Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[King Boonen]

Disgusting. Hope someone gave the *** a shooing.

 

[ILovecycling]

If something unexpected happens tomorrow, he is definitely deserved winner of this Tour, how he handled the mayhem of today's stage from the start was impressive, he improved as a rider, definitely.Good job Dawg.

 

[woodburn]

Re: Froome's Nibali complaint

Race would be a lot more interesting tomorrow if Froome and company hadn't attack Nibali and Quintana on Stage 2 when they were delayed by crash. Just saying.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Re: Froome's Nibali complaint

Race would be a lot more interesting tomorrow if Froome and company hadn't attack Nibali and Quintana on Stage 2 when they were delayed by crash. Just saying.

I thought that was Etixx and Saxo trying to split it in the crosswinds? Sky did hardly any work at all in the front group.

 

[Walkman]

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"It was unsporting" blah blah.
Why would you care about what someone does who's way behind you in GC? It's not like Nibali was attacking the yellow jersey.

Froome probably doesn't care about losing time to Nibali. The problem is, other riders waited for Froome while Nibali didn't, so Nibali got an advantage over all the other riders that waited for Froome.

Maybe I am mistaken but i ma pretty sure Froome closed down all of them and then Nibali attacked again?

 

[Walkman]

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Re: Froome's Nibali complaint

Race would be a lot more interesting tomorrow if Froome and company hadn't attack Nibali and Quintana on Stage 2 when they were delayed by crash. Just saying.

Yeah, but SKY didn't really attack. At the time they were getting criticized for not pushing it. Stannard did a couple of pulls before dropping himself and Thomas might have hit the front at some point but not much at all.

 

[Walkman]

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Wasn't Nibali the guy who blaimed Froome for his falling?

What does mistaken identity have to do with anything? When I saw the yellow jersey crash I initially thought it was Froome too. It the heat of the moment it can be easy to forget things like Martin taking the jersey by a few seconds or whatever

Yes, but I wrote earlier, if a rider crashes into you from the left, causing you to crash into another rider to your right is it logical to blame that rider for the crash?

 

[Walkman]

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There seems to be a newfound respect between the two best climbers in the world:

I think we’ve got mutual respect. In particular I respect the way he approaches races and tries to attack at the hardest point, that’s similar to myself and I respect that. He’s young. I’d like to think he’s doing everything right and that he’s got a bright future ahead of him.”

Perhaps this encouraging friendship can be developed into an Anglo-Saxo/Latin alliance, in the unlikely event Nibali or Contador happen to be leading a GT they both contest in the future? Only time will tell.

Oh Froome again with his "I respect my rival so much" BS... let's see if he will now crap on Quintana in a biography

By your standards a simple "Hello" would be to "take a dump on Quintana" so I am pretty sure you will see your suspicions come true sooner rather than later!

 

[ray j willings]

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Spitting tw*t in white hat video:

http://gfycat.com/WelldocumentedAccomplishedKissingbug

WTF is wrong with people ...I hope there's control tomorrow.

 

[woodburn]

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Re: Froome's Nibali complaint

Race would be a lot more interesting tomorrow if Froome and company hadn't attack Nibali and Quintana on Stage 2 when they were delayed by crash. Just saying.

Yeah, but SKY didn't really attack. At the time they were getting criticized for not pushing it. Stannard did a couple of pulls before dropping himself and Thomas might have hit the front at some point but not much at all.

They certainly didn't object to others attacking. And Froome sprinted at the end, too.

 

[Kwibus]

He's ready to win the TdF. I'm confident Quintana doesn't have the cojones to really attack hard on the first climb tomorrow and he will never make up 2'38 on Froome on the Alpe so I think he has it in the bag.

Thanks to a brilliant first 9 days and a great first MTF performance and also the let down of the favourites/GC riders. Not saying he wouldn't have won if Nibali was good from the start, I think he would, but it would've complicated the race a lot more.

 

[Walkman]

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Re: Froome's Nibali complaint

Race would be a lot more interesting tomorrow if Froome and company hadn't attack Nibali and Quintana on Stage 2 when they were delayed by crash. Just saying.

Yeah, but SKY didn't really attack. At the time they were getting criticized for not pushing it. Stannard did a couple of pulls before dropping himself and Thomas might have hit the front at some point but not much at all.

They certainly didn't object to others attacking. And Froome sprinted at the end, too.

Did Froome complain about piti and others responding to Nibalis attack? And are you really going to drag his "sprint" into this? Geeez...

 

[woodburn]

Re: Re:

Re: Froome's Nibali complaint

Race would be a lot more interesting tomorrow if Froome and company hadn't attack Nibali and Quintana on Stage 2 when they were delayed by crash. Just saying.

Yeah, but SKY didn't really attack. At the time they were getting criticized for not pushing it. Stannard did a couple of pulls before dropping himself and Thomas might have hit the front at some point but not much at all.

They certainly didn't object to others attacking. And Froome sprinted at the end, too.

Did Froome complain about piti and others responding to Nibalis attack? And are you really going to drag his "sprint" into this? Geeez...

I'm all for an unwritten rule that people don't get attacked due to misfortune. But Froome shouldn't throw stones on this one. He took advantage of the situation. That's his right. So did Nibali today. Nibali and Quintana didn't complain after they lost time. But he's upset someone eight minutes down attacked him?

 

[Walkman]

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Re: Froome's Nibali complaint

Race would be a lot more interesting tomorrow if Froome and company hadn't attack Nibali and Quintana on Stage 2 when they were delayed by crash. Just saying.

Yeah, but SKY didn't really attack. At the time they were getting criticized for not pushing it. Stannard did a couple of pulls before dropping himself and Thomas might have hit the front at some point but not much at all.

They certainly didn't object to others attacking. And Froome sprinted at the end, too.

Did Froome complain about piti and others responding to Nibalis attack? And are you really going to drag his "sprint" into this? Geeez...

I'm all for an unwritten rule that people don't get attacked due to misfortune. But Froome shouldn't throw stones on this one. He took advantage of the situation. That's his right. So did Nibali today. Nibali and Quintana didn't complain after they lost time. But he's upset someone eight minutes down attacked him?

Just so you know, I don't care some unwritten rules. It's a race, not a tea party. But you don't seem to be able so see beyond you dislike for Froome. In stage 2 everyone knew the importance of staying at the front. Movistar failed to do so and was thus left behind. Nibali was unlucky due to the face that he made the spilt by someone crashed into him so he was dropped. But how can he complain, he won the Tour on the exact same stage last year?!

Froom was a bit pissed because Nibali looked at him, saw he was having problems and attacked. Not that unreasonable. However, I think it's totally ok. But you doing unrelated parallels between todays stage and stage 2 just shows you inability to see matters objectively.

 

[pastronef]

Nibali STARING at Froome as Froome is having his rear wheel problem

https://www.twitter.com/_PelotonTweets/status/624647583756091395

 

[Jagartrott]

Nibali STARING at Froome as Froome is having his rear wheel problem

https://www.twitter.com/_PelotonTweets/status/624647583756091395

Or talking to Kangert.
Froome attacked Nibali verbally after the stage. What a tool.

 

[billcrain]

"The little Colombian"? Surely by now Froome knows his name (Quintana). Very disrespectful at best, racist at worst. Not everyone is tall and very white.

 

[DBotero]

 

[Kwibus]

Nibali STARING at Froome as Froome is having his rear wheel problem

https://www.twitter.com/_PelotonTweets/status/624647583756091395

Or talking to Kangert.
Froome attacked Nibali verbally after the stage. What a tool.

He is talking to Kangert since you can see Kangert looking up to Nibali, but Nibali certainly did see the mechanical and he certainly didn't deny attacking when Froome had a mechanical.
I'm glad he did. Nobody waited for Gesink when he had a flat up Plateu de Beille. Nobody waited for Contador when he crashed on the descent yesterday.
I don't see why someone should wait for the Yellow jersey. It's a race. Cycling isn't for p*ssies.
Sheesh all he had was a little stone that was gone in 5 seconds.

 

[jaylew]

Nibali STARING at Froome as Froome is having his rear wheel problem

https://www.twitter.com/_PelotonTweets/status/624647583756091395

Or talking to Kangert.
Froome attacked Nibali verbally after the stage. What a tool.

Pretty sure Nibali knew what was happening whether he admits it or not. That said, he was 7-8 minutes down, so he was no threat to Froome. Nibali probably figured it was his best chance to get away and have a chance at winning the stage without anyone chasing him immediately. Probably a little cheeky but I don't have a huge problem with it. Certainly a much bigger deal would have been made of it if it had been AC, Bala or Nairo.

 

[Kwibus]

"The little Colombian"? Surely by now Froome knows his name (Quintana). Very disrespectful at best, racist at worst. Not everyone is tall and very white.

Sometimes people accuse others of racism way too fast.

 

[Walkman]

Nibali STARING at Froome as Froome is having his rear wheel problem

https://www.twitter.com/_PelotonTweets/status/624647583756091395

Or talking to Kangert.
Froome attacked Nibali verbally after the stage. What a tool.

He is talking to Kangert since you can see Kangert looking up to Nibali, but Nibali certainly did see the mechanical and he certainly didn't deny attacking when Froome had a mechanical.
I'm glad he did. Nobody waited for Gesink when he had a flat up Plateu de Beille. Nobody waited for Contador when he crashed on the descent yesterday.
I don't see why someone should wait for the Yellow jersey. It's a race. Cycling isn't for p*ssies.
Sheesh all he had was a little stone that was gone in 5 seconds.

That was all piti though. He pushed it when Contador crashed.

 

[Red Rick]

Froome showing his worst side again here. I have trouble finding things to like about the guy.

I only like seeing him get dropped

 

[jaylew]

"The little Colombian"? Surely by now Froome knows his name (Quintana). Very disrespectful at best, racist at worst. Not everyone is tall and very white.

Sometimes people accuse others of racism way too fast.

I Agree. A little disrespectful but not racist. Someone accused an announcer of it today as well and I just rolled my eyes.

 

[Jagartrott]

Froome got 'intimate' with Valverde earlier in the stage.
The guy's a bundle of nerves.