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And Froome saying he can still winning the Tour
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I think there was no time limit on the contract, it was simply a long-term 15 million contract in return that he finishes his career at ISN, so, assuming he will race for at least 2 more years it will equate to 5 million a year.I thought it has always been stated the 5 mil was for his whole contract and we didn’t know the details on if any was performance and incentive based. Not 5 mil per season.
It was 15 mil(!), oh my gosh I thought it was 5 mil the whole time. Can’t say no to anything close to that a year.I think there was no time limit on the contract, it was simply a long-term 15 million contract in return that he finishes his career at ISN, so, assuming he will race for at least 2 more years it will equate to 5 million a year.
Were they offering that much though?Yeah, I doubt he would have signed for only the equivalent of a couple of million a year, he would have stayed at Ineos.
I doubt it - marginal gainsWere they offering that much though?
I assume INEOS had a say too in regard to his stayYeah, I doubt he would have signed for only the equivalent of a couple of million a year, he would have stayed at Ineos.
Dawgpiling!... is willfully doing him a disservice, as is the continual dogpiling.
9 VS 6
Contador wasn't going to win the Tour in 2007 so if anything it's 8 vs 6.
That's not the same. He did win.
For the same reason Froome won the Vuelta in 2011 - cause the best rider was disqualified (only timing was different).
No, I can't agree with that. Rasmussen didn't actually finish the race. No-one considers him a TdF winner.
Lol, in that case you have to adjust most GTs in history to a number somewhere below 1.Let's put it this way - Contador wasn't the best rider of the Tour in 2007. As simple as that. His win is not really much better than Froome's in Vuelta 2011 (maybe by a few percent - probability of Rasmussen crashing in the remaining few stages). So being precise Contador won about 8.05 GTs on the road, which is closer to 8 than to 9.
Lol, in that case you have to adjust most GTs in history to a number somewhere below 1.
Yeah but I'm just pointing out that not everything is black and white. Some brag about 9 vs 6 but they can't ignore the fact that Contador was strongly beaten at the Tour'07 (by over 3 minutes) with just one important stage remaining. It's not really a more impressive GT victory than Froome's one (loss by 13 seconds to a disqualified rider), it's the same category of winning because the better guy was disqualified.
I just don't agree.
It's cycling, anything can happen during a race. At the end one rider wins. And then I don't care much about what happens afterwards.
It's 7 vs 7 officialy ant that's what matters, but he won 4 tours france, contador two.I just don't agree.
It's cycling, anything can happen during a race. At the end one rider wins. And then I don't care much about what happens afterwards.
9 vs 6 on the road though. You can’t defend Froome’s situation and lambast Contador’s when they were the same.It's 7 vs 7 officialy ant that's what matters, but he won 4 tours france, contador two.
Giro or vuelta don't have the same value of the tour.
It's like europe league=champions league.
I think from comparing career of Nibali, Contador, and Froome and someone said those three in that order.What's this Froome vs Contador discussion about?
H2H?