Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[DFA123]

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The gaps seemed less big than expected but impressive ride by CF, don't forget the first part of his TT was relatively slow, he controled his pace well. Without earphones, nobody could be under the minute, at least.

I wonder if he just took it very gently on all the bends of the racetrack part of the course, because the gap quickly stated coming done as soon as he was on open roads.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Great performance by Froome today

 

[miguelindurain111]

One step closer to the double.

 

[telencefalus]

Froome rode the last 12,5 km at 55,5 km/h , he appears to be really thin so expect him to do very well in the climb as well

 

[Jagartrott]

How likely is it that he the *only* rider doing the Tour-Vuelta double that is not fading significantly?

 

[Pricey_sky]

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How likely is it that he the *only* rider doing the Tour-Vuelta double that is not fading significantly?

This be fair after going so close to the double last year he set out from day 1 as his aim to be in good shape for both. It was no longer just winning the Tour and seeing how he fared in the Vuelta but his aim was the double. His first part of the season was very poor by this standards, no wins and getting beat by everyone to the point where many though his time was coming to an end. He continued to say he knew what he was doing and everything would come good.

It's worked though, he won the Tour by spending as little energy as possible and has carried his form over to the Vuelta, if anything his peak was probably in week 1 of the Vuelta rather than the Tour.

 

[dutchdescent]

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What a clown

The hate is tstrong with this one

 

[telencefalus]

Froome is a living cycling legend if he will win la vuelta , people can deny it really, for me tour vuelta is difficult than giro tour , let's think about it , at letour Froome wins without being at his best , so he plan to be at his best in the second grand tour , but this goes against the facr that Froome said that he was never feeling better in second grand tour , so , if froome plans to do the giro tour double with the intention to be better in the second grand tour , he will win giro not at his best and the destroy everybody in letour which will be his second gt

 

[telencefalus]

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Froome is a living cycling legend if he will win la vuelta , people can deny it really, for me tour vuelta is difficult than giro tour , let's think about it , at letour Froome wins without being at his best , so he plan to be at his best in the second grand tour , but this goes against the facr that Froome said that he was never feeling better in second grand tour , so , if froome plans to do the giro tour double with the intention to be better in the second grand tour , he will win giro not at his best and the destroy everybody in letour which will be his second gt

also because the copetion at the giro is usually a bit lower so Froome at 95 % could win it ,and then go to the Tour and demolish the opposition at 100 % easy , Froome could be the first cyclist since Merckx to win 4 GT consecutive

 

[Brullnux]

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Froome is a living cycling legend if he will win la vuelta , people can deny it really, for me tour vuelta is difficult than giro tour , let's think about it , at letour Froome wins without being at his best , so he plan to be at his best in the second grand tour , but this goes against the facr that Froome said that he was never feeling better in second grand tour , so , if froome plans to do the giro tour double with the intention to be better in the second grand tour , he will win giro not at his best and the destroy everybody in letour which will be his second gt

Lol Giro-tour is way harder than Tour-Vuelta. Almost peak Contador wasn't able to win it, and you expect Froome, now starting to be past his prime, to do it? Froome is still the best but he isn't 2013 invincible; on the longer climbs he isn't destroying people like he used to. Next year he'll have to face the ever improving Dumoulin, hopefully with some more TT km as well

 

[telencefalus]

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Froome is a living cycling legend if he will win la vuelta , people can deny it really, for me tour vuelta is difficult than giro tour , let's think about it , at letour Froome wins without being at his best , so he plan to be at his best in the second grand tour , but this goes against the facr that Froome said that he was never feeling better in second grand tour , so , if froome plans to do the giro tour double with the intention to be better in the second grand tour , he will win giro not at his best and the destroy everybody in letour which will be his second gt

Lol Giro-tour is way harder than Tour-Vuelta. Almost peak Contador wasn't able to win it, and you expect Froome, now starting to be past his prime, to do it? Froome is still the best but he isn't 2013 invincible; on the longer climbs he isn't destroying people like he used to. Next year he'll have to face the ever improving Dumoulin, hopefully with some more TT km as well

Well maybe it's too late for him to win giro tour , but i don't think it's more difficult than tour vuelta , as i said if Froome plans the season just like Quintana wanted to do , he win the giro in not 100 % condition and then he dominate letour at 100 % , he is doing this but what is incredible that he won a Freaking tour not at 100 % so why he cannot win a giro not at 100%?

 

[telencefalus]

and alos who tells you dumoulin will improve ? Also the parcours will be with less than 70 km time trial almost for sure , i think you overrate Dumolin

 

[telencefalus]

i cannot understand why people say that is giro tour is more difficult than tour vuelta , there are few days for recovering just 26 against 33 and the competion at la vuelta is WAY higher in last years compare to the tour de france , you can't deny it , la vuelta is not a race for spanish guys only , maybe it's the most contested grand tour of the seasonin the last 5 years

 

[oldcrank]

Yet another intelligent and beautifully measured ride.
I guess we shouldn't be surprised that Tim Kerrison's
training regime has equipped Froomey so well to attempt
the historic Tour-Vuelta double considering they almost did
it last year with a trip to Rio thrown in as well. Still some very
significant tests remaining, but I think that Froome and Team SKY
must be confident that they have done the proper training to ready
them for the monumental task at hand over the final days of this race.

 

[telencefalus]

Yet another intelligent and beautifully measured ride.
I guess we shouldn't be surprised that Tim Kerrison's
training regime has equipped Froomey so well to attempt
the historic Tour-Vuelta double considering they almost did
it last year with a trip to Rio thrown in as well. Still some very
significant tests remaining, but I think that Froome and Team SKY
must be confident that they have done the proper training to ready
them for the monumental task at hand over the final days of this race.

you are devote to froome and team sky? It seems that polytheism is returned in modern times

 

[Brullnux]

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i cannot understand why people say that is giro tour is more difficult than tour vuelta , there are few days for recovering just 26 against 33 and the competion at la vuelta is WAY higher in last years compare to the tour de france , you can't deny it , la vuelta is not a race for spanish guys only , maybe it's the most contested grand tour of the seasonin the last 5 years

Since you find it difficult to grasp I will give you the easy reason. Giro = everyone fresh. Tour = everyone fresh. Vuelta = nobody fresh. Level at the Tour/Giro over climbs longer than 5km = higher than Vuelta. Less form needed to win Vuelta. Everyone tired and fatigued already at Vuelta. Competition does not equal difficulty.

 

[Jspear]

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Froome is a living cycling legend if he will win la vuelta , people can deny it really, for me tour vuelta is difficult than giro tour , let's think about it , at letour Froome wins without being at his best , so he plan to be at his best in the second grand tour , but this goes against the facr that Froome said that he was never feeling better in second grand tour , so , if froome plans to do the giro tour double with the intention to be better in the second grand tour , he will win giro not at his best and the destroy everybody in letour which will be his second gt

Lol Giro-tour is way harder than Tour-Vuelta. Almost peak Contador wasn't able to win it, and you expect Froome, now starting to be past his prime, to do it? Froome is still the best but he isn't 2013 invincible; on the longer climbs he isn't destroying people like he used to. Next year he'll have to face the ever improving Dumoulin, hopefully with some more TT km as well

Well maybe it's too late for him to win giro tour , but i don't think it's more difficult than tour vuelta , as i said if Froome plans the season just like Quintana wanted to do , he win the giro in not 100 % condition and then he dominate letour at 100 % , he is doing this but what is incredible that he won a Freaking tour not at 100 % so why he cannot win a giro not at 100%?

It's only to late for him to do the Giro-Tour if that double is harder than the Tour-Vuelta double.

 

[Tank Engine]

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How likely is it that he the *only* rider doing the Tour-Vuelta double that is not fading significantly?

Froome's and Contador's paths in the Tour and Vuelta seem pretty parallel. If anything, I would even say that Contador is marginally closer to Froome in the Vuelta than in the Tour.

 

[Jagartrott]

Yet another intelligent and beautifully measured ride.
I guess we shouldn't be surprised that Tim Kerrison's
training regime has equipped Froomey so well to attempt
the historic Tour-Vuelta double considering they almost did
it last year with a trip to Rio thrown in as well. Still some very
significant tests remaining, but I think that Froome and Team SKY
must be confident that they have done the proper training to ready
them for the monumental task at hand over the final days of this race.

Is this
some kind of
free-form haiku?

 

[Vino's Mum]

Yet another intelligent and beautifully measured ride.
I guess we shouldn't be surprised that Tim Kerrison's
training regime has equipped Froomey so well to attempt
the historic Tour-Vuelta double considering they almost did
it last year with a trip to Rio thrown in as well. Still some very
significant tests remaining, but I think that Froome and Team SKY
must be confident that they have done the proper training to ready
them for the monumental task at hand over the final days of this race.

Parklife

 

[Pricey_sky]

Yet another intelligent and beautifully measured ride.
I guess we shouldn't be surprised that Tim Kerrison's
training regime has equipped Froomey so well to attempt
the historic Tour-Vuelta double considering they almost did
it last year with a trip to Rio thrown in as well. Still some very
significant tests remaining, but I think that Froome and Team SKY
must be confident that they have done the proper training to ready
them for the monumental task at hand over the final days of this race.

Parklife

Shouldn't have read your reply whilst drinking my coffee, nearly coffee everywhere! I LOL'd :lol:

Back to Froome, gaps as expected in my opinion, it does bode well that he was so strong in the second half of the TT though, hopefully this indicates his condition is still good and he won't fade.

 

[mojomonkey]

What is the longest consecutive Grand Tour GC win streak? It is hard to tell at glance from Grand Tour win tables since the dates have moved over the years, and some years when various races were not contested.

 

[Red Rick]

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What is the longest consecutive Grand Tour GC win streak? It is hard to tell at glance from Grand Tour win tables since the dates have moved over the years, and some years when various races were not contested.

A lot longer than 2 Contador had 6 for one, 4 if you count paper victories only

 

[roundabout]

Using this kind of "maths" Armsrong had 7.

Merckx had 10 anyway.

 

[mojomonkey]

I mean without missing a contested Grand Tour - not just ones a rider entered, for example. And not consecutive editions of a single tour. So if Froome wins this Vuelta, then the Giro next year that is 3.