Two Grand Tours and now two World Champs bronze medals.
Also very nice to see Kiryienka and Il Trattore in the top six.
Also very nice to see Kiryienka and Il Trattore in the top six.
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Emilia and Torinos suit Froome. Vacation suits him more.Max Rockatansky said:Any chance he is doing some of the italian autumn classics? Sky will start in Emilia and Milano-Torino. Both would suit him.
Red Rick said:Emilia and Torinos suit Froome. Vacation suits him more.Max Rockatansky said:Any chance he is doing some of the italian autumn classics? Sky will start in Emilia and Milano-Torino. Both would suit him.
lost about 30 seconds.TMP402 said:Has anyone made de calculation of how much time Froome (won or) lost to Dumoulin on the climb?
kingjr said:lost about 30 seconds.TMP402 said:Has anyone made de calculation of how much time Froome (won or) lost to Dumoulin on the climb?
No, completely incomparable to a Tour MTF.TMP402 said:kingjr said:lost about 30 seconds.TMP402 said:Has anyone made de calculation of how much time Froome (won or) lost to Dumoulin on the climb?
Thanks. I guess there's no point in reading any TDF stuff into that haha.
Pricey_sky said:Nice job on the bronze medal after an incredible season. No chance he was going to be close to Dumoulin who had targeted this while Froome was slogging it out at the Tour and Vuelta.
Next years Tour should be interesting, though I wish he'd go for the Giro and get the 'grand slam'.
hazaran said:Still incredible to walk away with bronze after the season he had.
spalco said:More than likely he will never get the chance to hold all. 3 titles simultaneously, which imo would be more historic than Tour #5 or even #6.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Gougeard? Are you kidding me. The GPS showed he already lost his advantage to Oliveira before the chain incident. That just added another 30s. Even if it didn't happen he'd be 8th/9th at best
Well Richie had been a good boy and raced for podium's on a few of Sky's prior one week victories, so maybe he expected some return for that. I think that sentiment isn't entirely unreasonable, but 'betrayal' is too big a word for that.Valv.Piti said:I don't even wanna read the article. Betrayal? Lmao
Forever The Best said:While I dislike Froome, Froome rode like a champ on the stage to Solaison and tried everything to win. It was a joy to see. This is racing, not a tea party. Porte should stop whining.
Tbh I would've loved to see Froome ride for Porte that day..For old times sakes'.cocteau_ireland said:this is probably up somewhere else https://rouleur.cc/editorial/richie-porte/
It was in their interests of all of them to ally against Porte.Jspear said:Forever The Best said:While I dislike Froome, Froome rode like a champ on the stage to Solaison and tried everything to win. It was a joy to see. This is racing, not a tea party. Porte should stop whining.
I'm all for racing hard as well...but I do wonder what benefit Froome gained by asking the other strong riders to attack Porte. It did him no good. Perhaps that's just how much he dislikes Porte....a shame to bring that into the racing picture.
Porte had a one minute lead on GC. Froome was in second. To win Froome, or anyone else, had to crack Porte. No-one was likely to do it alone. (With about 7km to go, Froome was the virtual leader, so the opportunity was created - which Fuglsang eventually took for himself)Jspear said:Forever The Best said:While I dislike Froome, Froome rode like a champ on the stage to Solaison and tried everything to win. It was a joy to see. This is racing, not a tea party. Porte should stop whining.
I'm all for racing hard as well...but I do wonder what benefit Froome gained by asking the other strong riders to attack Porte. It did him no good.