Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[42x16ss]

imo, races organized by ASO only.

Anythng without Sky's only weakness - rainy descents

 

[Poursuivant]

So will Nieve be Froome's main domestique? Or will Porte do Giro - Tour double? Or both?

You would imagine Sky team would be stronger than last year's Tour

 

[b.broadhurst]

So will Nieve be Froome's main domestique? Or will Porte do Giro - Tour double? Or both?

You would imagine Sky team would be stronger than last year's Tour

Henao will be Froomes main man

 

[Afrank]

So will Nieve be Froome's main domestique? Or will Porte do Giro - Tour double? Or both?

You would imagine Sky team would be stronger than last year's Tour

I remember reading that Porte would help Froome at the Tour after the Giro.

 

[trevim]

I wouldn't expect too much from Nieve as a domestique riding for lots of km at the front at the same pace. That's just not him. I think they'll throw in the Giro alongside Porte to help him out a bit maybe.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Henao will be Froomes main man

sounds reasonable, besides Henao might not be the right guy for GT/GC anyway.

 

[Peter von]

So will Nieve be Froome's main domestique? Or will Porte do Giro - Tour double? Or both?

You would imagine Sky team would be stronger than last year's Tour

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/porte-id-love-to-do-the-giro-for-myself

Looks like Porte will do both, SKY might still have Henao riding le Tour because Porte can't possibly be a contender in giro and be as great a dom as he was this year. That way Henao can also focus on some classics since he is one of their best hopes in the hilly ones.

It's quite possible that SKY still haven't made the final decision because they want all the rider to finish their seasons before they start talking about those things and the Tour, Vuelta and Worlds routes haven't been presented yet.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEGpv0xn0E8

and those of you who said the Froome couldn't climb before sky... oh wait.

 

[CycloAndy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEGpv0xn0E8

and those of you who said the Froome couldn't climb before sky... oh wait.

How far in is the moment you're talking about?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

How far in is the moment you're talking about?

most of the clip has Froome climbing with he breakaway (middle part, about 6 min and out you can see him fight it out with Gerrans) His style has not changed much, but his speed I belive has.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Length: 2 km * Height top: 270 m * Height start: 55 m * Gradient: 215 m

you mean him zigzagging?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Length: 2 km * Height top: 270 m * Height start: 55 m * Gradient: 215 m

you mean him zigzagging?

he was actually going better than what I thought he would do at that time.

 

[JRanton]

Froome says he probably won't bother with Criterium International next year and might ride Milán-San Remo confused and Catalunya instead: http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=66776

He says he'll start his season in Oman and there won't be many changes in his schedule. So it's probably quite likely he'll ride Tirreno, Romandie and Dauphine again before the Tour.

 

[EnacheV]

I guess he feels more kenyan

 

[thehog]

I guess he feels more kenyan

I can see Badzhilla in the water there.

 

[oldcrank]

I guess he feels more kenyan

Very nice photo. Thanks for posting, EnacheV, my friend.

 

[Rollthedice]

I guess he feels more kenyan

When I first heard about Froome he was an exotic white Kenyan riding for Barloworld in TdF 2008. Of course it was all about, look, Kenya has a rider in TdF. Not much, if all, has been heard about him until the amazing metamorphosis in Vuelta 2011 when froom a domestique he almost won the GT.

 

[pastronef]

I can see Badzhilla in the water there.

Hog I fell from my chair here at work!

 

[EnacheV]

Very nice photo. Thanks for posting, EnacheV, my friend.

his fiancee work

 

[EnacheV]

Dinner in Nairobi with David Walsh. Watch ST for what they talked at the table

Chef Kiran Jethwa ‏@ChefKiranJethwa 11 Nov

awesome having @chrisfroome @DavidWalshST @SkySportsLia @SkyOrla & @michellecound at @ExperienceSeven last night. pic.twitter.com/GLlvPGc7RE

 

[LaFlorecita]

Dinner in Nairobi with David Walsh. Watch ST for what they talked at the table

Chef Kiran Jethwa ‏@ChefKiranJethwa 11 Nov

awesome having @chrisfroome @DavidWalshST @SkySportsLia @SkyOrla & @michellecound at @ExperienceSeven last night. pic.twitter.com/GLlvPGc7RE

Walsh having dinner with the Dawg who would've thought

 

[del1962]

Perhaps David should have asked Michelle about this tweet

 

[jens_attacks]

i hope michelle throws the wine in walsh's face

preferably the glass too

the guy is getting so much undeserved money


chris is quite the boss in the pic gotta say

 

[EnacheV]

Probably Walsh will write something about Kenya, cyclism, Froome's roots, etc, that's why is in Nairobi in the first part of Froome's vacation.

 

[oldcrank]

I wonder if Mr. Walsh will get to see the hills that the
Froome Dawg Millionaire rode up as an eight-year old
on his second-hand bike laden with the avocados he
would sell to earn a few shillings.