that it so happens that he has been in situasions this year that he hasn't been able to get out of, and yes, I belive some of them can't JUST be blamed on other riders.

The good thing for him is that he starts to get used to it, ignore the pain and outsprint his competition.

 

[cineteq]

Hail hail Sir Christopher Froome. Make this man a sir such a great fighter(yes im a fanboy).

So this is how he pays back the peloton after they waited for him? Sorry, but no class. He's not making any friends.

 

[Afrank]

So this is how he pays back the peloton after they waited for him? Sorry, but no class. He's not making any friends.

It's a bike race.

I remember hearing once a rider asked Cadel Evans why he sprinted at the finish. He said "I'm a bike racer."

 

[Pharazon]

So this is how he pays back the peloton after they waited for him? Sorry, but no class. He's not making any friends.

blah blah blah..

for christ sake..

 

[jens_attacks]

i'm glad that he's ok, i hope he makes safe to the end

 

[SeriousSam]

Frome will have the last laugh when his cheeky sprints result in the overall victory.

 

[LaFlorecita]

So this is how he pays back the peloton after they waited for him? Sorry, but no class. He's not making any friends.

Frome will have the last laugh when his cheeky sprints result in the overall victory.

We shall see.

 

[cineteq]

It's a bike race.

I remember hearing once a rider asked Cadel Evans why he sprinted at the finish. He said "I'm a bike racer."

There you go, if it is a "bike race" then they should've taken advantage of him crashing, right?

 

[Pricey_sky]

There you go, if it is a "bike race" then they should've taken advantage of him crashing, right?

Yes but they didn't did they, that's not Froome's fault. It's funny to read people on the race thread saying they should drill it up the climbs to drop Froome, but as soon as Froome fights back it's a different story.

Very happy he's ok, he's now gained 4 seconds by being clever and alert, hope he keeps it up and we get a great race between the top guys.

 

[Oldman]

Yes but they didn't did they, that's not Froome's fault. It's funny to read people on the race thread saying they should drill it up the climbs to drop Froome, but as soon as Froome fights back it's a different story.

Very happy he's ok, he's now gained 4 seconds by being clever and alert, hope he keeps it up and we get a great race between the top guys.

I haven't seen any footage but, if the principal leaders waited for him and then they all recommenced racing...it's a race. Not much to whine about for fan or foe.

 

[Walkman]

I haven't seen any footage but, if the principal leaders waited for him and then they all recommenced racing...it's a race. Not much to whine about for fan or foe.

Pretty much how I feel about it as well.

 

[Pricey_sky]

I haven't seen any footage but, if the principal leaders waited for him and then they all recommenced racing...it's a race. Not much to whine about for fan or foe.

Yes completely agree.

 

[cineteq]

Yes but they didn't did they

So he doesn't know what truce means?

I'm all for racing all the time, plain black and white, no grey areas.

 

[theyoungest]

From Gesink's post stage comments: "in a corner, Froome was looking down and he just crashed". Nothing new there

Why does this guy think bad luck haunts him if he doesn't bother to look up the road?

 

[ferryman]

From Gesink's post stage comments: "in a corner, Froome was looking down and he just crashed". Nothing new there

Why does this guy think bad luck haunts him if he doesn't bother to look up the road?

Gesink on crashes

 

[LaFlorecita]

Gesink on crashes

According to Gesink fan Havetts, Gesink hasn't crashed in a long time

 

[Stromeon]

According to Gesink fan Havetts, Gesink hasn't crashed in a long time

And pigs can fly...

 

[bigcog]

“When the crash happened, a Giant-Shimano rider went down in front of me just to my left. I swerved to try and avoid that and went down." - Now whether he was looking down when the GS rider went down in front of him and thus he reacted slower than he would have otherwise who knows. Apparently, it was fairly high speed crash so if that's the case I doubt he had much chance.