Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

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Is Froome over the hill?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 42 34.4%
  • No, the GC finished 40 minutes ago but Froomie is still climbing it

    Votes: 65 53.3%
  • No he is totally winning the Vuelta

    Votes: 28 23.0%

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billcrain said:
"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.
Posting the same thing in 3 different threads,i wonder why :rolleyes:
 
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jaylew said:
Kwibus said:
billcrain said:
"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.

Says the guy making anti Jewish comments...
 
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yespatterns said:
jaylew said:
Kwibus said:
billcrain said:
"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.

Says the guy making anti Jewish comments...

What on earth are you talking about?? Anti-Jewish? You must have the wrong guy.
 
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woodburn said:
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woodburn said:
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.[/quote]

If you say it is not a tea party then why was it reasonable for Froome to confront someone who attacked that was eight minutes down and had no chance of winning the race? It's disproportionate response from what any other rider has done that has lost time to misfortune in this race or others. And the stakes were a lot lower.

Even Andy didn't do that when he was in yellow and lost time. He was upset. But he never confronted Alberto. Yet you somehow say I don't see it objectively?
 
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jaylew said:
yespatterns said:
jaylew said:
Kwibus said:
billcrain said:
"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.

Says the guy making anti Jewish comments...

What on earth are you talking about?? Anti-Jewish? You must have the wrong guy.

Possibly, and I'll apologize for sure if I'm wrong. Hang tight.

Edit: nope, it was you: "the kosherness of his attack". Sounded derogatory when I read it yesterday, and that hasn't changed. But by all means elaborate on what you meant if I'm misunderstanding the sentiment.
 
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RedheadDane said:
Here ya go; the reason Froome stares at his stem:

http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/07/news/froome-on-head-dip-my-neck-gets-tired_379479

His neck gets tired.


billcrain said:
"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.

Where's that quote - Froome calling Quintana "the little Colombian" - from?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-froome-accuses-nibali-of-unsporting-behaviour
 
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Richeypen said:
RedheadDane said:
Here ya go; the reason Froome stares at his stem:

http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/07/news/froome-on-head-dip-my-neck-gets-tired_379479

His neck gets tired.


billcrain said:
"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.

Where's that quote - Froome calling Quintana "the little Colombian" - from?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-froome-accuses-nibali-of-unsporting-behaviour

Definitely not racist. If anything he's complimenting Quintana and riders from Colombia for their climbing ability. It's the equivalent of Quintana saying I have to beat a certain tall Brit
 
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"It’s going to be very full on [tomorrow], I’m actually quite looking forward to it, the most iconic stage of this year’s Tour - it’s going to be epic out there. It would be an absolute dream [to win on the Alpe] but I’ve got to keep up with a little Colombian first."

Ok, I don't like Froome but that doesn't sound racist to me.
 
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jaylew said:
"It’s going to be very full on [tomorrow], I’m actually quite looking forward to it, the most iconic stage of this year’s Tour - it’s going to be epic out there. It would be an absolute dream [to win on the Alpe] but I’ve got to keep up with a little Colombian first."

Ok, I don't like Froome but that doesn't sound racist to me.

Me neither, it sounds affectionate if anything.

The stone in rear brake thing sounds like BS. I'm pretty sure he reached down to his chain to fix the problem, not the top of his wheel.
 
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gazr99 said:
Richeypen said:
RedheadDane said:
Here ya go; the reason Froome stares at his stem:

http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/07/news/froome-on-head-dip-my-neck-gets-tired_379479

His neck gets tired.


billcrain said:
"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.

Where's that quote - Froome calling Quintana "the little Colombian" - from?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-froome-accuses-nibali-of-unsporting-behaviour

Definitely not racist. If anything he's complimenting Quintana and riders from Colombia for their climbing ability. It's the equivalent of Quintana saying I have to beat a certain tall Brit

Exactly! Froome clearly does know Quintana's name, what with referring to him by name earlier in that interview.
 
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jaylew said:
"It’s going to be very full on [tomorrow], I’m actually quite looking forward to it, the most iconic stage of this year’s Tour - it’s going to be epic out there. It would be an absolute dream [to win on the Alpe] but I’ve got to keep up with a little Colombian first."

Ok, I don't like Froome but that doesn't sound racist to me.

Quite. I'm actually offended that some saw fit to play the racism card at that. You stay classy, people.
 
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King Of The Wolds said:
jaylew said:
"It’s going to be very full on [tomorrow], I’m actually quite looking forward to it, the most iconic stage of this year’s Tour - it’s going to be epic out there. It would be an absolute dream [to win on the Alpe] but I’ve got to keep up with a little Colombian first."

Ok, I don't like Froome but that doesn't sound racist to me.

Quite. I'm actually offended that some saw fit to play the racism card at that. You stay classy, people.
Not racist but it is slightly disrespectful imo. Just like the "coffee-drinking amigo" part in his book.
 
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LaFlorecita said:
King Of The Wolds said:
jaylew said:
"It’s going to be very full on [tomorrow], I’m actually quite looking forward to it, the most iconic stage of this year’s Tour - it’s going to be epic out there. It would be an absolute dream [to win on the Alpe] but I’ve got to keep up with a little Colombian first."

Ok, I don't like Froome but that doesn't sound racist to me.

Quite. I'm actually offended that some saw fit to play the racism card at that. You stay classy, people.
Not racist but it is slightly disrespectful imo. Just like the "coffee-drinking amigo" part in his book.

Well, Quintana is a Colombian, and he is little.
 
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LaFlorecita said:
King Of The Wolds said:
jaylew said:
"It’s going to be viery full on [tomorrow], I’m actually quite looking forward to it, the most iconic stage of this year’s Tour - it’s going to be epic out there. It would be an absolute dream [to win on the Alpe] but I’ve got to keep up with a little Colombian first."

Ok, I don't like Froome but that doesn't sound racist to me.

Quite. I'm actually offended that some saw fit to play the racism card at that. You stay classy, people.
Not racist but it is slightly disrespectful imo. Just like the "coffee-drinking amigo" part in his book.

His comment reflects his respect for the little Colombian, sorry, I mean Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas, about as blatantly as it gets. Move along, everybody.
 
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Some of the comments in here today have made me actual laugh out loud. How some people can construe that comment as racist is hilarious, but also quite scary, accusing people of very serious things like that, it's pathetic.
 

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LaFlorecita said:
King Of The Wolds said:
jaylew said:
"It’s going to be very full on [tomorrow], I’m actually quite looking forward to it, the most iconic stage of this year’s Tour - it’s going to be epic out there. It would be an absolute dream [to win on the Alpe] but I’ve got to keep up with a little Colombian first."

Ok, I don't like Froome but that doesn't sound racist to me.

Quite. I'm actually offended that some saw fit to play the racism card at that. You stay classy, people.
Not racist but it is slightly disrespectful imo. Just like the "coffee-drinking amigo" part in his book.


And what is it that Froome is saying thats so wrong??

Really some folk hate froome that much that they get blinded
 

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RedheadDane said:
LaFlorecita said:
King Of The Wolds said:
jaylew said:
"It’s going to be very full on [tomorrow], I’m actually quite looking forward to it, the most iconic stage of this year’s Tour - it’s going to be epic out there. It would be an absolute dream [to win on the Alpe] but I’ve got to keep up with a little Colombian first."

Ok, I don't like Froome but that doesn't sound racist to me.

Quite. I'm actually offended that some saw fit to play the racism card at that. You stay classy, people.
Not racist but it is slightly disrespectful imo. Just like the "coffee-drinking amigo" part in his book.

Well, Quintana is a Colombian, and he is little.


Dont let facts get in the way of her agenda
 
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jaylew said:
"It’s going to be very full on [tomorrow], I’m actually quite looking forward to it, the most iconic stage of this year’s Tour - it’s going to be epic out there. It would be an absolute dream [to win on the Alpe] but I’ve got to keep up with a little Colombian first."

Ok, I don't like Froome but that doesn't sound racist to me.

It isn't. Noone would have suggested racism if it had been Bardet or Pinot and not Quintana and he had said, "But I've got to keep up with a young Frenchman first."

I am certainly no fan of Froome, but accusing him of racism is just plain stupid.
 
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