So was Pogi. No worries, they were just conserving energy. We are in for a classic clash of styles: 13495 RPM vs "Miner" style (as Dumo described). All at 7 w/kg.
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So was Pogi. No worries, they were just conserving energy. We are in for a classic clash of styles: 13495 RPM vs "Miner" style (as Dumo described). All at 7 w/kg.
I guess you can apparently rationalize "barely able to walk" with "recovery nearly complete" but it's nonsense.
So at the end of October last year he had some potentially severe pain in I guess his hip. That certainly would be limiting and would clearly cause a regression. That's fine but it's also not "barely able to walk" nor is it "a year ago" (somewhere in the June/July time frame).Because in April 2020, he didn't know this would happen .....
“I went to have some scans done straight after the Vuelta and we found that one of the screws was actually piercing through the bone and potentially causing a bit of a grating sensation on the muscle as I was cycling.”
Chris Froome says a surgical screw has caused him unexplainable pain on his cycling comeback - Eurosport
Chris Froome says that "unexplainable pain” and problems with his right quad have hindered his comeback from his nasty crash in 2019.www.eurosport.com
I get that the guy has had challenges with his recovery. Obviously. He had a LOT to recover from. What I don't get is Froome (the poster's) statements. They simply don't add up to what Froome (the rider) was saying. Not that I buy much of anything Froome the rider says, just pointing out the glaring inconsistency.
Froome seems to think the imbalance in the power of his legs is sorted:
"Froome estimates that he was riding with a 20 per cent deficit in quad strength on the right-hand side last year. He spent much of his winter in California at the Red Bull High Performance Centre in Santa Monica addressing this imbalance. “A big chunk of the first part of this year was also spent doing rehab',” he says. “I think that was a necessary step to take, but it meant that probably the riding side of things got compromised. Anyway, I’m confident that is no longer a factor.”"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling...gs-rehab-made-chris-froome-believe-could-win/
I remain to be convinced but we'll see.
"Froome estimates that he was riding with a 20 per cent deficit in quad strength on the right-hand side last year. He spent much of his winter in California at the Red Bull High Performance Centre in Santa Monica addressing this imbalance. “A big chunk of the first part of this year was also spent doing rehab',” he says. “I think that was a necessary step to take, but it meant that probably the riding side of things got compromised. Anyway, I’m confident that is no longer a factor.”"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling...gs-rehab-made-chris-froome-believe-could-win/
I remain to be convinced but we'll see.
The peloton definitely ain’t waiting for Sparky Woods unless he is in yellow. He’s an outsider at best, a talented one, but not one that will be on the Slovenians radar.
If it indeed is sorted out, then his performance this year is even more atrocious.
The pet snake of Froome
BANNED
This guy starts the Tour de France today, over 2 years after having a life threating crash, his fans should be thankful we still have him in the peloton and will cheer him on whether he wins or not, true fans cheer on the idols whether they win or not and unlike some fans of a certain Spaniard who loved the coffee and horses who only wanted him in the peloton if he was winning.
Congrats Chris on making it back to Le Tour, just being here is an accomplishment
There is such a thing as a champion racing for too long once he's past it. Think back to when Lance Armstrong rode around in the gruppetto in 2010. Actually, even that wasn't as bad as Froome is now because he did finish 22nd overall at 38 minutes from the winner, i.e. something I doubt Froome will be anywhere close to "achieving" in 2021.
"Just being here" has nothing to do with being an accomplishment when there are loads of other guys who can do the same job (i.e. basically finish in the middle of the GC in total anonymity).
And those goalposts with Froome sure have shifted since last year, haven't they? i.e. we've gone from "my healing is almost complete" (& the drama when he wasn't selected by Ineos for last year's Tour, remember?) to now where he's supposed to get a merit medal of sorts for merely showing up at the race.
"Just being here" has nothing to do with being an accomplishment when there are loads of other guys who can do the same job (i.e. basically finish in the middle of the GC in total anonymity).
And those goalposts with Froome sure have shifted since last year, haven't they? i.e. we've gone from "my healing is almost complete" (& the drama when he wasn't selected by Ineos for last year's Tour, remember?) to now where he's supposed to get a merit medal of sorts for merely showing up at the race.
Seemed in pretty bad shape from the crash as he went over the line, shaking on the bike.
The pet snake of Froome
BANNED
Didn’t see any cuts on him, take it he might have knocked some of the metal fittings holding his bones together, can’t see him starting tomorrow
What a shame. And both Woods and Greipel hit the deck quite hard as well. Worst start ever for ISN...
He had gash on his lower back, probably from part of a bike going into him from the back I think.
Chris Horner said he should not even start the TdF because he looks like he's "100 watts" down on the power he needs to race at this level.
Maybe, that won't happen now anyway.
Maybe, that won't happen now anyway.
Yeah he 'came back' and took the slot of a more deserving rider, who might actually be of some use to his team.....
Yes I know, not a fan. However, I feel bad for him having crashed (it appeared hard) today with many others.
Never good when a rider crashes. Hopefully no hidden damage.
Thats true but thats what past success does. As long as it gets a team media exposure it still makes sense.
Lance Armstrong predicts Chris will not start today's stage.
Froome's latest tweet confirms scans show bruising and swelling to his left leg and, check this out, his thorax!
View: https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1408943878036729860
Froome's latest tweet confirms scans show bruising and swelling to his left leg and, check this out, his thorax!
View: https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1408943878036729860
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