A one week race isn’t the same as a Grand Tour when you just have to be good for a couple days. And they finished 38th and 41st last year. Of course he could finishing 11-20th with help of a breakaway or with riders crashing out.
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Porte lost the GC on stage 1 already and Thomas dislocated his shoulder somewhere in week 1.
They tried to help Carapaz as much as they could and did not care about their GC after
They tried to help Carapaz as much as they could and did not care about their GC after
Dropped but then got back on on the descent. It's crazy though that Vingaard got dropped sufficiently in the Alpes to not trouble Pogacar when dropped and we are still talking about it. At any rate they, Jumbo, will have to be lucky.
The third week was always going to be the problem for him and his TT isn't what it was but I thought it was a great ride after what happened in his other grand tours in recent times. And it took three very good climbers to beat him. Landa past his best now but the other two in their peak years and Hindley might get even better.
and Thomas, Nibali, Porte, and Valverde unlike Froome has shown something in other races that they could potentially top 10 a GT if it goes right. From end of Tour 2018 to his crash he wasn’t showing anything, to the point he was a joint leader with Thomas and Bernal but the Klöden/Levi to Contador and Armstrong. The Tour isn’t a lesser field of riders.
Can't believe people are actually still debating CF's BS claims and delusional PR talk... heck... some actually still believe what he's letting out of his mouth (regarding his shape/numbers) 
This thread is going to be a gold mine (with posts like these) once Froome wins a stage and proves over half of the posts here from the last three years utterly wrong.Can't believe people are actually still debating CF's BS claims and delusional PR talk... heck... some actually still believe what he's letting out of his mouth (regarding his shape/numbers)
It will be a gold mine if he does or doesn’t win a stage. Maybe he will get lucky and be “gifted one” like he “did” for Contador.
Froome was the strongest rider in Dauphine 2019 and was breaking all his PBs on Strava in the training camp just before, the rides are uploaded. He had some early season crashed so his level was low during the prep races but he was already strong in TotA and Tour de Yorkshire.
Not going to happen, he will finish below 100th in the gc. you just dont regain your climbing ability from that type of injury, see beloki, vino. Maybe he will be in a break but he will never win a stage. he will not even finish top 3 even if a break with 4 riders goes in.
So now Chris Froome costs more points than Lusenko, Ion Izagirre and others riders in the Velogames fantasy league
"The legs felt really good, which was a great sign. (...) I didn't want a repeat of last year crashing on day 1."
View: https://twitter.com/IsraelPremTech/status/1542914953845276677
View: https://twitter.com/IsraelPremTech/status/1542914953845276677
Even I would be a positive guy if I made the money he did for riding in the gruppetto all day
He is a great guy and I feel for him. Don't care about the stories in the clinic. He grew on me the last couple of years
Oh yes, strongest rider in the three chill stages. Just because you have amazing numbers in training doesn’t translate to the day and vice versa.
Oh yes, all renowned TT riders.
On the hilly stage that Teuns won, Froome looked the strongest so it was translating.
Was so strong that he finished last in the group he was in when he has always tried breaking everyone in the group before.
He grew on you sounds more like the clinic............or its distant love...........
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