Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[red_flanders]

And whoever [clicked on] that lousy article should get their [head examined for not knowing ahead of time what drivel it would contain]. CyclingNews should be ashamed of themselves. What drivel.

Quick edit, with my apologies. 😉

But seriously, I’m with ya.

 

[Savant12]

Froome whilst still a WT rider will always get clicks on the continuing saga of his comeback story. But after the media uptick of his Ventoux podium ...he's done nothing noteworthy as a pro-cyclist.

 

[wirral]

Back on Froomewatch. DNF in Japan as Chris works toward the build-up to the 2024 TDF.

 

[tobydawq]

Back on Froomewatch. DNF in Japan as Chris works toward the build-up to the 2024 TDF.

Well, too early to peak now.

 

[tonymikejoe]

I fully expected Froome to be a DNF when I read the Japan race was rain-soaked and even at his peak he was never a one-day racer.
However, he has just told the world he feels five years younger, energised, refreshed etc....How about showing it Chris?

 

[Taxus4a]

I fully expected Froome to be a DNF when I read the Japan race was rain-soaked and even at his peak he was never a one-day racer.
However, he has just told the world he feels five years younger, energised, refreshed etc....How about showing it Chris?

He was no so bad at the criteriuym the previous day. He even try to attack and one monetn was the first of the race and finnished 29. At the race he was bad, as far as I know he didnt work andhe was suffering on the race, that is not the best weather for him, but of course I accept the critiscism, it is normal.

 

[RedheadDane]

In the last 3-4 years I see very little compared to someone of his achievements.

Could that be because none of his achievements happened in the last 3-4 years? At some point, any rider is just gonna stop being in focus.

 

[red_flanders]

I fully expected Froome to be a DNF when I read the Japan race was rain-soaked and even at his peak he was never a one-day racer.
However, he has just told the world he feels five years younger, energised, refreshed etc....How about showing it Chris?

I don't want to throw out any wild, unjustified accusations here for someone with such a clear record of truth and transparency...but has anyone considered the possibility that Froome might be...bullshitting?

 

[rallybanana]

He was no so bad at the criteriuym the previous day. He even try to attack and one monetn was the first of the race and finnished 29. At the race he was bad, as far as I know he didnt work andhe was suffering on the race, that is not the best weather for him, but of course I accept the critiscism, it is normal.

At his peak, Froome was an ace criterium racer. He has won both Aalst and Sint-Niklaas twice, two of the monuments of the criterium world. 29th in a small side-event criterium is nothing to write home about.

 

[will-10]

At his peak, Froome was an ace criterium racer. He has won both Aalst and Sint-Niklaas twice, two of the monuments of the criterium world. 29th in a small side-event criterium is nothing to write home about.

Tour winners tend to be specialists at those two races

 

[red_flanders]

At his peak, Froome was an ace criterium racer. He has won both Aalst and Sint-Niklaas twice, two of the monuments of the criterium world. 29th in a small side-event criterium is nothing to write home about.

Uh...hope you're kidding but...those post-Tour crits are...how to say this...fixed. They're exhibition races the TdF stars get paid to appear in and win.

 

[rallybanana]

Uh...hope you're kidding but...those post-Tour crits are...how to say this...fixed. They're exhibition races the TdF stars get paid to appear in and win.

Wow! I always wondered how Kittel ended up 3rd behind Froome and Purito at the 2013 Sint-Niklaas race.

 

[red_flanders]

Wow! I always wondered how Kittel ended up 3rd behind Froome and Purito at the 2013 Sint-Niklaas race.

I seem to recall Armstrong beating Cippolini and Zabel a few times as well. Ah, Le Tour, it wears out the sprinters and gives the GC guys an extra gear!

Old article:

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[Eddy Evenepoel]

Has the Dawg commented on the Tour route? Is he still working towards number five?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Has the Dawg commented on the Tour route? Is he still working towards number five?

No Champs Elysee No Chris Froome ?

 

[rallybanana]

No Champs Elysee No Chris Froome ?

With the race finishing in Nice, Sean Kelly probably has a better chance of winning than Froome.

 

[tonymikejoe]

Yes, agreed. Is this a favourable parcour for Chris Froome's quest for Number Five?
We have heard nothing from the great man as yet.
I'm dying to hear his critique of the route.
He probably will not like the gravel stage (not his style) and the final ITT is a wild card stage his team will not be able to control to protect his lead.
This will not be as easy as it looks............

 

[Froome]

Yes, agreed. Is this a favourable parcour for Chris Froome's quest for Number Five?
We have heard nothing from the great man as yet.
I'm dying to hear his critique of the route.
He probably will not like the gravel stage (not his style) and the final ITT is a wild card stage his powerful INEOS team will not be able to control to protect his lead.
This will not be as easy as it looks............

It's all about getting the hard miles.

 

[Savant12]

Yes, agreed. Is this a favourable parcour for Chris Froome's quest for Number Five?
We have heard nothing from the great man as yet.
I'm dying to hear his critique of the route.
He probably will not like the gravel stage (not his style) and the final ITT is a wild card stage his powerful INEOS team will not be able to control to protect his lead.
This will not be as easy as it looks............

By Ineos, I assume you meant IPT?

 

[tonymikejoe]

By Ineos, I assume you meant IPT?

Force of habit. Duly edited.

 

[red_flanders]

Force of habit. Duly edited.

Genuinely thought you were kidding and making a joke about how this would only have been relevant in Froome's INEOS days. 😂

 

[Lequack]

He's doing the Singapore criterium along with some of the best, maybe he can show them some tricks on how to win GTs.

 

[Taxus4a]

I know how criteriums works, but in the case of the Japan Cup critérium was a real race...with the importance that a critérium has and just before an important race in Asia, but they were all really fighting. Allaphiliphe attacked with all to win, the same Next day on the race.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Well this explains the Froome to Astana to be Cav's mountain domestique rumour

 

[benzwire]

Just curious, and a serious question, but do these "exhibition" crits count as victories in riders' palmares?