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%

  • Total voters
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Jun 7, 2011
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So will Nieve be Froome's main domestique? Or will Porte do Giro - Tour double? Or both?

You would imagine Sky team would be stronger than last year's Tour
 
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Poursuivant said:
So will Nieve be Froome's main domestique? Or will Porte do Giro - Tour double? Or both?

You would imagine Sky team would be stronger than last year's Tour

Henao will be Froomes main man
 
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Poursuivant said:
So will Nieve be Froome's main domestique? Or will Porte do Giro - Tour double? Or both?

You would imagine Sky team would be stronger than last year's Tour

I remember reading that Porte would help Froome at the Tour after the Giro.
 
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I wouldn't expect too much from Nieve as a domestique riding for lots of km at the front at the same pace. That's just not him. I think they'll throw in the Giro alongside Porte to help him out a bit maybe.
 
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Poursuivant said:
So will Nieve be Froome's main domestique? Or will Porte do Giro - Tour double? Or both?

You would imagine Sky team would be stronger than last year's Tour

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/porte-id-love-to-do-the-giro-for-myself

Looks like Porte will do both, SKY might still have Henao riding le Tour because Porte can't possibly be a contender in giro and be as great a dom as he was this year. That way Henao can also focus on some classics since he is one of their best hopes in the hilly ones.

It's quite possible that SKY still haven't made the final decision because they want all the rider to finish their seasons before they start talking about those things and the Tour, Vuelta and Worlds routes haven't been presented yet.
 
May 5, 2011
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CycloAndy said:
How far in is the moment you're talking about?

most of the clip has Froome climbing with he breakaway (middle part, about 6 min and out you can see him fight it out with Gerrans) His style has not changed much, but his speed I belive has.
 
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Length: 2 km * Height top: 270 m * Height start: 55 m * Gradient: 215 m

you mean him zigzagging?
 
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EnacheV said:
I guess he feels more kenyan

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When I first heard about Froome he was an exotic white Kenyan riding for Barloworld in TdF 2008. Of course it was all about, look, Kenya has a rider in TdF. Not much, if all, has been heard about him until the amazing metamorphosis in Vuelta 2011 when froom a domestique he almost won the GT.
 

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Dinner in Nairobi with David Walsh. Watch ST for what they talked at the table :rolleyes:

Chef Kiran Jethwa ‏@ChefKiranJethwa 11 Nov

awesome having @chrisfroome @DavidWalshST @SkySportsLia @SkyOrla & @michellecound at @ExperienceSeven last night. pic.twitter.com/GLlvPGc7RE
 
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EnacheV said:
Dinner in Nairobi with David Walsh. Watch ST for what they talked at the table :rolleyes:

Chef Kiran Jethwa ‏@ChefKiranJethwa 11 Nov

awesome having @chrisfroome @DavidWalshST @SkySportsLia @SkyOrla & @michellecound at @ExperienceSeven last night. pic.twitter.com/GLlvPGc7RE

Walsh having dinner with the Dawg who would've thought :rolleyes:
 
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i hope michelle throws the wine in walsh's face

preferably the glass too

the guy is getting so much undeserved money


chris is quite the boss in the pic gotta say
 

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Probably Walsh will write something about Kenya, cyclism, Froome's roots, etc, that's why is in Nairobi in the first part of Froome's vacation.
 
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I wonder if Mr. Walsh will get to see the hills that the
Froome Dawg Millionaire rode up as an eight-year old
on his second-hand bike laden with the avocados he
would sell to earn a few shillings.
 

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