Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[darwin553]

I can't wait till Froome wins this thing to see these forums explode!

 

[Jelantik]

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I can't wait till Froome wins this thing to see these forums explode!

you might get your wish come true... so far he wasn't that bad.

 

[DBotero]

Chris Froome ‏@chrisfroome 18h18 hours ago

I don't expect that @PuritoRodriguez will be very popular tomorrow after planning this for us! #LV2015 #QueenStage

Chris Froome ‏@chrisfroome 18h18 hours ago
TBH if I were to plan a Grand Tour stage I'd probably do something similar

Froome doesn't look too worried about today but it's a tricky stage.If he'll have a bad day yoyo tactic won't be enough,he might be out of contention after this one.I don't expect much from him today,i think he'll be in survival mode.

 

[Brullnux]

Really? If Chris Froome and to design a GT stage I'd expect it to be flat with a massive HC climb at the end, like Mont Ventoux or PSM, or 2 climbs at the end like a3 domaines. Those have been his best performances. When he is like that no one can catch him.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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Really? If Chris Froome and to design a GT stage I'd expect it to be flat with a massive HC climb at the end, like Mont Ventoux or PSM, or 2 climbs at the end like a3 domaines. Those have been his best performances. When he is like that no one can catch him.

If Froome could make a GT stage, it would probably be a 45km ITT with a cat 3 climb in the middle

 

[fungusbear]

If Froome makes it out of this stage with less than a minute deficit to Aru, Quintana and Majka, I think he wins the vuelta.

 

[Red Rick]

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Really? If Chris Froome and to design a GT stage I'd expect it to be flat with a massive HC climb at the end, like Mont Ventoux or PSM, or 2 climbs at the end like a3 domaines. Those have been his best performances. When he is like that no one can catch him.

If Froome could make a GT stage, it would probably be a 45km ITT with a cat 3 climb in the middle

Not Contador Proof such a tt

 

[PremierAndrew]

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Really? If Chris Froome and to design a GT stage I'd expect it to be flat with a massive HC climb at the end, like Mont Ventoux or PSM, or 2 climbs at the end like a3 domaines. Those have been his best performances. When he is like that no one can catch him.

If Froome could make a GT stage, it would probably be a 45km ITT with a cat 3 climb in the middle

Not Contador Proof such a tt

But if it's 100% flat, Froome's definitely not winning if Tony turns up, whereas with a cat 3 in there, Froome suddenly becomes favourite. And you say that TT is not 'Contador Proof' - well what is Contador proof exactly? A super steep 30% 750m hill at the end? That's not exactly Froome's cup of tea either (he's still good at them, but even if Froome beat Purito the other day, Purito would still be the man to beat there)

 

[Vasilis]

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Really? If Chris Froome and to design a GT stage I'd expect it to be flat with a massive HC climb at the end, like Mont Ventoux or PSM, or 2 climbs at the end like a3 domaines. Those have been his best performances. When he is like that no one can catch him.

If Froome could make a GT stage, it would probably be a 45km ITT with a cat 3 climb in the middle

Not Contador Proof such a tt

But if it's 100% flat, Froome's definitely not winning if Tony turns up, whereas with a cat 3 in there, Froome suddenly becomes favourite. And you say that TT is not 'Contador Proof' - well what is Contador proof exactly? A super steep 30% 750m hill at the end? That's not exactly Froome's cup of tea either (he's still good at them, but even if Froome beat Purito the other day, Purito would still be the man to beat there)

A flat TT would suit Froome best compared to his GC rivals, but not compared to his TT rivals. In 2013, he gained 2 minutes on everyone in the flat TT and only 9 seconds on Contador and 10 on Purito in the hilly TT, although he did say something about conserving energy a bit. He won the hilly one, but made the biggest difference for GC on the flat one.

 

[AlexNYC]

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If Froome makes it out of this stage with less than a minute deficit to Aru, Quintana and Majka, I think he wins the vuelta.

There's another mountain stage similar to this where those riders can take time on him. I do think they need to take some time on him here though. If he's stronger than Quintana and Aru in a stage like this, it's pretty much game over IMO.

 

[luckyboy]

Guess he'd make a few changes on his perfect stage design now

 

[jsem94]

I think he meant it as an organizer and stage designer he liked it. That doesn't mean that he likes racing on such a hard course.

 

[ILovecycling]

Now we know why he didnt want to go for Giro-Tour double with AC.

 

[McLovin]

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Now we know why he didnt want to go for Giro-Tour double with AC.

Beacuse he was smart?

 

[Pantani Attacks]

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Now we know why he didnt want to go for Giro-Tour double with AC.

Beacuse he was smart?

More like not good enough

 

[dacooley]

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haters big time.

thanks for the attempt chris, you are fantastic.

 

[DBotero]

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Now we know why he didnt want to go for Giro-Tour double with AC.

Yeah,he really wanted to win the TDF this year.Smart move for him.

 

[McLovin]

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Now we know why he didnt want to go for Giro-Tour double with AC.

Beacuse he was smart?

More like not good enough

So smart.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Would have liked to see how Froome did without crashing but that's sport. Spotted limping back to the bus, and as we know he doesn't handle crashes too well.

 

[DBotero]

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Would have liked to see how Froome did without crashing but that's sport. Spotted limping back to the bus, and as we know he doesn't handle crashes too well.

Not to be Still his chances to even podium this were low anyway.I'm curious if he'll be able to carry on,i hope he'll do it if the injuries aren't too bad.

 

[sir fly]

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Now we know why he didnt want to go for Giro-Tour double with AC.

Beacuse he was smart?

More like not good enough

And Contador was good enough...

 

[arvc40]

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Would have liked to see how Froome did without crashing but that's sport. Spotted limping back to the bus, and as we know he doesn't handle crashes too well.

Not to be Still his chances to even podium this were low anyway.I'm curious if he'll be able to carry on,i hope he'll do it if the injuries aren't too bad.

Would have Crushed the others today, sealing GC. Low Podium chance, that's a joke right ?

 

[sir fly]

I doubt he'd stay in the stage if plans to abandon the race.
There's not much left to fight for, though. And the damage could be even worse.
However, the chances are 50-50, I suppose.

 

[Rollthedice]

What was expected happened though in a much more spectacular way. Froome was never supposed to win Vuelta after Le Tour.

 

[ray j willings]

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I can't wait till Froome wins this thing to see these forums explode!