Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[SafeBet]

I hope weather is really bad so he show his improved bike handling skills and prove all the haters wrong.

 

[SeriousSam]

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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.

 

[dacooley]

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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.

plus always goes into meltdown when 'real racing starts'.

 

[SafeBet]

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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 Sunday

 

[Red Rick]

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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.

I think confidence matters a lot. He was calm throughout the Tour in 2015. I think he was a lot more nervous in 2013 and then 2014. Then there's a difference between hilly classics and hills.

And then there's a difference between Froome and Wiggins, which is sometimes forgotten.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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

 

[DBotero]

Chris Froome ‏@chrisfroome 4h4 hours ago

Oooh snow...my favourite Should make for a fun @LiegeBastogneL #LBL

Hopefully he'll finish it without any problems.He's got a tandem with Spilak waiting for him in Romandie.

 

[JRanton]

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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.

 

[Jspear]

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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.

 

[deneb]

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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.

Yeah, a guy with 0 win in one day races (probably not even a top20 in his whole career) shouldn't be a domestique for a former world champion with already a podium on this race, make sense

 

[HelloDolly]

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]

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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.

 

[HelloDolly]

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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.

I haven't spoken to Froome

But I did hear from another source SKY have leaders ( not a leader) in the race ...

 

[CheckMyPecs]

Coming soon to Côte de Saint-Nicolas...

 

[Red Rick]

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Coming soon to Côte de Saint-Nicolas...

Lol fair enough. Who will play the role of Contador though.

Just don't do the Quebec 2013 attack where he got dropped during his own attack

 

[JRanton]

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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.

 

[Jspear]

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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.

Ah I see, my bad. With bad weather I agree since the Tour is so important for him (and the other big gc guys), but if the weather was nice I wouldn't see a problem with him racing.

I do think Kwiatkowski should be a leader over Froome, but on the other hand I would like to see Froome and all the other big GC guys trying to win a classic or two. Nibbes of course already does.

 

[rick james]

I think he is doing it just to get racing miles in the legs

 

[Taxus4a]

I was a time absent for familiar issues, and I see now Froome is riding Lieje. Goo news. I dont know of he is just thinking in romandie or if he go seriously for the race as this year is Olimpic, but he has potential to win the race if he play correctly his cards.

 

[SeriousSam]

It's great that the biggest Grand Tour rider makes an appearance at LBL

 

[Billie]

Would be better if it wasn't just a turn up but he actually cares about this race and wants to compete.

 

[JRanton]

Seems like he was the first Sky rider to be dropped with about 20km to go. Finished 112th, 10 minutes down.

 

[sir fly]

I suppose LBL was a leg stretcher. The bad weather is expected in Romandie, too, so today's ride should've been the perfect warm up, if it doesn't leave any consequences.

 

[dacooley]

from tuesday we'll start watching cycling people loves that much.

 

[Red Rick]

I'm pretty sure Froome was the one pulling for Sky when Grivko attacked after La Redoute. Did his job for the team