I hope weather is really bad so he show his improved bike handling skills and prove all the haters wrong.
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plus always goes into meltdown when 'real racing starts'.SeriousSam said:He resoundingly proved the haters wrong last year about many things. Cobbles, bad weather, tactics, hills, bike handling.
The only remaining belief they appear to desperately cling to at this point is that he will always fade in the 3rd week of the Tour.
He will upgrade from bad weather specialist to horrible weather specialist on SundaySeriousSam said:He resoundingly proved the haters wrong last year about many things. Cobbles, bad weather, tactics, hills, bike handling.
The only remaining belief they appear to desperately cling to at this point is that he will always fade in the 3rd week of the Tour.
SeriousSam said:He resoundingly proved the haters wrong last year about many things. Cobbles, bad weather, tactics, hills, bike handling.
The only remaining belief they appear to desperately cling to at this point is that he will always fade in the 3rd week of the Tour.
PremierAndrew said:Froome will be domming for Kwiat, who is a real contender. He may go on the attack from far out but he's not going to be sky leader
JRanton said:PremierAndrew said:Froome will be domming for Kwiat, who is a real contender. He may go on the attack from far out but he's not going to be sky leader
This is the defending Tour de France champion. He shouldn't be domestique for a guy who got dropped from a group of 70 riders a week earlier and two days before an important prep race.
JRanton said:PremierAndrew said:Froome will be domming for Kwiat, who is a real contender. He may go on the attack from far out but he's not going to be sky leader
This is the defending Tour de France champion. He shouldn't be domestique for a guy who got dropped from a group of 70 riders a week earlier and two days before an important prep race.
HelloDolly said:I don;t think Froome will be a dom for anyone at LBL ....he doesn't need to ride it...so only reason he is riding is to give it a go
SKY have 2 leaders in the race
Jspear said:HelloDolly said:I don;t think Froome will be a dom for anyone at LBL ....he doesn't need to ride it...so only reason he is riding is to give it a go
SKY have 2 leaders in the race
Has Froome himself stated his ambitions?....if he wanted a result in a classic he should have races FW.
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Jspear said:JRanton said:PremierAndrew said:Froome will be domming for Kwiat, who is a real contender. He may go on the attack from far out but he's not going to be sky leader
This is the defending Tour de France champion. He shouldn't be domestique for a guy who got dropped from a group of 70 riders a week earlier and two days before an important prep race.
He should be if Kwiatkowski's Amstel performance was a fluke and if Kwiatkowski has better form than Froome right now. Defending Tour champ means nothing if you aren't a proven 1 day racer.
JRanton said:Jspear said:JRanton said:PremierAndrew said:Froome will be domming for Kwiat, who is a real contender. He may go on the attack from far out but he's not going to be sky leader
This is the defending Tour de France champion. He shouldn't be domestique for a guy who got dropped from a group of 70 riders a week earlier and two days before an important prep race.
He should be if Kwiatkowski's Amstel performance was a fluke and if Kwiatkowski has better form than Froome right now. Defending Tour champ means nothing if you aren't a proven 1 day racer.
I think you misunderstood me. I'm not saying Froome should be leader, far from it, but that he shouldn't be riding the race at all. The weather just makes it even more of a bad idea to ride.