Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[tonymikejoe]

Fans of Mr Froome will next be able to catch him riding at the Dream to Cure Ride in Vancouver, Canada on September 23.
If you fail to make it there then try the Japan Cup Cycle Road Race on October 15.
The Land of the Rising Sun has been a happy hunting ground for Froome throughout his storied career.
Who can forget him storming to victory with Team Konica Minolta during Stage 6 to Izu during the 2007 Tour of Japan?
Here's hoping for more similar success.

 

[RedheadDane]

Who can forget him storming to victory with Team Konica Minolta during Stage 6 to Izu during the 2007 Tour of Japan?

Lot's of people, I'd assume.

 

[rallybanana]

Lot's of people, I'd assume.

You can't forget something you never knew

 

[RedheadDane]

You can't forget something you never knew

True...

 

[IndianCyclist]

the calendar of the former champion gives the feeling of being a vacation plan by a travel agency that the program of a cycling star that has won four titles in the Tour de France. Or isn't it? If we look at it with magnifying glass, Australia, Rwanda, Switzerland or the Czech Republic have been the countries where Froome has looked dorsal."

Nice Vacation Plan with a bonus of 5 million

 

[Taxus4a]

Fans of Mr Froome will next be able to catch him riding at the Dream to Cure Ride in Vancouver, Canada on September 23.
If you fail to make it there then try the Japan Cup Cycle Road Race on October 15.
The Land of the Rising Sun has been a happy hunting ground for Froome throughout his storied career.
Who can forget him storming to victory with Team Konica Minolta during Stage 6 to Izu during the 2007 Tour of Japan?
Here's hoping for more similar success.

Wont he be at Tour of Guangxi?

 

[joseph89]

Hilarious and great marketing for factor

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706187569388478825

View: https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1706187569388478825?t=IIlwIcYDUREy7Q-9eLLzKA&s=19

 

[Rackham]

Wow, Michelle looks... so different now.

Nice.

 

[staubsauger]

Okay, that's actually very funny!

 

[glassmoon]

Hilarious and great marketing for factor

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706187569388478825

View: https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1706187569388478825?t=IIlwIcYDUREy7Q-9eLLzKA&s=19

Millionth iteration of a dead meme 6 months after it stopped being funny is quite opposite of funny actually...

 

[pastronef]

Millionth iteration of a dead meme 6 months after it stopped being funny is quite opposite of funny actually...

it depends. for people who didnt know the meme, like me, it's very funny. but even if I knew the meme, Froome makes it funny
I am biased, I LOVE him

 

[Izzyeviel]

I loved that video. Its a shame we never get to see much of his personality, hes always seemed one of the more normal people in the peloton.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I loved that video. Its a shame we never get to see much of his personality, hes always seemed one of the more normal people in the peloton.

normal?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/chris-froome-rider-on-the-storm-10415129.html

Chris Froome had two unusual pets: a pair of pythons. They needed feeding, and their meals had to be alive. Mice at first, then rats. But as they grew they needed something more filling. So he raided the rabbit hutches in the kindergarten across the road.

 

[SHAD0W93]

normal?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/chris-froome-rider-on-the-storm-10415129.html

Don’t forget the fans defending it in 2017 or 2018 clinic thread. Can only imagine my son coming back crying saying their rabbit disappeared at school.

 

[Izzyeviel]

'chris froome let childhood pet die of starvation' isn't much of an improvement...

 

[SHAD0W93]

'chris froome let childhood pet die of starvation' isn't much of an improvement...

It’s a night and day difference when he could have released them or just fed them more rats. But no, breaking and entering in the middle of the night, stealing, and feeding your classmates pet’s is the same. At least in the US that’s multiple crimes, the former not so much.

 

[Rackham]

Chris Froome behaving like a fun, carefree gentleman is as sincere as Jeffrey Dahmer would have been if he helped an elderly woman cross the road.

I mean there's the well documented snake incidents (pretty psychotic stuff, all things considered), there's the identity theft incident in 2006 which got him a foothold in Europe to begin with (one of his very first felonies he got away with), the Mortirolo incident when he held onto a motorbike in the 2010 Giro (he did get caught for that one) & everything else.

Not a good guy. But he is a good contract negotiator, apparently.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

...
Not a good guy. But he is a good contract negotiator, apparently.

that's Michelle, isn't it?

 

[Lequack]

Chris has finally found his calling, making meme videos. He just needed those hard miles, but now it's paying off.

Chris Froome goes viral with Bentley ASMR parody video

Four-time Tour de France winner shows his humorous side before end of season racing

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bentley should strike back and make a very loud commercial in which Froome gets run over by a car.
"If you can no longer win a GT, then just buy one instead. Introducing the all-new Bentley Continental GT: Cheaper than Chris Froome and much better on the road".

 

[Rackham]

Bentley should strike back and make a very loud commercial in which Froome gets run over by a car.
"If you can no longer win a GT, then just buy one instead. Introducing the all-new Bentley Continental GT: Cheaper than Chris Froome and much better on the road".

Throw in a few references to car repairs as well, like "unlike Chris Froome, when you smash up your Bentley you can get it repaired, good as new... & it keeps its value too!"

I mean let's be nasty here, properly. Those bunnies demand justice.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Throw in a few references to car repairs as well, like "unlike Chris Froome, when you smash up your Bentley you can get it repaired, good as new... & it keeps its value too!"

I mean let's be nasty here, properly. Those bunnies demand justice.

We shouldn't be praising the car too much either though. It's like if you took a Ferrari engine and put it inside the body of present day Carlos Betancur instead of the one he had 10 years ago.

 

[will-10]

Bentley should strike back and make a very loud commercial in which Froome gets run over by a car.
"If you can no longer win a GT, then just buy one instead. Introducing the all-new Bentley Continental GT: Cheaper than Chris Froome and much better on the road".

Strike back? It's the most successful Bentley campaign they have ever run

 

[IndianCyclist]

Bentley should strike back and make a very loud commercial in which Froome gets run over by a car.
"If you can no longer win a GT, then just buy one instead. Introducing the all-new Bentley Continental GT: Cheaper than Chris Froome and much better on the road".

Bentley should overtake Froome on a Mountain.
"Make sure you have an engine that performs"
"We don't deceive our customers"
"Our car costs a fraction of 5 million"
"Better performance, lower costs"

 

[Samu Cuenca]

"We don't deceive our customers"

They are owned by Volkswagen, so I'm not sure they can make that kind of promise.
But the car might be able to protect you against mysterious diseases.