Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[lenric]

Hope he recover these days and stay with the best at Ventoux

At what competition? Pro Cycling Manager 22 online?

 

[gunara]

He did his current level at Alps Maritimes and 3 first days of Dauphiné., and he was to be one of the strongers today.

You mean going with the likes of Vingegaard and O'Connor? Or even attacked in the end with Roglic?

 

[SHAD0W93]

Or maybe he was pushing himself too much and that enabled him to get sick easier.

 

[gillan1969]

Why is Froome going along with the legendary PlSSTAKE (Rackham TM)?
There was merit in trying to make a comeback. But the drivel being spouted by him about improving is making him look ridiculous.

He's looked ridiculous since the Vuelta '11. No other rider has looked more ridiculous......ever. He looked normal before Aug 11 and has looked normal since '20.

 

[Fantastico]

Or maybe he was pushing himself too much and that enabled him to get sick easier.

I agree, that's not unlikely.

He did his current level at Alps Maritimes and 3 first days of Dauphiné., and he was to be one of the strongers today.

That was his level for a one-day race and a few days at the beginning of a stage race. It's a different story to have the endurance and recovery to make the same effort for a sustained period, though.

 

[FroomeWagon]

Chris Froome's odds to win the TDF went from 15 to 1 before the dauphine (I can't imagine someone stupid enough to bet that) to now 200 to 1. Lots of confidence was lost in Froome after this past weeks poor showing.

 

[Pinot's goat]

Or maybe he was pushing himself too much and that enabled him to get sick easier.

There were a lot of people pushing themselves too hard in March then.

 

[gunara]

There were a lot of people pushing themselves too hard in March then.

Shouldn't the fact that it's "lot of people" hint that it's not from pushing anything too hard?

 

[movingtarget]

Chris Froome's odds to win the TDF went from 15 to 1 before the dauphine (I can't imagine someone stupid enough to bet that) to now 200 to 1. Lots of confidence was lost in Froome after this past weeks poor showing.

Whoever quoted 15-1 needs to find another line of work, probably a misprint, more like 150-1.........

 

[Pinot's goat]

Shouldn't the fact that it's "lot of people" hint that it's not from pushing anything too hard?

IPT had 3 riders abandon due to illness in the Dauphine, isn't that a hint it's not from pushing too hard?

 

[gunara]

IPT had 3 riders abandon due to illness in the Dauphine, isn't that a hint it's not from pushing too hard?

Fair enough.

 

[Taxus4a]

I agree, that's not unlikely.



That was his level for a one-day race and a few days at the beginning of a stage race. It's a different story to have the endurance and recovery to make the same effort for a sustained period, though.

He was ill. He has showed Dauphine 2021 that he was better in the last stages, It has no sense this year he is worse than last year..he was at the level he showed in Alpes Maritimes at the begining of Dauohine. He started to be worse from the ITT, clearly for an illness,,, He is especially strong at recovery

 

[Ripper]

He was ill. He has showed Dauphine 2021 that he was better in the last stages, It has no sense this year he is worse than last year..he was at the level he showed in Alpes Maritimes at the begining of Dauohine. He started to be worse from the ITT, clearly for an illness,,, He is especially strong at recovery

Okay, so minutes off the pace on every stage is his new normal.

 

[Taxus4a]

At what competition? Pro Cycling Manager 22 online?

Mont Ventoux desnivel Challenge

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Mont Ventoux desnivel Challenge

He will probably be working for Woods.

 

[red_flanders]

Or maybe he was pushing himself too much and that enabled him to get sick easier.

I thought his super power was that he could train so much harder than everyone else. Wait…is it possible that wasn’t true? I’m stunned.

 

[Ripper]

He will probably be working for Woods.

If he can

 

[SHAD0W93]

IPT had 3 riders abandon due to illness in the Dauphine, isn't that a hint it's not from pushing too hard?

Did they? The only illness I’ve seen stated from the team are Froome and Piccoli who did not DNF.

 

[HelloDolly]

Surely Froome wont be selected for the Tour ..He came to the Dauphine to fight for selection but that hasn't panned out

If ISN want to pay Froome millions for a never to be full filled come back and he wants to ride around in the hope he can do it well that is fine but the the non fairytale version is that at 37 years old and after severe injury he is not going to be competitive again (ie fighting for a podium) at a Grand Tour

I am all for the power of positive thinking but sooner or later one has to be realistic and face facts otherwise you look ridiculous
Surely there are others things he can be doing with his life and he cant need the money
If you have been a champion you usually leave the stage with some dignity

 

[Ripper]

Surely Froome wont be selected for the Tour ..He came to the Dauphine to fight for selection but that hasn't panned out

If ISN want to pay Froome millions for a never to be full filled come back and he wants to ride around in the hope he can do it well that is fine but the the non fairytale version is that at 37 years old and after severe injury he is not going to be competitive again (ie fighting for a podium) at a Grand Tour

I am all for the power of positive thinking but sooner or later one has to be realistic and face facts otherwise you look ridiculous
Surely there are others things he can be doing with his life and he cant need the money
If you have been a champion you usually leave the stage with some dignity

In a normal team he would not be selected for the Tour. IPT = #bikeracerretirementhome

However, if they are paying him to ride, as @Libertine Seguros noted, then he should absolutely ride and make as much money as he can while he can. It's Adams' issue if this is a bad deal for him.

 

[lenric]

If ISN want to pay Froome millions for a never to be full filled come back and he wants to ride around in the hope he can do it well that is fine but the the non fairytale version is that at 37 years old and after severe injury he is not going to be competitive again (ie fighting for a podium) at a Grand Tour

imo he would be competitive if he had the capacity to get a top-20. and it would be good for him, but he'll hardly be able to pull that one out in the vuelta, let alone in the tour

 

[Savant12]

Not on the startlist for the Ventoux Challenge so a Tour start should be out. But that gives him time to rebuild the legend with a mediocre Tour of Poland result followed by a re-breakthrough performance at the Vuelta.

Edit: I see on his instagram that he's already bigging up the Vuelta; guessing, no Tour start.

 

[ppanther92]

Finally back to the roots with Tour of Poland Vuelta buildup

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Probably a 30kmh zone.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1536646280897773568

View: https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1536646280897773568

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Why is he smiling?
(Oh I forgot, the paycheck)