I'm really angry that his Tour is over,it was a **** year anyway.He's luck was running out but i believe he''ll be back stronger than ever.Bring on La Vuelta the best GT in the world.
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Jaunty Monty said:Froome riding the Vuelta will most likely ruin the chances of other Sky riders going for GC (Henao, Kennaugh).
hfer07 said:SKY confirming they simply cannot deal with weather adversity at all. Every time the climate goes bad, they get ill or crash or abandon- all together.
Richeypen said:I though Heano was out for the season.
Phil Sheehan @_FlammeRouge_ 18m
Team Sky mechanic told me that Froome started the day's stage with a broken wrist #nails #TDF2014
Pricey_sky said:I doubt Wiggins would ride the Vuelta, he will probably prefer all the support he gets from winning the Tour of Britain again.
I presumed that with Andy Schleck in 2012 too and others before. But vuelta doesn't quite have the pull of the tour. Especially not for a tdf winner. Don't know if hell motivate himself.Pricey_sky said:Just going to presume Froome would be ok for the Vuelta and piece together a team for the mountains. Kennaugh would obviously go, surely Nieve would want to ride his home tour if he is not too tired from the Tour. They also have Cataldo and Suitsou who have been resting since the Giro. I wonder if Porte would want to go and help his buddy too?
Geraint Too Fast said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNgsjLBp7JY
The Vuelta is Wiggins race. He should tell Froome to **** off.
Jaunty Monty said:You may be right. I knew he was injured but tbh I hadn't paid much attention to how long for.
The Hitch said:I presumed that with Andy Schleck in 2012 too and others before. But vuelta doesn't quite have the pull of the tour. Especially not for a tdf winner. Don't know if hell motivate himself.
Geraint Too Fast said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNgsjLBp7JY
The Vuelta is Wiggins race. He should tell Froome to **** off.
Dont forget GesinkDekker_Tifosi said:Quintana, Froome, Rodriguez.. that will be a nice Vuelta.
webvan said:All that energy wasted on humiliating Wiggins and that useless autobiography, hopefully this will humble him...needless to say he won't have his way again next year if Wiggo stays with Sky. Lesson learned (at last) for Brailsford? You would think that the 2011 fiasco would have been enough.
red_flanders said:Part of me was hoping the guy could put in a performance that I could respect today. Not even close. Shame, the Tour will be less interesting for it. Didn't even make it to the cobbles and retires with no apparent race ending injury. He was just done. :|
gooner said:If Froome tried to even carry on he wouldn't have got nowhere near close enough at getting back on. He would have lost a packet and his Tour prospects were well and truly and over. No way could you go on to the cobbles with your wrist in pain like that. Better to pull out for the greater benefit of the future and a possible tilt at the Vuelta if he can recover in time.
I was listening to Orla Chennaoui on Sky Sports and she said when she interviewed him just before the Tour he didn't come across as confident as last year and showed a lot of anxiety talking about his prospects of winning it again.
JRanton said:Best thing for Sky would be to ditch Wiggins completely to stop the constant ''noise'' from his fanboys.
gooner said:He had a broken wrist even before crashing today.
The Hitch said:I presumed that with Andy Schleck in 2012 too and others before. But vuelta doesn't quite have the pull of the tour. Especially not for a tdf winner. Don't know if hell motivate himself.
Richeypen said:The constant noise which said that they should take Wiggo as a previous Grand Tour winner who could be a valuable helper on the flat mountains and cobbles whilst also being there as a back up if something happened to Froome.
Damn fanboys spouting ********, what could possibly happen to Froome......
The best thing for Sky is for them to realise the need for a plan B, that has been their weakness since they formed. Still at least EBH is there to bail them out like he did when Wiggins crashed in 2011....
Richeypen said:The constant noise which said that they should take Wiggo as a previous Grand Tour winner who could be a valuable helper on the flat mountains and cobbles whilst also being there as a back up if something happened to Froome.
Damn fanboys spouting ********, what could possibly happen to Froome......
The best thing for Sky is for them to realise the need for a plan B, that has been their weakness since they formed. Still at least EBH is there to bail them out like he did when Wiggins crashed in 2011....
Justico said:Froome was alone when crashed on stage 4
Crashed alone again today
I think it's best for him to move away from Sky