Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

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Is Froome over the hill?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 42 34.4%
  • No, the GC finished 40 minutes ago but Froomie is still climbing it

    Votes: 65 53.3%
  • No he is totally winning the Vuelta

    Votes: 28 23.0%

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Froome needs to contact WWE and set up a Tour spot vs career/money returned match against Adams at King and Queen of the Ring PPV.
 
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And he's not dropped yet.
He has been 11th an 14th last 2 editions of this race, so I dont understand yout comment

He said at the start he is not aimimng any results here, just come back to race and help 2 teammates (I think Williams and Bennet, but who knows, there are other good climbers today) so I understand they showed stronger than him at the training camp. Williams came to win Fleche Valone no so far...so I understand. I hope he try a good result anyway despite help.
 
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47. You can makes lot of views of this results...

One, he was here just to help the team after to be off almost 3 months and was at the front till the summit of the second of three climbs of the day, with similar time lost than current winner of Fleche Valone...

Two. what most of you are doing

Both have his sense...

We have to wait thil the last stages to Dauphine to make a better evaluation.
 
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We have to wait thil the last stages to Dauphine to make a better evaluation.
I hear this kind of statement for three years now. "He was not good today, but we have to give him some more time before we can really evaluate him."

If he's on a similar level at the Dauphiné, he will not go to the Tour, and rightfully so.
 
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I'm not excluding the possibility there was a mechanical issue or something. He was in the main bunch on La Colmiane towards the top of the climb & then nowhere at the foot of La Couillole.

But in the event that was really his level, I'd be surprised if he even goes to the Dauphiné. The 'problem' is he has just come down from an altitude camp & his teammates did much better (namely Riccitello & Bennett).
 
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I'm not excluding the possibility there was a mechanical issue or something. He was in the main bunch on La Colmiane towards the top of the climb & then nowhere at the foot of La Couillole.

But in the event that was really his level, I'd be surprised if he even goes to the Dauphiné. The 'problem' is he has just come down from an altitude camp & his teammates did much better (namely Riccitello & Bennett).
No, I saw him drop in the beginning of Couillole, it didn‘t look like a mechanical.
 
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The only time it has worked out for him post leg break was 2022 when he was able to do multiple races in a row without injury. This has not happened in 2023 or 2024 so he is nowhere. He is unable to train his way into form alone anymore.
 

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There's an expression in English wish goes by "polish a turd" and I think that suffices to describe this thread since the end of 2019...
 
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