Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[pelotonIQ]

I think it's time for him to hang em up.

 

[Panda Claws]

I want him to race with Sagan for one more year. They had good times together and it would be fitting they went out together.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

I want him to race with Sagan for one more year. They had good times together and it would be fitting they went out together.

I think the big difference is, Sagan recently stopped living like a pro athlete, whereas Froome still lives very professionally, and seems to be more motivated than ever.

I‘d never have expected that Froome would show this kind of character he‘s showing nowadays. Hardly any champion would stand the losses and humiliations that he accepts. I‘ve become a fan of him, in the years since his career-changing crash…

 

[Ricco']

Saddest news of the week: Froome won‘t race this TdF…

With all respect to Kjell Carlström and others who might have decided - but sorry, I cannot understand this decision.

This team is about Froome, who has won the TdF GC for four times. They selected eight good riders, but this team is about Froome; they do not really get noticed for stage wins or breakaway kilometers, they just get noticed for Chris Froome. Every spectator just wants to know, how is Froome, how has he been doing, how did he look, is there hope for #5, and so on.

Froome is CN forum first page material, and no other rider from ISN is… Two days to the Grand Depart, Froome not selected, but still everyone talks about Froome.

Maybe something Kjell Carlström et al should think about next time, in 2024…

By now we should have being used to see Froome being dropped...


Now seriously, I think it was the best decision, Froome is like a black hole which sucks all the media atention of the team and distracts from the other riders. Even if it's just a rider in 8, his exclusion from the team makes it automatically bolder, exciting and younger, instead of being forced to read, see and listen to day-by-day interviews and excuses about how the hard work was there, but the legs don't, or disk brakes being slow, etc. etc.

And this is about Froome, but the same can be applied to Van Avermaet, Sagan, etc. This is the Tour de France, not a pre-retirement walk of fame.

 

[rallybanana]

Froome is CN forum first page material, and no other rider from ISN is… Two days to the Grand Depart, Froome not selected, but still everyone talks about Froome.

Yes. The tour is not the same without Froome.

I think Christian Prudhomme should bring in a rule like at the US Open golf tournament. Every champion from the previous ten years is automatically offered a starting place for le Tour. This would guarantee Chris a place until at least 2027...maybe longer if he wins #5.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Yes. The tour is not the same without Froome.

I think Christian Prudhomme should bring in a rule like at the US Open golf tournament. Every champion from the previous ten years is automatically offered a starting place for le Tour. This would guarantee Chris a place until at least 2027...maybe longer if he wins #5.

This isn’t a retirement home race. If Froome wants to prove himself and that it was a mistake leaving him behind, do what the rider did a while ago of riding the routes by himself. I’m forgetting his name but I think the initials are LM, the one with the vampire slayer memes.

 

[proffate]

This isn’t a retirement home race. If Froome wants to prove himself and that it was a mistake leaving him behind, do what the rider did a while ago of riding the routes by himself. I’m forgetting his name but I think the initials are LM, the one with the vampire slayer memes.

let strava crown the true champion of the Grand Colombier!

 

[Panda Claws]

let strava crown the true champion of the Grand Colombier!

God's Words!

 

[HelloDolly]

I always admired Froome's ability to fight for form and the win
Not a natural talent he suffered humiliation in the beginning (Kenya at the Olympics fro instance ) but he was determined and after he shed the weight he could climb better that anyone at the time

But I agree with Phil Gil who was taking no prisoners when he said it was over for Froome

He should call it a day ..What was once admirable, determination and grit now seems delusional. He has become the Norma Desmond of cycling..hoping to return to his glory days but cant see that everything has moved on



I am big. It's the pictures that got small

 

[glassmoon]

wonder how will he be doing for next 2 years - he has fairytale (for him) deal with IPT till 2025 (5 mil per year)... so 2 more years of his delusional statements for the media

 

[Peter von]

wonder how will he be doing for next 2 years - he has fairytale (for him) deal with IPT till 2025 (5 mil per year)... so 2 more years of his delusional statements for the media

tough to say. He isn't in any hurry to hang up the cycling shoes with that deal in place.
I always root for these former greats to rekindle their inner fire, "ohh maybe this year Andy Schleck will be back!" rarely happens tho.

 

[gunara]

tough to say. He isn't in any hurry to hang up the cycling shoes with that deal in place.
I always root for these former greats to rekindle their inner fire, "ohh maybe this year Andy Schleck will be back!" rarely happens tho.

Like many other men in decline, Froome of course have chances to bounce back to a great height. But he needs a new career for it.

 

[ooo]

Yes. The tour is not the same without Froome.

I think Christian Prudhomme should bring in a rule like at the US Open golf tournament. Every champion from the previous ten years is automatically offered a starting place for le Tour. This would guarantee Chris a place until at least 2027...maybe longer if he wins #5.

Eurosport is still using Chris Froome tdf foot running video-clip on international feed to fill-in vacant tdf advertising time slots, probably until at least 2027

 

[Taxus4a]

Next race: Czech Tour. A hard one. Premier Tech could have there a very strong team compared the others

 

[Izzyeviel]

Ah, thats the Szaka tour from Procycling manager. I recognise stage 4 from my nightmares. Hard to see him going well here.

 

[hender-retour]

This guy needs some motivation. When is next Tour of Poland

 

[rallybanana]

This guy needs some motivation. When is next Tour of Poland

It will be taking place without the Israel team unfortunately

 

[perico]

This guy needs some motivation. When is next Tour of Poland

He’s training hard for next years Tour de Kenya already.

 

[JonnyBoy]

Looking at how Israel team is doing after 8 stages i think not selecting Froome was a mistake

 

[meat puppet]

Yes. They would have the lanterne rouge then at least.

 

[rallybanana]

Looking at how Israel team is doing after 8 stages i think not selecting Froome was a mistake

Lettuce see how Woods does on Puy de Dome. If he finishes worse than 3rd then you could be right.

 

[laarsland]

Looking at how Israel team is doing after 8 stages i think not selecting Froome was a mistake

You were saying?

 

[Savant12]

Yo-yo Froome would have loved this stage but Yo-yo Froome is far in the past.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Woods didn't need Dawg's
precious support today.

 

[Rackham]

Woods didn't need Dawg's
precious support today.

Rusty does what Dawg don't (that's a nerdy reference to an old Sega commercial from the early 1990's).

Honestly IPT played the stage very well by clearly targeting a day like today but also almost totally screwed everything up when Boivin lit the first fuse & disorganized the breakaway group, which eventually results in Woods starting the climb nearly 2 minutes back.

So in the end it was a bit like Froome's Alpe stage last year (when the peloton gave the stage win to the break), except Woods could actually climb two minutes faster than the rest of the riders in front.