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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hrotha

hrotha

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The guy from the [Redacted] team (the name of which has been conspicuously removed from the team jersey) "riding for peace" without so much as mentioning a single ongoing war
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perico

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lenric said:
people forgot quickly the furious dishwasher machine he was between 2012 and 2015/6.
with current day training practices and whatever else froome would generate a small black hole out of his pedals.
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That inhaler would be so full of carbon monoxide his bike would have an exhaust pipe.
 
tobydawq

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Taxus4a

Taxus4a

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As I thought he will be at Artic Race of Norway.
4 stages,2 first hilly but with possible sprint, and the last ones finishing at a climb, the last one step and short and the 3rd, more than 6 Km at more than 6.

Hope to see him showing a decent shape here and going to La Vuelta
 
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tonymikejoe

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Taxus4a said:
As I thought he will be at Artic Race of Norway.
4 stages,2 first hilly but with possible sprint, and the last ones finishing at a climb, the last one step and short and the 3rd, more than 6 Km at more than 6.

Hope to see him showing a decent shape here and going to La Vuelta
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The trouble is Chris Froome is absolutely horrible as soon as the road has the smallest of inclines.
 
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tonymikejoe

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Chris Froome was not embarrassed today in Stage One of the Arctic Race of Norway.
A 155km stage with a Category Two 8.5km climb at 3.5% less than 20k from the finish line had the potential to distance the veteran.
However, he finished safely in the main peloton in 85th position on the day and like the majority of the field finds himself just 10secs down on race leader Alexander Kristoff.
 
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A glorious effort in the face of strong adversity to cling on to the tail end of the peloton over that beastly climb, while w/kg monsters Pellaud and Colnaghi were piling on the pressure. Shoulders rocking and elbows flaring. But the great man made it!
 
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aruipksni

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tonymikejoe said:
Chris Froome was not embarrassed today in Stage One of the Arctic Race of Norway.
A 155km stage with a Category Two 8.5km climb at 3.5% less than 20k from the finish line had the potential to distance the veteran.
However, he finished safely in the main peloton in 85th position on the day and like the majority of the field finds himself just 10secs down on race leader Alexander Kristoff.
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well the TON , was running at the same pace, the ladies Olympics race was, so no real surprise, i bet the ladies, that finished at the front (specially the American girl) , could have finished with them together.
 
Taxus4a

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tonymikejoe said:
Chris Froome was not embarrassed today in Stage One of the Arctic Race of Norway.
A 155km stage with a Category Two 8.5km climb at 3.5% less than 20k from the finish line had the potential to distance the veteran.
However, he finished safely in the main peloton in 85th position on the day and like the majority of the field finds himself just 10secs down on race leader Alexander Kristoff.
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I have just watched the stage, Froome for sprinting at the intermediate spring for a team mate just before the last climb, He was usually working pulling his mates at the front. He was at the back after the intermediate sping, when attacks staarted on the front, but he dinished on the bunch.

Today I didnt watch still the stage, but I imagine the same, working for his team mates, but with the staerrato and some step climbs at the end, it was more selective and he lost time. He is here to help.
Tomorrow we will se better how he is, but when you have an sprinter and 1 or 2 mens for FC, you have to work, becouse he is not a rider dor this kind of races, ec vept if he gut his top shape before the crash.
 
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aruipksni

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Taxus4a said:
I have just watched the stage, Froome for sprinting at the intermediate spring for a team mate just before the last climb, He was usually working pulling his mates at the front. He was at the back after the intermediate sping, when attacks staarted on the front, but he dinished on the bunch.

Today I didnt watch still the stage, but I imagine the same, working for his team mates, but with the staerrato and some step climbs at the end, it was more selective and he lost time. He is here to help.
Tomorrow we will se better how he is, but when you have an sprinter and 1 or 2 mens for FC, you have to work, becouse he is not a rider dor this kind of races, ec vept if he gut his top shape before the crash.
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my impression of TON so far that it was like a procession, or even a criterium, intended for UNO-X and Kristof to win all stages. IPT just sent van Ashbrook to freelance for a podium place.
 
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