Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[red_flanders]

That's Poe's law (or rather the opposite) for you. I'm sure he's sincere.

We all get that. It was a poor attempt at a joke.

Froome's training for next season continues. Good to see him laughing with the other riders.

I thought it was the Vuelta? I mean I get it, it's hard to see what the point of this year is when he's losing 6+ mins on a flat stage. He's what, 6 or 7 places out of the Lantern Rouge at this point? I think he can do it!

 

[TMJ]

Easy people, easy. If you were paying attention today you would have seen our Chris Froome flash in the breakway, setting the race alight early doors.

 

[TMJ]

Former rider and Eurosport pundit Dan Lloyd just picked Chris Froome to win today's stage!

 

[Ripper]

Former rider and Eurosport pundit Dan Lloyd just picked Chris Froome to win today's stage!

With all of the recovering he's been doing for the past 2 weeks riding near the back it might not actually be a surprise

Lol

 

[Ripper]

He can't show improvement, he crashed on second stage. And i'm not saying that froome would show some improvements if he didn't crash, i don't bet on it. But he even didn't have that oportunity of show something because of the crash.

Wait, isn't this the rider who improved so much after early injuries in a grand tour that he actually ended up winning the race?

He looks like he's reached his true level again. Pre GT transformation level

 

[lenric]

Former rider and Eurosport pundit Dan Lloyd just picked Chris Froome to win today's stage!

sir drinks-a-lot

 

[FroomeWagon]

Off the back today on the first climb.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Still here though

 

[SHAD0W93]

First to go from first to last in TdF history should be the goal.

 

[Finn84]

37½ minutes ahead of Grøndahl Jansen so he would need to lose time in multiple stages barring DNFs on the back.

 

[Panda Claws]

Remember Giro 2018.

You were all ready to write him off in that GT too.

 

[topt]

37½ minutes ahead of Grøndahl Jansen so he would need to lose time in multiple stages barring DNFs on the back.

that can be done, perhaps peloton will let him in a break than; they are scared shitless of him

 

[FroomeWagon]

Froome in "survival mode"

On Saturday, Froome told VeloNews that a reported start in the Vuelta a España next month is not confirmed.

“The Vuelta? No, no, we’ll take things as they come,” Froome said. “Right now — survival, day by day.”

https://www.velonews.com/events/tou...-anyone-coming-close-to-him-at-tour-de-france

 

[movingtarget]

Former rider and Eurosport pundit Dan Lloyd just picked Chris Froome to win today's stage!

Even Dan Lloyd beats the testers and he;s not even riding...............

 

[Poursuivant]

Froome in "survival mode"



https://www.velonews.com/events/tou...-anyone-coming-close-to-him-at-tour-de-france

Honestly, I think it would be better if he didn’t go the Vuelta, and just focused on training.

 

[red_flanders]

Froome in "survival mode"

https://www.velonews.com/events/tou...-anyone-coming-close-to-him-at-tour-de-france

This acknowledgment of reality is much preferable to the nonsense he was talking leading up to the Tour.

 

[dutchdescent]

Still here though

This. I did not expect it tbh.

 

[Taxus4a]

72th today for him. Good signal. I hope him totally recovered after rest day. He is not today to get a very fighted break, but maybe yes after rest day if the good weather continue.

 

[Pinot's goat]

The lanterne rouge dream is over.

 

[SHAD0W93]

The lanterne rouge dream is over.

Never! He can still pull it out.

 

[Pinot's goat]

Never! He can still pull it out.

He would need a lot of OTLs behind, his injuries seem to be wearing off and he is finishing higher and higher each day so he won't drop to last because of his own performances.

 

[RedheadDane]

He would need a lot of OTLs behind, his injuries seem to be wearing off and he is finishing higher and higher each day so he won't drop to last because of his own performances.

+ he's up against Mads P, who last year at the TDU mastered the art of finishing last.

 

[memyselfandI]

Well looking at Valverde yesterday, Froome still possible to do great racing if he just gets his leg sorted..

 

[Taxus4a]

Dirección navarra para Froome en el Tour

Chris Froome, cuatro veces ganador del Tour, ha regresado este año a la Grande Boucle tras el gravísimo accidente que sufrió en junio de 2019.

www.diariodenavarra.es

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Interesting interview. I hope you can translete into english. Anyway lot of people here talk or understand spanish. He said Froome has good nunbers, but anyway when the peloton acelerate he has problems to follow, but they never see him tired at the end of the stages except with heavy rain. They hope for him a possitive think this last part of le Tour.

And followwing with the analisys of his performance... I follow him yesterday by GPS... He prefer be conservative with rain or cold.. He doesn't mind lose more time.. Yesterday. Wanst his day... He drpped at the beginning... Get the peloton again and he was among the 25 first riders.. Just behind UAE, Ineos and Movistar... But when EF acelerates he dropped again.. No one of the first, maybe 25 or 30 to drope.... He was with his team mate Erik Zabel making a duo trying to chase... But finally they wait for the last vagon with his team mate Greipel and Cavendish. I think today and tomorrow no rain.. But the problem is the level is reallu high this yeae to be in a break. I hope one day, in the mountains or in the ITT a top 50.

 

[gunara]

Dirección navarra para Froome en el Tour

Chris Froome, cuatro veces ganador del Tour, ha regresado este año a la Grande Boucle tras el gravísimo accidente que sufrió en junio de 2019.

www.diariodenavarra.es

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his team mate Erik Zabel

Sure he can still win racing in that age group