Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

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Anquetil, Hinault, Froome that is not bad company. The man became a legend today.

I can't see him like one, honestly. There is something missing.

 

[Jagartrott]

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Anquetil, Hinault, Froome that is not bad company. The man became a legend today.

You have no clue what 'legend' encompasses.

Good rider, obviously, but he relies massively on the strongest, richest team in cycling (5 Skys in the 11-man-strong lead peloton at one point today!). In a smaller team, he could never have achieved this double - I'm absolutely convinced about that.

 

[wwabbit]

On another team, Froome would have won 2011.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

And now the Giro-Tour double?

Or the first rider to do the trebble in one year?

 

[Pennino]

Just credits to him. Well done. But it tastes a bit bitter.

 

[PremierAndrew]

5th Tour, maybe a real stab at rainbow and then off to Italy I imagine

 

[Isaak-Gabriel]

I just notice that Chris Froome and Andy Schleck are both born in 1985 but it seems they're not in the same generation at all, wow. In fact CF is an AS with better mental strenght and good karma, just forget the style because Schleck was the most aesthetic climber beside Contador. 2011 was the crossroad of their careers.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Andy Schleck was already 2nd in a GT when he was what... 21? 22?

He could've had a legendary GT record if he had any sort of mental fortitude

 

[Isaak-Gabriel]

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Andy Schleck was already 2nd in a GT when he was what... 21? 22?

He could've had a legendary GT record if he had any sort of mental fortitude

Yep, 21 years and 11 months at 2007 Giro, between Di Luca and Mazzoleni.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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Andy Schleck was already 2nd in a GT when he was what... 21? 22?

He could've had a legendary GT record if he had any sort of mental fortitude

And time trialling ability

 

[deValtos]

It's amazing how quickly Froome's season went from *** to Velo d'Or. Essentially in the space of 2 months.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Andy Schleck was already 2nd in a GT when he was what... 21? 22?

He could've had a legendary GT record if he had any sort of mental fortitude

And time trialling ability

I put that under mental fortitude. Andy did some good TT's when he wanted to. He never put the effort in learning it though.

 

[TMP402]

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It's amazing how quickly Froome's season went from **** to Velo d'Or. Essentially in the space of 2 months.

Well, it's *because* it was ****, no?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Does Froome plan on riding any other races besides World ITT? I think he scored enough points this Vuelta to be 2nd in WT ranking?

 

[May0maniac]

I'm not a Froome fan, but you have to respect him, how many riders have to motivation to go for the Vuelta after winning the Tour?
I didn't like the dominance of Team Sky (the usual Vuelta-Froome was actually fun to watch and a few times I actually ended up rooting him for), but you have to respect him.

 

[TMP402]

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Does Froome plan on riding any other races besides World ITT? I think he scored enough points this Vuelta to be 2nd in WT ranking?

You make a good point. He should now aim for the legendary Tour-Vuelta-Lombardia-Turkey-Guangxi quintuple.

(though in all seriousness if I was him I would go for Lombardia as well as WCTT)

 

[SafeBet]

One of the greats! I want him to ride the Giro. Please come back to Italy, Chris!

 

[Red Rick]

My reluctant congrats to Froomey. Well deserved double.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Froomey was very strong today, actually the strongest he has been on a real mountain stage this Vuelta I think. Congrats on the double. Contador would have threatened him if he didnt have that bad day, but thats easy to say and I think Froome would have won regardless, mainly due to his team. The most scary strong team I have seen relative to the other teams from 2005 and on when I started watching cycling... that was too much.

 

[Red Rick]

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Froomey was very strong today, actually the strongest he has been on a real mountain stage this Vuelta I think. Congrats on the double. Contador would have threatened him if he didnt have that bad day, but thats easy to say and I think Froome would have won regardless, mainly due to his team. The most scary strong team I have seen relative to the other teams from 2005 and on... that was too much.

Yeah the Vuelta just goes entirely different if Contador is down 30s instead of 3'11" after Andorra. Froome might try harder on Xorret de Catí, the Torcal might not happen or get reactions (or might happen the same, or with the peloton chasing harder after Froome's crashes), Contador probably doesn't suicide attack on El Purche and doesn't lose 40s right there. And on and on it goes.

Might have won, might not have won. Whatever. We got what we got. The Angliru is a worthy prize to say goodbye.

Another major contributor to Froome's double is honestly Nairo's messed up double. If he'd done Tour-Vuelta, he would've been in the mix in both. Hopefully he'll be back with a vengeance next year.

 

[Matteo.]

at the end of the day, another false myth has gone.
In the sense obviously froome does not like the cold and the rain, but it is not as disastrous as many describe .
a little like the false myth that he could not gone on the cobbles or bad descender

 

[Chomsky]

Froome and Poels were clearly the two strongest riders in this race. About halfway through the final climb the peleton had been reduced to 14 riders 6 of whom were from team Sky. Clearly if we want a good race we need to get rid of the rest of the teams and just let Sky race against each other. You have to give respect to the other riders but they were all a sideshow compared to the Sky team.

I watched a bit of the Tour of Britain with actual sprints, sprinters and ITT specialists and found it much more entertaining than this Vuelta. Outside of Froome and Sky there was not much reason to watch. I hope the Vuelta can move to a more balanced route. While I am happy for Froone getting the double. It was an amazing accomplishment, this has to be the most boring grand tour I can remember.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

https://nos.nl/video/2192168-froome-we-gingen-voor-de-ritzege-met-wout.html

Froome explaining they went for the stage win with Wout. But Contador was too far ahead

 

[PremierAndrew]

https://nos.nl/video/2192168-froome-we-gingen-voor-de-ritzege-met-wout.html

Froome explaining they went for the stage win with Wout. But Contador was too far ahead

When Nibali dropped, I'm surprised Froome didn't dom for Wout to chase the stage and get 6th on GC (not that doms matter on the angliru)

 

[Blanco]

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Probably lost time on purpose again to make him appear human. He won't lose time again on other stages.

Spot on!