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Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

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Is Froome over the hill?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 39 34.8%
  • No, the GC finished 40 minutes ago but Froomie is still climbing it

    Votes: 61 54.5%
  • No he is totally winning the Vuelta

    Votes: 25 22.3%

  • Total voters
    112
Wiggins strikes me as normal and even insightful for decent stretches, then invariably shatters the illusion with some idiotic comment or another. That one reads like a "gotta pump British interest in the Tour" kind of comment. Laughable.

Sometimes I think Bradley just makes fun of Chris with comments like that. As we know, they weren't the best friends in the old times.
 
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Sir Bradley Wiggins on his latest podcast: "Chris Froome, you would have to say this is probably his last opportunity to win a fifth Tour and that new generation is coming through."

I think you'll find that "new generation" came though two years ago at least Brad, but thanks for using the words "opportunity" "Tour" and "Chris Froome" in the same sentence...........We could all use a laugh at this time.

Wiggins is the best… He is just a special person, always has been, always will be :)

What I like most about his personality is that you often do not know a 100 percent if he‘s serious, or if he‘s joking a little bit. Same with his comment on Froome here.

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as spotted before Coppi e Bartali today
 
Leopold Konig had 8 racing days in 2018 and zero racing days in 2019, but his contract with Bora lasted and was valid until end 2019 as he had signed.

dont worry about Froome contract, we dont even know the details and how long he signed for.
all I want is him keeping racing, whatever the ourcome. even just lining on the start line gets clicks and shouts.
keep going Dawg!
 
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Leopold Konig had 8 racing days in 2018 and zero racing days in 2019, but his contract with Bora lasted and was valid until end 2019 as he had signed.

dont worry about Froome contract, we dont even know the details and how long he signed for.
all I want is him keeping racing, whatever the ourcome. even just lining on the start line gets clicks and shouts.
keep going Dawg!
Konig also wasn’t making as much as Froome, was on the team after the injury happened, and Froome had a whole year of non improving before signing and all parties were expecting results. Those results haven’t come, he hasn’t even finished inside the top 20 of anything while Konig did. All he has been is a big name that is there and bringing news from his disappointment like Cav was during those 3 years.
 
I love you Froome, but you're done! Time to retire and concentrate on all your social media and business ventures.

I think Froome has been in a real dilemma since his bad crash in the Dauphine. On the one hand, he is kind of a living legend, and so avoids (or: has to avoid) speaking about medical details too much. You don‘t speak about weaknesses - even less so if you are Froome.

On the other hand, without knowing medical details, we (as the public) can hardly or cannot judge what his racing results from after the crash are worth.

Maybe his body is so permanently injured/damaged, that a „+21min“ stage finish in Coppi&Bartali is a bigger athletic accomplishment than winning a MTF in the TdF before the crash was…

We just don‘t know. I, however, could imagine that Froomey (after retiring) will describe to us what this crash did to his body, and what the reasons are/were that his performances deteriorated so drastically after the crash…