Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[Angliru]

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Yes, the 3 time Tour De France winner doesn't know what he is doing

let's not overreact like some bertie's fans tend to do. of course he knows what he needs to be at peak of his game when needed most then all of us combined. however it doesn't guarantee him from making mistakes as any other human being. it seems quite obvious froome was planning to win the dauphine, but something went wrong today. bring on the mountains!

It's only natural if he believes that he needs to alter his preparation for winning both the Tour and the Vuelta in the same year that he would have less than stellar effort and form at the Dauphine than in previous years. He's been saving himself all year with a slow build up. To expect him to still be dominant this early in the program isn't realistic or practical IMO. Porte should be the one that is worried as he may be peaking too soon but all of this is premature until we see what happens in the mountains.

 

[s.i.]

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When Contador dominated, there were barely any good Itters though, **** Grabsch won WCC, says it all

Ehm what? Grabsch won the WC ITT in 2008, when Contador rode the Giro/Vuelta. Naturally he didn't face the same competition in those races as he did in the Olympics and like he would have if he rode the Tour. Cancellara won the WC in 2007, 2009 and 2010. He was, as you might be aware, an excellent time trialist. In 2008 Cancellara went for the TT in the Olympics, which he won (Contador finished 4th, Grabsch 14th). He didn't even participate in the WC (neither did Contador). I don't remember why, but it's not like Grabsch was the best TTer in the world back then.

When Contador won the TDF in 2007 and 2009 he competed against specialists such as Cancellara, Larsson, Millar etc. and GC contenders with strong ITT capabilities like Evans and Leipheimer.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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“I’ve still got three weeks now after the Dauphine in terms of time trial work and it’s obviously something that I’m going to have to do a bit more work on. I’ve done everything right up until now and I’ll just keep going up until the Tour.”

Seems like he hasn't been training too much on the TT bike, remember in 2015 he did the same and had a very poor TT on stage 1 of the Tour, a week later Pierre Saint-Martin happened, so let's not get too carried away.

Needs context, as I said he did much better in the time trial in Romandie so thats pretty worrisome aint it?

Edit: I mean, compared to his climbing in that race.

Perhaps, but then he did say after Romandie that he had a slight lower back issue, which would have hindered him. I don't recall he did that well in the TT at Romandie and still lost a fair amount of time to Porte.

 

[Valv.Piti]

He did as well as he did here, its always dangerous to extrapolate, but..

 

[Red Rick]

No reason for panic. For Contador I always use the 'I'll worry if he sucks at the Dauphine' argument.

O wait.


Nah, let's wait for the mountain stages. If he's still Romandie like, you guys can worry.

 

[HelloDolly]

After seeing Froome interview on ITV4 looks like he is not at the weight he was at going into the Tour or Dauphine in other years ..certainly chubbier in the cheeks

 

[Taxus4a]

His performance righ now is quite worrying, not just now but all the year. It is true that his main objetive is le Tour and the second will probably be la Vuelta, so he need to take easy, but he used to be very strong in Romandia and Dauphine with just his 80 % shape.

We dont know if this is consecuence of another planning or not.

Anyway, if he finish Dauphine in the podium, that would be an important improvement respect Romandie, so he could be in the right way to his usual level at le Tour.

This Tour route is not good for him, so he will needs to be at his very best to win it.

And I think Quintana will be his main rival if he is at his best, not like in the Giro when he was some key days little bit sick.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

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After seeing Froome interview on ITV4 looks like he is not at the weight he was at going into the Tour or Dauphine in other years ..certainly chubbier in the cheeks

Probably related to the issues he has with Brailsford and the team.

 

[DanielSong39]

Wow, Froome may be headed to BMC.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Correct me if Im wrong, but hasn't Froome always been kind of an outlier? Not to the extent that Rasmussen was, for example,

 

[Jspear]

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Wow, Froome may be headed to BMC.

Froome says it is 100% incorrect.

Would a newspaper really create and publish a rumor like that though? Wouldn't that discredit them completely?

 

[pastronef]

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Wow, Froome may be headed to BMC.

Froome says it is 100% incorrect.

Would a newspaper really create and publish a rumor like that though? Wouldn't that discredit them completely?

l'Equipe does not care at all, true/false. important thing is to make the news

 

[rick james]

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Wow, Froome may be headed to BMC.

Froome says it is 100% incorrect.

Would a newspaper really create and publish a rumor like that though? Wouldn't that discredit them completely?

l'Equipe does not care at all, true/false. important thing is to make the news

BINGO!!!!!

 

[SeriousSam]

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Wow, Froome may be headed to BMC.

Porte could use a superdomestique

 

[Robert5091]

TJ needs a new dom!

 

[dacooley]

TJ needs a new dom!

for the upcoming Tour de Suisse. Froomey would come in handy. :lol:

 

[movingtarget]

TJ needs a new dom!

I think that comment should be in the General section.................

 

[SeriousSam]

"He's he is very, very motivated now to see how he compares against the others in the mountains.”

But it won't be enough. Richard is the new patron of the peloton

 

[rick james]

Porte is always a beast in week long races, he's very strong, i'd like to have seen a better TT from the Dawg as he has posted a few pictures this year on the TT bike....lets hope he has climbing legs

 

[Robert5091]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/froome-set-to-sign-new-team-sky-contract-before-tour-de-france/

The Murdochs have their man,
"However, Cyclingnews understands that the Team Sky board, which includes James Murdoch, are keen to keep Froome and tie him down for the future."

Did the Murdochs leak the BMC story?

 

[pastronef]

pleased, very pleased to see Froome is going better, and he did a very strong downhill. bravo

 

[DNP-Old]

Just as there was no reason to panic after Romandia and the ITT, there's no reason to start throwing confetti after this performance.

 

[rick james]

so how do we think his shape is now? nowhere near where he was last year fitness wise I think.

 

[pastronef]

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Just as there was no reason to panic after Romandia and the ITT, there's no reason to start throwing confetti after this performance.

here in italy we eat confetti, and throw coriandoli
I said he´s getting better, I dont mean he´s on top July form

 

[portugal11]

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so how do we think his shape is now? nowhere near where he was last year fitness wise I think.

I really think he is very close to last year. Last year he didn't drop porte like this year