Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[Salvarani]

Mate it's a January winter training race where the riders get a paid holiday to Australia in the middle of European winter. Froome hasn't been trying to win these kinds of races since 2016

Once July comes, they better watch out!

 

[tonymikejoe]

Can Chris Froome be competitive if he does indeed participate in next month's Tour Du Rwanda in Africa?
Can he win a stage? I think that is unlikely.
I think if he finishes in the top half of GC that counts as a massive step forward.

 

[FroomeWagon]

I was watching "The Move" podcast recap of the "Tour Down Under" and Johan Bruneel said it was really sad for him to have to watch Chris Froome struggle. He stated that Froome will never be competitive again in a Grand Tour as todays top riders are just so much better than the riders during Froome's generation. He did say he appreciated that Froome was getting to do what he wanted to do, but that it was sad to see him struggle at the back of the pack.

It's going to be three long years.

 

[Ripper]

Wait, Froome is still trying to race/ride?

 

[red_flanders]

Can Chris Froome be competitive if he does indeed participate in next month's Tour Du Rwanda in Africa?
Can he win a stage? I think that is unlikely.
I think if he finishes in the top half of GC that counts as a massive step forward.

Forward towards…not sure what, exactly…

 

[Taxus4a]

He didnt show a good level, 5th worse in GC of the finishers.

But it is January, and he probably will focus at le Tour.
Last year he didnt show in March a much better GC at a race with less level, this was world Tour, and this time he was working more.
Clarke wanst much better and he was 2nd at Australian Champs days before. People as Thomas the same..but anyway I hoped for him to be at that level, not so bad. I know he was just doing his job and no more, not aiming a top 100...but the same lot of riders.

I hope to see him better at Cadel Evans race, at least to finish the race.... (he doesnt use to finish one day races when he works...) and to fight for GC at Tour of Rwanda. But for that he has to show a similar level to last Tour.

 

[Red Rick]

I think we should rerun the poll

 

[Tim Cahill]

Taxus truly is the Hiroo Onoda of the forum, I have no real leaning towards Froome either way at this point but would quite like to see him win something just so he has his day, and because it would be funny.

 

[Taxus4a]

Taxus truly is the Hiroo Onoda of the forum, I have no real leaning towards Froome either way at this point but would quite like to see him win something just so he has his day, and because it would be funny.

I didnt know who was Hiroo Onoda.

I just know that lot of people wouldnt bet a year before to see him 3rd at the Queen stage of le Tour, and leave thee race with a decent GC position. That of course is not to aim for the podium, but is a big progres.

I just use this threat to follow this rider and share my impresions...I think that is not incorrect...

 

[staubsauger]

Seriously, Pantani as a washed-up coke addict would've placed top 10 at the 2003 Giro d'Italia without that crash and actually finished 5th atop the Zoncolan. Out of the favorites group.

Froome came 3rd from a breakaway. So was Moreno Moser in 2013. Alexander Botcharov even was 2nd on the Ventoux in 2002

 

[Taxus4a]

Of course respect to his possibilities of return, I am quite worried for the efect of Covid of him...He said it was serious and afect to la Vuelta, but as well he said he was improving.
No more data to valuate, so it is normal to try to know something about how he is at race..and he was bad in his first race.

If covid is not going to take a role in this year performance..I am quite optimistic..Other way it woudl be nice tio see him getting some decent results, making a good paper for the team or racing exotic races, but no more and nothing historic.

 

[tonymikejoe]

One Day races have never been Christopher Clive Froome's forte and true to form he failed to finish the 174.2K Cadel Evans Great Ocean road Race.
However, I read he was still pulling in the peloton with 6K to go.
Why not finish Chris?

 

[wheresmybrakes]

One Day races have never been Christopher Clive Froome's forte and true to form he failed to finish the 174.2K Cadel Evans Great Ocean road Race.
However, I read he was still pulling in the peloton with 6K to go.
Why not finish Chris?

Why ride past your hotel when your job is finished? lol

 

[tobydawq]

One Day races have never been Christopher Clive Froome's forte and true to form he failed to finish the 174.2K Cadel Evans Great Ocean road Race.
However, I read he was still pulling in the peloton with 6K to go.
Why not finish Chris?

He didn't. Another bizarre "observation" by the commentators.

 

[memyselfandI]

Well if he helped two from the team in to the top 5, then dinner well deserved I guess (wtf sprint that was anyways Bling and Ewan outside the podium?) He said in a podcast that he's taking long training and racing visit in DU, tryina avoid cold conditions as he gets sick easily. Dunno his racing plan but sounds complicated as he seems to keep super skinny year round and races are mostly in Europe, where it's cold rainy spring period looming. I remember how Gilbert once said, he avoided taking hot races (UAE, DU stuff aso) to keep body accustomed to a mainland Europe spring weather.

 

[Taxus4a]

He didn't. Another bizarre "observation" by the commentators.

I will watch the race, but It must be like that. I think he abandoned early the race. It was raining, that is important to say in his case.

I understand the director say It was hard robsee hin struggling, and he has no future. Ibsaw that as well, the day he finished better...but he forget we talk about Froome, and he has pasto a bad moment after Covid

 

[tonymikejoe]

One Day races have never been Christopher Clive Froome's forte and true to form he failed to finish the 174.2K Cadel Evans Great Ocean road Race.
However, I read he was still pulling in the peloton with 6K to go.
Why not finish Chris?

I've just seen the highlights of this race and the Aussie commentator (don't know who it was) said at 6.2K to go: "This is Chris Froome who is on the front of the peloton. It's Froome for the Israel PremierTech team who is doing the chasing."
He was going by a long-rage helicopter shot from above and I have doubts it was Chris Froome. I did not recognise the riding style and one could not see the number clearly.
If it was our Chris he may as well have finished so near the end, right?

 

[Taxus4a]

Can Chris Froome be competitive if he does indeed participate in next month's Tour Du Rwanda in Africa?
Can he win a stage? I think that is unlikely.
I think if he finishes in the top half of GC that counts as a massive step forward.

After the level he showed un Australia, yes. The level at Rwanda is lower, and the race is much better for him, but he need to show a progress, It was really bad these days. I Always hace confidence, but I hoped more now despiste his Covid problems.

 

[Taxus4a]

I've just seen the highlights of this race and the Aussie commentator (don't know who it was) said at 6.2K to go: "This is Chris Froome who is on the front of the peloton. It's Froome for the Israel PremierTech team who is doing the chasing."
He was going by a long-rage helicopter shot from above and I have doubts it was Chris Froome. I did not recognise the riding style and one could not see the number clearly.
If it was our Chris he may as well have finished so near the end, right?

It wasnt him. There were 4 Israel Riders there, but not Chris. It looks for me Clarke, but he was the man who sprinted, so I am not sure, but Froome wasnt for sure. The comentator was wrong. He was maybe the first Rider to leave the race, and I am worried for that. Hope he can improve soon

 

[Andy schleck]

What happened to froome at cadel Evans race?

 

[tobydawq]

What happened to froome at cadel Evans race?

There was a climb so he was dropped.

 

[Taxus4a]

What happened to froome at cadel Evans race?

I have just have watched the full race.
It was raining several times.
He was working for the team. He was in the firt five postition of the peloton at least two times in the final circuit. He struggle on the first climb , but he later was on the front.... In the 3rd of the 4th clkimb, agter to sprint to be up the front, he moved to the right side of the road, not trying to follow anybody. Ir is the last time he was on TV,, 23 K to go. Just after first riders starting dropped.

So, I am still confident. He is just here training and helping the team, and he did.

Just improving this level a litle bit,and no a lot as I though, he can figh for something at Rwanda, if the team work for him.

- By the way, he is still in Australia and he put on strava a good training there.

 

[tonymikejoe]

Chris Froome posted on Strava his 6hr and 11min 183.1km ride in Victoria, Australia (including 3125m of climbing) which he completed on January 31 for all of us to appreciate.
However, Chris is now staying in shape so he can hang in the peloton for most of a race and beat time limits.
These training rides are not a signal of a return to top form but a necessity at the current level of WT racing just to finish.
So, I don't think fans should get too excited about such Strava data.
It constitutes what Froome needs to do just to remain at the mediocre level he is currently at.

 

[claude cat]

He's riding the Melbourne to Warnambool race on Sunday Saturday, one of the oldest races that have been continuously running. A 267km one day race.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1621334669768949760

View: https://twitter.com/AusCyclingAus/status/1621334669768949760?s=20&t=FD8uLOVEVQW8iScJbSZddA


There's even a stream on SBS if you can get it.

 

[claude cat]

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