Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[benzwire]

Serious question. Could Contador, if he joined the peloton today, as-is, could he beat Froome? I saw his Ventoux recon recently and he looked pretty good. For old times sake, I would like to see this!
I never disliked Froome, but he has fallen so far down in level and still racing that it's unprecedented. I REALLY neeeds to hang up the wheels and do something else at this point.

 

[rallybanana]

A Froome-Contador rematch as part of the pro peloton would be anticlimactic, unless it's a handicap race. Maybe a 1v1 200km race on a flat motorway with no wind would be more interesting

 

[Izzyeviel]

Serious question. Could Contador, if he joined the peloton today, as-is, could he beat Froome? I saw his Ventoux recon recently and he looked pretty good. For old times sake, I would like to see this!
I never disliked Froome, but he has fallen so far down in level and still racing that it's unprecedented. I REALLY neeeds to hang up the wheels and do something else at this point.

Geoff Boycotts grandma could beat Froome in race

 

[Froome]

A Froome-Contador rematch as part of the pro peloton would be anticlimactic, unless it's a handicap race. Maybe a 1v1 200km race on a flat motorway with no wind would be more interesting

View: https://youtu.be/6S-vH3H9dic?si=Pau_wPuo80Ak50Kz


Those were the days. What a fight in andalucia.

Froome had two legs before the crash.

 

[wirral]

REALLY neeeds to hang up the wheels and do something else at this point

Less than 6 interminable months to go and then we can put this sorry saga and this thread to bed.

I feel it has to be some money laundering / tax dodge or something like that.

 

[Unchained]

Another solid day in the saddle for Chris Froome at the Tour de Suisse.
He did not waste unnecessary energy pointlessly staying with the main peloton of leaders on Day Two.
Instead Froome kept his powder dry, stayed safe and kept out of the wind to finish in a large group of quality riders 8mins 12secs behind today's winner.
It is vital he gets eight quality days of World Tour-level riding in before tackling the Tour de France and Project Five.
So far, so good.

When I first read this post felt upset stomach, now latest posts are a bunch of history and fantasy stuff about what if..involving Alberto Contador..funny Alberto is 42, Froome is 40..they both have something in common, Contador hasn't raced since 2015 Froome could have stopped in 2022 or 23 everything would have been fine.. Seeing him flipping and flopping in Switzerland is sad. Retire.. Call Cavendish, call Caleb ask for help with retirement speech

 

[tonymikejoe]

We are already on Stage Six of the Tour de Suisse today.
Chris Froome IS still in the race, 'getting into the rhythm' 'stretching the legs' 'getting in the k's.'
Great stuff.
PS. Not a stage that favours Froome today. Likely to be a bunch sprint.
In fact, the only stage left in the race that will suit him is the Stage Eight uphill TT.
Stay posted.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Finished in the same group today as Fausto.

 

[aruipksni]

Finished in the same group today as Fausto.

he is slowly improving.

 

[tonymikejoe]

Israel Premier Tech have suffered two more abandonments and are down to the bare bones of just four riders instead of seven.
Chris Froome remains in the race today on Stage Seven and is bravely holding the team together single-handedly.
I dare anyone to say he is not value for money.

 

[Red Rick]

Serious question. Could Contador, if he joined the peloton today, as-is, could he beat Froome? I saw his Ventoux recon recently and he looked pretty good. For old times sake, I would like to see this!
I never disliked Froome, but he has fallen so far down in level and still racing that it's unprecedented. I REALLY neeeds to hang up the wheels and do something else at this point.

Do you mean compete without any training? Seems difficult, though maybe the gruppetto isn't that hard for a natural WT level climber and he adapts to the volume very quickly.

If he trained for it and came back I see no reason why he couldn't at least be a mid level climbing domestique.

 

[tonymikejoe]

Fantastic day in the saddle for Christopher Clive Froome!
On a depleted team of only four riders Froome rocketed up 18 places in General Classification.
He has now cracked the top one hundred and is currently firmly ensconced in 99th place out of the remaining 125 riders.
With an uphill TT tomorrow surely Froome can only improve on this overall position.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

TdS has thrown up some highly entertaining raceaction, so why not have Froome enter eggbeater mode and kill the MTT tomorrow?

 

[rallybanana]

He has now cracked the top one hundred and is currently firmly ensconced in 99th place out of the remaining 125 riders.

If Froome holds his position, it will be his 18th consecutive season with a top 100 finish in at least one of the big 10 stage races.

 

[Squire]

If Froome holds his position, it will be his 18th consecutive season with a top 100 finish in at least one of the big 10 stage races.

What an achievement! Not even Valverde did that.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

he is slowly improving.

Top100 in the GC! He will peak on time, the Tour will be epic!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If Froome holds his position, it will be his 18th consecutive season with a top 100 finish in at least one of the big 10 stage races.

That'll show the people who say he can't produce big numbers anymore.

 

[Rackham]

This guy is going to get clowned on even when he's retired and riding his bike to a boulangerie.

Building form, putting some miles in the legs, getting that saddle height problem fixed... for an attempt on that fifth croissant.

 

[aruipksni]

lets see how he will do in the ITT! - if he'll do well he should go to the TDF!

 

[Izzyeviel]

lets see how he will do in the ITT! - if he'll do well he should go to the TDF!

at this rate he'll only be good enough to go to the tour of sibu

 

[YavorD]

lets see how he will do in the ITT! - if he'll do well he should go to the TDF!

Define "well"?
Nowadays for him top 100 is "well". However, there are only 112 starting.

 

[tonymikejoe]

Chris Froome was overtaken on today's Stage Eight ITT at Tour de Suisse by David Gonzalez of Q36.5.
Disappointing.

 

[rallybanana]

Chris Froome was overtaken on today's Stage Eight ITT at Tour de Suisse by David Gonzalez of Q36.5.
Disappointing.

Worrying. Sylvain Moniquet in 101st overall overtook 4 riders on the road. Could Froome's top 100 position be under threat?

 

[aruipksni]

ha barely made it !!! 98 on the stage, and 99 total! what a race!

 

[search]

But for winning the team classification, he will end up on the podium (if they have a presentation for that). Must be the first time in a while.