Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[Froome]

Is " hard yards" not a rugby or American football term? If Froome is gone from hard miles to hard yards that is not a good sign.

Yeah, it's "hard miles" for the GOAT of GTs.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Is " hard yards" not a rugby or American football term? If Froome is gone from hard miles to hard yards that is not a good sign.

Maybe he's becoming a sprinter?

 

[tonymikejoe]

A solid finish for Chris Froome today.
He held his own in a 'mini peloton' of stragglers and was credited with 74th place out of 95 finishers.
Only 14mins 27secs down on the stage winner.
Good stuff.

 

[Tanakka]

Another Sagan Special for the year - a good salary for zero results.

At least Sagan was 32-33 when (2022-2023) he raced for TotalEnergies and, albeit getting a crazy salary, at least it was only a two year contract.



Froome in 2021 was already 36 and had been doing way worse than Peter, yet got a 5 year generous contract from Israel:
what were they even thinking?

Froome earns more than Van Aert, Sagan on more than Roglič: report reveals top-20 male pro cycling salaries

Reputation seems to count for a lot in the world of professional cycling

www.cyclingweekly.com

 

[Tim Cahill]

thinking?

A bold assumption

 

[aruipksni]

Fuglsang is also frooming hard this year.
i don't know why management really bother with this guys this year. just bench them , and let the young riders to ride if they can.

 

[Gigs_98]

At least Sagan was 32-33 when (2022-2023) he raced for TotalEnergies and, albeit getting a crazy salary, at least it was only a two year contract.



Froome in 2021 was already 36 and had been doing way worse than Peter, yet got a 5 year generous contract from Israel:
what were they even thinking?

Froome earns more than Van Aert, Sagan on more than Roglič: report reveals top-20 male pro cycling salaries

Reputation seems to count for a lot in the world of professional cycling

www.cyclingweekly.com

It will never stop being funny

 

[tonymikejoe]

Chris Froome successfully completed Stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps.
He rolled in with the final group and was given a 73rd place finish out of the 91 riders who crossed the line.
Froome is now 77th overall - just 28mins 49secs behind the leader after two tough mountainous stages.
It is great to see him 'get back into the rhythm of the racing' and 'up to speed with the peloton' and get those all-important 'miles in the legs.'
Looking good for July!

 

[Cycling111]

At least Sagan was 32-33 when (2022-2023) he raced for TotalEnergies and, albeit getting a crazy salary, at least it was only a two year contract.



Froome in 2021 was already 36 and had been doing way worse than Peter, yet got a 5 year generous contract from Israel:
what were they even thinking?

Froome earns more than Van Aert, Sagan on more than Roglič: report reveals top-20 male pro cycling salaries

Reputation seems to count for a lot in the world of professional cycling

www.cyclingweekly.com

Sagan's decline was gradual. Froome's decline is similar to his early career. He went from nothing to everything, and he's gone from everything to nothing.

 

[Red Rick]

Sagan's decline was gradual. Froome's decline is similar to his early career. He went from nothing to everything, and he's gone from everything to nothing.

Sagan was pretty damned washed post COVID, he had like one highlight Giro stage win and then another Giro sprint win a year later and that's about it.

 

[pastronef]

Froome answering to those two lunatics Trivium and Uncle. I'd get banned if I wrote my opinion on those two shameful persons

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915022120439931009

View: https://x.com/chrisfroome/status/1915022120439931009

 

[tonymikejoe]

Welcome back Christopher Clive Froome.
After suffering a broken collarbone at the UAE Tour in February the just-completed five-day Tour of the Alps was a comeback race for him.
Today, Froome was placed 76th out of the 78 finishers, 1hr 18mins and 43secs behind overall winner Michael Storer.
Great stuff.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Welcome back Christopher Clive Froome.
After suffering a broken collarbone at the UAE Tour in February the just-completed five-day Tour of the Alps was a comeback race for him.
Today, Froome was placed 76th out of the 78 finishers, 1hr 18mins and 43secs behind overall winner Michael Storer.
Great stuff.

Thanks for the update Tony.

In such an attritional race merely finishing is a victory, like a stage race version of 2010 Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne.

This was a real statement ride, propelling his teammate Gee to 3rd, and a sign of better things to come. Well done Chris.

 

[rallybanana]

He is starting to find some consistency

Stage 1: 74th
Stage 2: 73rd
Stage 3: 76th
Stage 4: 76th
Stage 5: 71st
Overall: 76th

 

[tonymikejoe]

He is starting to find some consistency

Stage 1: 74th
Stage 2: 73rd
Stage 3: 76th
Stage 4: 76th
Stage 5: 71st
Overall: 76th

I think Chris is on the record as stating this was his objective post-crash.
First it was to achieve equal power in the legs, then improver his position on the bike.
So, yep. All pointing in the right direction.

 

[ice&fire]

I think Chris is on the record as stating this was his objective post-crash.
First it was to achieve equal power in the legs, then improver his position on the bike.
So, yep. All pointing in the right direction.

Quintana needed 4 weeks long GTs, Van Aert needs 400km long monuments, and now Froome needs a 7 year long contract.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

You guys can call me crazy, but if I were Chris Froome, there is no amount of money you could pay me to ruin my reputation and go out as a fourth tier domestique to a third tier GC rider on a third rate team. Does he have no pride at all?

 

[saunaking]

You guys can call me crazy, but if I were Chris Froome, there is no amount of money you could pay me to ruin my reputation and go out as a fourth tier domestique to a third tier GC rider on a third rate team. Does he have no pride at all?

if you were cheating while at sky, riding around for big money clean isn't harming your rep at all

 

[Rackham]

if you were cheating while at sky, riding around for big money clean isn't harming your rep at all

A dark part of my mind would be 'concerned' I might end up in one of those accidents-but-not-really like a helicopter crash/car crash/not-so-consensual suicide if I scammed some of these groups and individuals out of millions every year.

 

[dazaau]

Does he have no pride at all?

Somewhere between no pride at all and an amount of pride that a few million dollars a year can fully acquit.

 

[veganrob]

if you were cheating while at sky, riding around for big money clean isn't harming your rep at all

Good point

 

[wirral]

There is intense focus on the link in the money chain involving Israel Premier Tech and Chris Froome. To have a fuller understanding of the situation, you would need to look at the money chain before this link and after this link. This would give a wider picture of the costs, benefits and obligations on all the stakeholders.

 

[Tanakka]

You guys can call me crazy, but if I were Chris Froome, there is no amount of money you could pay me to ruin my reputation and go out as a fourth tier domestique to a third tier GC rider on a third rate team. Does he have no pride at all?

Somewhere between no pride at all and an amount of pride that a few million dollars a year can fully acquit.

Do we know how much his net worth was before of the IsrealPT contract?

5.5 millions per year, is a lot of money.

For reference: Pogi "only" makes 8 millions per year.
Obviously I'm putting aside sponsors/endorsments ( I don't even know how much he gets from those), but still...

 

[Krzysztof_O]

He is starting to find some consistency

Stage 1: 74th
Stage 2: 73rd
Stage 3: 76th
Stage 4: 76th
Stage 5: 71st
Overall: 76th

Consistency is the key in stage racing! Not at his peak yet but still lots of time till July. Pogi and Vinnie won't even know what hit them but they should have a nice battle for the 2nd.

 

[Froome]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916084726672101805

View: https://x.com/chrisfroome/status/1916084726672101805


The dawg already building for the summer. Look at his eyes, he is already focus in the big goal.