Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[veganrob]

Only 34:13 behind today. He should have raced Lombardia.

 

[Savant12]

Just someone seeing things noone else can see

The Bruce Willis of fanboyism.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

or even FroomeBoyism

 

[JimPanzen]

What are you on about

He's basically this dude, just with Froome.

 

[rallybanana]

The weather forecast for Utsunomiya on Sunday is 19 degrees and rain. This will not suit hot weather specialist Froome.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Hang in there champ.

 

[gunara]

Hang in there champ.

He's been hanging in there for 200 pages, with everyone of us repeating ourselves over and over again, with some insignificant variations, and so did he.

 

[CyclistAbi]

He will do it again.

 

[Extinction]

Chris, the gift that just keeps on coming.

 

[Izzyeviel]

'i feel like i did five years ago' -

Froome five years ago:

 

[Unchained]

I read from Froome that he is saying " ok that's it!! No more messing around now I am going to get serious ".

 

[AmRacer]

I read from Froome that he is saying " ok that's it!! No more messing around now I am going to get serious ".

The bottles don't deliver themselves.

 

[Lequack]

'I feel five years younger' – Chris Froome ready to take on 2024 with fresh motivation: Seven-time Grand Tour winner on returning to racing, Tour de France ambitions, and working with Factor

'I feel five years younger' – Chris Froome ready to take on 2024 with fresh motivation

Seven-time Grand Tour winner on returning to racing, Tour de France ambitions, and working with Factor

www.globalcyclingnetwork.com

 

[veganrob]

While Chris Froome likes to think everyone is stupid but him, he is the one looking stupid. You mean to tell me he did not know his fit measurements? That is one the most important things for a cyclist. And Israel did not have a fitter? Ridiculous. Is Froome too stupid to continue to ride with back pain that prevented him from being better. Laugh my ass off at him and anybody that believes his BS.

 

[veganrob]

And whoever wrote that lousy article should get their pay docked for being useless and lazy. CyclingNews should be ashamed of themselves. What drivel.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

And whoever wrote that lousy article should get their pay docked for being useless and lazy. CyclingNews should be ashamed of themselves. What drivel.

It's not CyclingNews (they're more classy)
It's GCN (for fanbois)

 

[Unchained]

The bottles don't deliver themselves.

I like the guy, I like his story and not saying that there are many parallels in the peloton but Froome would serve himself and everyone else a lot better by taking the expectations down and carrying water w dignity. Playing an important role for a team that in my opinion is a non factor and struggles to get into the selection at most races. Just a bunch of words and I am not expecting anything from Froome,and I realize he needs to be bold and brave to get a team and a contract..

 

[Unchained]

Admittedly it's probably a great problem to have.. but once you win the Tour dFrance the only way to go is down..

 

[Rackham]

Froome is not going to the Tour de France 2024.

Tbh I think he's known for a very long time he's past it & has been saying whatever just to feed the illusion & media interest a bit longer. But I suspect he didn't appreciate just how far he's dropped in performance.

Milking that 5 year deal for all it's worth is one thing, & yes, it would be much more passable "if" he could still feature to a certain extent (maybe top 30 in the bunch on a cat 2 climb). But as things stand he's struggling to show he's at a world tour level (or even just the level of a pro rider). In fact he really isn't, based on his latest outing.

We have no idea what's in his contract (& whether he has appearance guarantees throughout the season) but on current form & his downward trajectory, i.e. not only since 2019 but also severely over the past 12 months, he's going to struggle to make the IPT selection in any race next year.

 

[hender-retour]

What I think is unusual is how the media almost completely ignores him since he returned from his injury and not competetive anymore there is almost zero attention to the multi-GT and TDF winner. Even the British media is keeping him at arms length (please correct me if wrong) brits?

 

[hender-retour]

Sure Pidcock and Thomas are good and deserve attention. But they dont hold a candle to Froome results wise.

 

[Squire]

What I think is unusual is how the media almost completely ignores him since he returned from his injury and not competetive anymore there is almost zero attention to the multi-GT and TDF winner. Even the British media is keeping him at arms length (please correct me if wrong) brits?

Is this some trolling attempt? English language cycling media has been all over him constantly for the past few years, with headlines as delusional as the man himself.

 

[hender-retour]

Is this some trolling attempt? English language cycling media has been all over him constantly for the past few years, with headlines as delusional as the man himself.

Is this some trolling attempt? English language cycling media has been all over him constantly for the past few years, with headlines as delusional as the man himself.

Honestly I have not noticed. I am not based in the UK. But in his great years there was a big spillover to the media sites I follow for cycling. In the last 3-4 years I see very little compared to someone of his achievements. But good to know he still is a big thing in the UK 🥳

 

[will-10]

And whoever wrote that lousy article should get their pay docked for being useless and lazy. CyclingNews should be ashamed of themselves. What drivel.

like it or not, he still gets clicks

 

[awavey]

Honestly I have not noticed. I am not based in the UK. But in his great years there was a big spillover to the media sites I follow for cycling. In the last 3-4 years I see very little compared to someone of his achievements. But good to know he still is a big thing in the UK 🥳

cant say Ive noticed he's been covered that much in the UK media the past 4 years, theres the odd snippet or interview, but arguably cycling doesnt really get the press it did a decade ago any more imo.