Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[myrideissteelerthanyours]

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seems to me it's foremost about people not liking british riders becoming pretty much best gt riders out of the blue. froome's transformation is speechless, while thomas' tour win turned out unpleasant surprise as well. I've never noticed fans having a passionate dislike for bernal or landa in spite of the fact they ride / rode for Sky.

On this forum its mainly that plus the fact that Froome thoroughly defeated Alberto Contador which make the Dawg persona non grata or perhaps more aptly persona non grinta since you can only be deemed to have pinache and grinta if you're swarthy.

 

[rick james]

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I run around with an Andy Murray avatar on a cycling forum.

Obviously my **** hate for the British is all consuming

But every one love the Scottish!

I don’t

 

[macbindle]

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in a parallel universe Red Rick would love Froomedawg….

If Froome were Kenyan-Kenyan and named something like Chris Frumchotui, he would've been the darling of this forum for at least a couple of years.

Two words...

Moh Farrah.

 

[HelloDolly]

Must say Froome dropped that weight so fast

 

[rick james]

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Must say Froome dropped that weight so fast

Clinic talk :redface:

 

[Angliru]

Australian riders get ridden in here almost harder than the British

I think Cadel started that, Matthews kept the momentum going and Gerrans put the icing on the cake..........Matthews gets an easier time of it now and Gerrans was accepted more when he stopped getting results. Evans is still seen by many as an unusual species but often he was entertaining just by being himself !

Cadel gained respect for his ride during a particularly tough Giro stage, the year of which I can't recall. He was pretty much off the hate list after that. Part of the Evans dislike issue, was due to one or more of his fans, one in particular whose forum name escapes me at the present. That member no longer posts here but he/she was annoying enough to inspire you to root against anyone he/she supported. Gerrans was treated the way he was because of his style of riding, not because of his nationality. Matthews I can't recall being the target of any dislike other than for him rarely reaching his vast potential by winning any big races.
Evans was indeed a unique character during his racing days, with endless incidences of bizarre behavior.

 

[Brullnux]

Matthews' issue used to be similar to gerrans' but it's now an unfair label. Richie Porte is a bit of a meme. Gerrans was also disliked because there was a link between races he did well in and how bad the races were to watch.

 

[HelloDolly]

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Must say Froome dropped that weight so fast

Clinic talk :redface:

FFS I said he dropped the weight fast ...nothing else ...people can lose weight fast
Get a grip will ya

 

[Bolder]

You can't deny Froome's grinta and tactical skill when it matters to the win -- and as mentioned above, his willingness to not play it safe by just focusing on the Tour. Would love to see him go for a couple of monuments next year, actually.

Where I'm not on the Froome train is in two areas: His absolutely anodyne interviews, and his godawful looking style on the bike. Yeah, I know, he's a bike rider, not an entertainer, but surely he has something interesting going on inside his head. As for style, if Conor Dunn at 2 meters plus can pedal fluidly and keep his elbows from flapping, surely the dawg can too...must be the Osymmetrics...

 

[Scarponi]

Australian riders get ridden in here almost harder than the British

I think Cadel started that, Matthews kept the momentum going and Gerrans put the icing on the cake..........Matthews gets an easier time of it now and Gerrans was accepted more when he stopped getting results. Evans is still seen by many as an unusual species but often he was entertaining just by being himself !

Everyone who disliked Evans is like the man himself, they would get edgy after standing in a grocery line for 3 minutes yet hated on him for being antsy after a 6 hour mountain stage

 

[movingtarget]

Australian riders get ridden in here almost harder than the British

I think Cadel started that, Matthews kept the momentum going and Gerrans put the icing on the cake..........Matthews gets an easier time of it now and Gerrans was accepted more when he stopped getting results. Evans is still seen by many as an unusual species but often he was entertaining just by being himself !

Cadel gained respect for his ride during a particularly tough Giro stage, the year of which I can't recall. He was pretty much off the hate list after that. Part of the Evans dislike issue, was due to one or more of his fans, one in particular whose forum name escapes me at the present. That member no longer posts here but he/she was annoying enough to inspire you to root against anyone he/she supported. Gerrans was treated the way he was because of his style of riding, not because of his nationality. Matthews I can't recall being the target of any dislike other than for him rarely reaching his vast potential by winning any big races.
Evans was indeed a unique character during his racing days, with endless incidences of bizarre behavior.

Ah you mean ACF. He disappeared and came back for a while but have not seen him for a long time. As Evan's results improved the fans lightened up but at the peak of the Contador/Schleck/Evans rivalry the forum was pretty intense.

 

[spalco]

***.

https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1138798043095060481

Chris is on his way to hospital after a high speed crash during the route recon earlier this afternoon, injuries are yet to be confirmed. I am awaiting information and transport to get to where he is and as soon as we have any information we will update you - MF
6:19 AM - 12 Jun 2019

Broken leg according to BBC.

 

[jmdirt]

Holy sh*t!

 

[therealthing]

Sounds very bad indeed- Brailsford sounded very worried on TV. At best out for the rest of the year and back in 2020 I reckon.

 

[Pricey_sky]

If the rumours are correct and it was an open fracture, then it’s an incredibly serious injury. He’ll be lucky to ride again at the same level.

 

[Amazinmets87]

Awful for cycling. I was looking forward to rooting against him in the Tour. You never want to see someone go out like that

 

[TourOfSardinia]

What ever our take on Dawg
Very best of luck Chris!

 

[ice&fire]

Vino won the Olympics after a similar fracture, so there's still hope for Chris

 

[bigcog]

Damn ... sounds career threatening :sad:

 

[Breh]

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Vino won the Olympics after a similar fracture, so there's still hope for Chris

How do you know it's a similar fracture?

 

[therealthing]

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Vino won the Olympics after a similar fracture, so there's still hope for Chris

How do you know it's a similar fracture?

We only know it was the same bone but nothing more.

 

[SafeBet]

Terrible news, and even more terrible that there's no clear info about the injury. I hope he'll be able to be competitive again.
Forza campione!

 

[Moviefan1203]

Horrible news. Hope he can make a full recovery.

 

[bigcog]

According to l'equipe (a google translation) he was clearing his nose, took one hand off the bars, at the start of high speed decent and a gust of wind blew him into a low wall, and he hit the top of his leg and he has other injuries as well apparently. Someone on another forum saying it is an open fracture which sounds bad.

 

[Breh]

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Vino won the Olympics after a similar fracture, so there's still hope for Chris

How do you know it's a similar fracture?

We only know it was the same bone but nothing more.

Exactly.