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Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

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Is Froome over the hill?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 39 34.8%
  • No, the GC finished 40 minutes ago but Froomie is still climbing it

    Votes: 61 54.5%
  • No he is totally winning the Vuelta

    Votes: 25 22.3%

  • Total voters
    112
:openmouth: I'm not sure "surprise" quite covers the reaction I'd have to anyone signing him again, let alone IPT extending him.
Thinking the same thing, can only figure that there are informal agreements on pay, Froome has some marketing attraction for sure, and his performance is slightly above union minimum but if anyone is giving more than @$100,000 per year, absolutely crazy. Majority of press coverage for Froome goes in many common directions.. What is he doing? What are they doing? When will he leave? Why is he still racing despite the obvious.. He is really riding like a place holder, no expectations and everyone talks about him like he is taking up space. IPT has a weird trajectory as if winning is not all that important
 
Is that a question or a statement?
I try and use punctuation to tip folks off.

ouch lol

Honestly though, Mike looks CTE to my eye and shouldn't be in the ring even in an exhibition capacity. I've heard interviews with him in recent years and didn't understand this to be an issue. So no, I don't want to see him fight again and is probably more cringe than watching Froome.
Dude was a statue out there.

Funniest damn thing ever was Amy Schumer at the Charlie Sheen roast. Mike was blathering some drivel or another, and she's like "Is his interpreter here?" :D

I'd rather watch Tyson go out there and stagger around than watch Froome milk and bilk the cycling world. Tyson was a legit legend. Froome was an ill-legit legend.