Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[brownbobby]

Reading Dan Martins first person account of the crash makes it clear that he's very lucky to be alive....never mind the broken bones, any sudden and immediate deceleration of the human body from 60kph to zero in an instant is often fatal due to catastrophic internal injury.

 

[tobydawq]

In completely other news, Froome seems to have been declared the winner of the 2011 Vuelta since Cobo has been disqualified.

Spanish media report this.

 

[Pharazon]

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In completely other news, Froome seems to have been declared the winner of the 2011 Vuelta since Cobo has been disqualified.

Spanish media report this.

not bad... win a GT while being unconscious in hospital

well, everyone knew that win was dodgy as ***

 

[brownbobby]

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In completely other news, Froome seems to have been declared the winner of the 2011 Vuelta since Cobo has been disqualified.

Spanish media report this.

I suppose its more original than grapes and a crossword book as a get well soon gift

 

[HelloDolly]

Breaks a leg and wins a GT next day ...only Chris Froome could do this

 

[spalco]

Re:

In completely other news, Froome seems to have been declared the winner of the 2011 Vuelta since Cobo has been disqualified.

Spanish media report this.

Did they retest an old sample or something?

Anyway, I don't know if Cobo will make it on the list of Top 10000 most surprising doping convictions.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Froome just won the 2011 Vuelta.

EDIT: too slow

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

In completely other news, Froome seems to have been declared the winner of the 2011 Vuelta since Cobo has been disqualified.

Spanish media report this.

Did they retest an old sample or something?

Anyway, I don't know if Cobo will make it on the list of Top 10000 most surprising doping convictions.

It's a biological passport case which makes it even more incredible that it took them 8 years.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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In completely other news, Froome seems to have been declared the winner of the 2011 Vuelta since Cobo has been disqualified.

Spanish media report this.

That Vuelta was great betting wise. Thanks to Ryu Hazuki. Is he still around?

 

[JosephK]

So powerful is Dawg's mojo that he can pick up a grand tour win while completely immobilized in hospital.

 

[Red Rick]

You can't make this *** up.

 

[Climbing]

I guess in a couple of year we'll have the other very unlikely Vuelta winner DQ.

Jokes apart more comforting news, thankfully.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Plus Froome makes Mollema palmares better than Porte and just as good as Landani...

 

[rick james]

Re:

In completely other news, Froome seems to have been declared the winner of the 2011 Vuelta since Cobo has been disqualified.

Spanish media report this.

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

In completely other news, Froome seems to have been declared the winner of the 2011 Vuelta since Cobo has been disqualified.

Spanish media report this.

not bad... win a GT while being unconscious in hospital

well, everyone knew that win was dodgy as ****

Marginal gains level 110%

 

[rick james]

2012 Tour next please

 

[Descender]

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I guess in a couple of year we'll have the other very unlikely Vuelta winner DQ.

Jokes apart more comforting news, thankfully.

Do you mean Chris, or Chris?

 

[The Barb]

So it’s being widely reported now that it was indeed a compound fracture of the femur. That surely is the finish of his career (at least at the highest level). I made the mistake of google image searching “compound fracture femur”. Not nice.

 

[King Boonen]

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So it’s being widely reported now that it was indeed a compound fracture of the femur. That surely is the finish of his career (at least at the highest level). I made the mistake of google image searching “compound fracture femur”. Not nice.

It's very dependent on the actual fracture but yes, it could well result in that. The other injuries will obviously contribute and we likely don't know the full extent. But here's hoping it isn't. Whatever you think of Froome, he will be a big loss to GT racing.

 

[pink_jersey]

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So it’s being widely reported now that it was indeed a compound fracture of the femur. That surely is the finish of his career (at least at the highest level). I made the mistake of google image searching “compound fracture femur”. Not nice.

It's very dependent on the actual fracture but yes, it could well result in that. The other injuries will obviously contribute and we likely don't know the full extent. But here's hoping it isn't. Whatever you think of Froome, he will be a big loss to GT racing.

I'm pretty sure that he won't finish his career. Actually, in all leg and hip injuries cycling is a big part of the recovery. Froome biggest challenge will be to get back to his level and sadly I'm quite sure that you can't really go back after such injuries. He will comeback and race again but probably his days as the best GT rider are over. He will be there in the final of the races but not the best. A bit like Valverde after his injury(and his injury wasn't as complicated).

It's really good that the worst part passed and he's responding good. That's the most important thing.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Re: Re:

In completely other news, Froome seems to have been declared the winner of the 2011 Vuelta since Cobo has been disqualified.

Spanish media report this.

Did they retest an old sample or something?

Anyway, I don't know if Cobo will make it on the list of Top 10000 most surprising doping convictions.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/vuelta-a-espana/chris-froome-crowned-winner-2011-vuelta-espana-juan-jose-cobo-caught-doping-427070/amp

Cobo is appealing and it was from 09-11.

On his crash, I hope he is able to recover from this with no added drama during the recovery time. I feel like he should just call it a career as he has nothing left to prove and those are significant injuries. If he does race again and is able to compete/win, that would be a miracle and well earned.

 

[Merckx index]

If Froome had won that Vuelta originally, would he ever have raced it again? He spent so many years trying to win it once, how different things might have been. No salbutamol, no 3 GTs in a row.

 

[dacooley]

If Froome had won that Vuelta originally, would he ever have raced it again? He spent so many years trying to win it once, how different things might have been. No salbutamol, no 3 GTs in a row.

he could almost definetely have had more attempts at the giro-tour double.

 

[Red Rick]

If Froome had won that Vuelta originally, would he ever have raced it again? He spent so many years trying to win it once, how different things might have been. No salbutamol, no 3 GTs in a row.

Think he would have. It's after the Tour, not before. Doubt he'd have tried any Giro/Tour double if it really hurt Sky's chances to dominate the Tour, which it would have.

The real interesting question is what would've happened to the pecking order in the 2012 Tour.

 

[jmdirt]

I'm going to buck the trend here and say that CF will be flying for TdF 2020! Of course much like those who see this as the end of his career, I don't have enough info to make a true prediction. That being said, the femur will likely be fine, the question is more about the soft tissue.