Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[SHAD0W93]

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Putting his contract money to good use buying everyone else off

 

[TourOfSardinia]

From https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...-giro-ditalia-briton-wins-granfondo-in-taiwan

Of course it does not compare to a pro win, a goal he is still seeking entering what may be the final goal of his season, but Froome was able to raise his arms at the end of the Gran Fondo Sun Moon Lake at the end of the 104 mountainous kilometers.

 

[CyclistAbi]

All it took is for Contador to beat him and Froome is back. True power of rivalry.

 

[lenric]

we're in 2025 now, dawg's last season!

 

[wirral]

we're in 2025 now, dawg's last season!

Does his contract require him to actually turn up in his last season to be paid or can he just stay at home and pick up the money?

 

[stefank]

we're in 2025 now, dawg's last season!

That's making a bit of an assumption, although probably justified at WT level!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Since there is no more money to lose
I think they'll let him do the last Tour just for nostalgia's sake
and milk some publicity.

 

[Rackham]

Since there is no more money to lose
I think they'll let him do the last Tour just for nostalgia's sake
and milk some publicity.

I doubt he'll do any major races, at all. He said he wanted to retire after the Vuelta 2025 but come on let's be real, IPT aren't sending a 40 year old Froomey to the Vuelta in August.

He stayed on too long way past the point of no return whereby even 'functional' performance levels are a pipe dream. I bet the money was good though so he's still laughing all the way to the bank.

But it's certainly not a champion's exit.

 

[red_flanders]

Does his contract require him to actually turn up in his last season to be paid or can he just stay at home and pick up the money?

Sounds like what he's been doing?

 

[lenric]

wouldn't surprise me if he does romandie, or the vuelta. the tour not so much, but then again, what's the goal of his team GC wise? maybe a top-10 with fuglsang at most?

 

[veganrob]

Since there is no more money to lose
I think they'll let him do the last Tour just for nostalgia's sake
and milk some publicity.

IPT would look so bad letting him race the Tour without him earning it with results this year. And I don't see that happening.

 

[veganrob]

Does his contract require him to actually turn up in his last season to be paid or can he just stay at home and pick up the money?

Can't IPT just not call him to do any races? Just bench him. He's useless.

 

[ppanther92]

wouldn't surprise me if he does romandie, or the vuelta. the tour not so much, but then again, what's the goal of his team GC wise? maybe a top-10 with fuglsang at most?

As if Fuglsang has remotely the capacity to aim for a top 10 in the TdF in 2025…

 

[aruipksni]

i think it's actually a good idea, since the team has certainly got their promotion already , and beside that the team's roster this year is not going to accomplish much in the tour (it's mostly lot's of old guys and some young guys). they can actually agree to retire him after the TDF, and get available spot for someone else, that can still compete in races till the end of the year.

 

[red_flanders]

i think it's actually a good idea, since the team has certainly got their promotion already , and beside that the team's roster this year is not going to accomplish much in the tour (it's mostly lot's of old guys and some young guys). they can actually agree to retire him after the TDF, and get available spot for someone else, that can still compete in races till the end of the year.

What promotion have they gotten? Or is that another word for “fleecing”?

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

What promotion have they gotten? Or is that another word for “fleecing”?

They will be a WT-team for the next 3 year cycle?

 

[pastronef]

What promotion have they gotten? Or is that another word for “fleecing”?

they have enough UCI points to step up from Pro-conti to WT fot the next 3 years cycle. 2026-27-28

 

[SHAD0W93]

They will be a WT-team for the next 3 year cycle?

they have enough UCI points to step up from Pro-conti to WT fot the next 3 years cycle. 2026-27-28

They were thinking of Froome promoting the team positively with his presence, not the team as a whole going to WT status.

 

[Squire]

i think it's actually a good idea, since the team has certainly got their promotion already , and beside that the team's roster this year is not going to accomplish much in the tour (it's mostly lot's of old guys and some young guys). they can actually agree to retire him after the TDF, and get available spot for someone else, that can still compete in races till the end of the year.

Sounds like great PR. 'Our other guys aren't gonna do much anyway, so we thought why not bring this old overpaid guy who can't finish top 100 on a flat stage just because he really wants to ride'.

 

[red_flanders]

They will be a WT-team for the next 3 year cycle?

Ah! Thank you.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

They were thinking of Froome promoting the team positively with his presence, not the team as a whole going to WT status.

No, I think it’s pretty obvious that aruipksni were talking about World Tour promotion and not promotion in the way of exposure. aruipksni also gave thumbs up on both posts you quoted, so I think you have misunderstood.

i think it's actually a good idea, since the team has certainly got their promotion already ,

(The talk previosly was about publicity, but when aruipksni brought in promotion that is obviously about the WT)

 

[aruipksni]

Sounds like great PR. 'Our other guys aren't gonna do much anyway, so we thought why not bring this old overpaid guy who can't finish top 100 on a flat stage just because he really wants to ride'.

its not just PR - the team will need to rebuild itself for 26-28 anyway. they can basically retire perhaps 5 riders from the team after TDF (froome,fuglsang,clarke,woods,bivian) and get some young riders instead (if Arkea will fold by the end of the year , they can grab some good young riders from there for example)

 

[YavorD]

its not just PR - the team will need to rebuild itself for 26-28 anyway. they can basically retire perhaps 5 riders from the team after TDF (froome,fuglsang,clarke,woods,bivian) and get some young riders instead (if Arkea will fold by the end of the year , they can grab some good young riders from there for example)

But they don't need to to give Froome a ride in the Tour to retire him.
They can give him 2024-like schedule and get more useful riders in the Tour squad.

 

[SHAD0W93]

No, I think it’s pretty obvious that aruipksni were talking about World Tour promotion and not promotion in the way of exposure. aruipksni also gave thumbs up on both posts you quoted, so I think you have misunderstood.

(The talk previosly was about publicity, but when aruipksni brought in promotion that is obviously about the WT)

It’s obvious that is what aruipksni is posting about, but that’s not who the two posters I quoted replied to. Why else would fleecing be used?

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

It’s obvious that is what aruipksni is posting about, but that’s not who the two posters I quoted replied to. Why else would fleecing be used?

Those two posters you quoted answered the question “what kind of promotion have they gotten?” which was a question based on aruipsknis use of the word promotion...

I can guarantee you that the user Eddy Evenepoel replied to the question about WT promotion, so it’s pretty stupid to say he replied to something else. I think it’s also obvious that pastronef replied to the same question.

My English is not good enough to know what fleecing means.