Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[Velolover2]

He will be good in Romandie.

 

[Irondan]

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He will be good in Romandie.

And The Tour...

 

[SeriousSam]

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He will be good in Romandie.

Might not be enough against a super peaking Zakarin

 

[rick james]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/portal-analyses-froomes-performance-after-queen-stage-at-volta-a-catalunya/?utm_content=bufferc1937&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

[May0maniac]

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He will be good in Romandie.

Might not be enough against a super peaking Zakarin

This year Zakarin is going to peak for the Giro, he wants to pull a Berzin, so Spliak will probably be his biggest rival in Romandie.

 

[sir fly]

I'd say that Froome is riding in Catalunya on pure base fitness.
Some racing and a Tenerife camp should allow him repeated anaerobic efforts he's currently avoiding.

 

[SeriousSam]

After Catalunya, “He’ll go to training camp, then his next race will be the Tour of Romandie, then he’ll go back to training and then it’s the Dauphiné and the Tour,” Portal said. Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Portal said, is ruled out for now.

“It’s a slightly light race program, but then in the second half of the year he’s got the Tour and the Olympics,” and, perhaps, the Vuelta a España, too.

The Olympic Triple is still on. Very ambitious.

 

[Scarponi]

You would have to retire on the spot if you won RR, TT at the Olympics plus the TDF Vuetla double

 

[bajbar]

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You would have to retire on the spot if you won RR, TT at the Olympics plus the TDF Vuetla double

No worries, he won't have to retire anytime soon then

 

[Red Rick]

Vuelta chances depend so much on which riders actually have a good prep. Tour + Olympics seem like bad prep to me. Those coming in relatively fresh will have a massive advantage. Most of the Tour contenders will have roughly the same prep.

I just hope Landa will get a chance at the Vuelta regardless of Froome riding

 

[JRanton]

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I'd say that Froome is riding in Catalunya on pure base fitness.
Some racing and a Tenerife camp should allow him repeated anaerobic efforts he's currently avoiding.

Pretty much, yeah. The only slight concern I have is that Sky were talking him up pre-race so I imagine they expected him to go better. He needs to improve by Romandie. A similar performance to last year would be fine.

 

[rm7]

I dont know how to post pictures, but just click at the link.. it's Contadors instagram profile.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDdsCdqn-Lb/

LOL, Froome looking down at his stem like "PLEASE WATT, DONT GO FURTHER UP, OR I CANT RESPOND"

This picture says it all!

 

[LaFlorecita]

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I dont know how to post pictures, but just click at the link.. it's Contadors instagram profile.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDdsCdqn-Lb/

LOL, Froome looking down at his stem like "PLEASE WATT, DONT GO FURTHER UP, OR I CANT RESPOND"

This picture says it all!

Lol oh dear

 

[CTQ]

It isn't Froome, he did Catalunya with his blue Sidi shoes

 

[PremierAndrew]

At least Froome tried to attack numerous times, which is a lot more than can be said of other riders

 

[rm7]

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It isn't Froome, he did Catalunya with his blue Sidi shoes

Ah okay, my bad Still funny though, if it was him!

 

[fantomas]

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It isn't Froome, he did Catalunya with his blue Sidi shoes

Okay, so it actually is a Sky phenomenon, not Froome's special breathing technique?

 

[sir fly]

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I'd say that Froome is riding in Catalunya on pure base fitness.
Some racing and a Tenerife camp should allow him repeated anaerobic efforts he's currently avoiding.

Pretty much, yeah. The only slight concern I have is that Sky were talking him up pre-race so I imagine they expected him to go better. He needs to improve by Romandie. A similar performance to last year would be fine.

Well, from now on Froome's build up will be less free and more controlled.
I'm not implying he's been lazy so far, but it's very different being training on your own and in full team environment.
I'd rate his Catalunya as very solid.

 

[rhubroma]

Quintana was training on his own too.

 

[rm7]

Maybe he's taking a more relaxed approach, so he doesn't gas out in the 3rd week of the Tour?

Contador have already fought for victory at 3 one week races with strong competition, where's Froome have only rode that one little race, and know Catalunya. Quintana is taking the same approach as Froome and is usually strongest in the 3rd week.

 

[rhubroma]

Train, ride to win. Everything else is just talk.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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I dont know how to post pictures, but just click at the link.. it's Contadors instagram profile.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDdsCdqn-Lb/

LOL, Froome looking down at his stem like "PLEASE WATT, DONT GO FURTHER UP, OR I CANT RESPOND"

This picture says it all!

Funny apart from that wasn't Froome, oooops!

 

[sir fly]

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Quintana was training on his own too.

I think there were differences in their goals, as well as in training habits. Quintana trains on his own to sharpen the shape. He's done it before the Tours and other targeted races.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Funny apart from that wasn't Froome, oooops!

Oh dear, the stem-gazing is contagious?

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Funny apart from that wasn't Froome, oooops!

Oh dear, the stem-gazing is contagious?

It seems So, Perhaps they've seen Froome fantastic success over recent years and want a piece of it