Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[Taxus4a]

According to the conspiracy theory he did a deal with the team, @Froome rides his last Tour and then retire.

Is based in?? It has sesnse..Froome want to ride le Tour, the team can say no. The team dont want to keep the contract..Frome can say no.., That way everybody happy.

But anyway he has contract and if he perform at Mercan and Dauphine I dont think the team can find more than 2 riders better that him for le Tour...for other races of course, but for a three week race with hot weather I doubt

 

[JimPanzen]

According to the conspiracy theory he did a deal with the team, @Froome rides his last Tour and then retire.

Now that would be the only constellation where I can imagine Froome getting a spot on the TdF roster.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Froome needs to contact WWE and set up a Tour spot vs career/money returned match against Adams at King and Queen of the Ring PPV.

 

[Sybrand]

He'll start in the Mercan'Tour Classic tomorrow! Starting the last preparations to keep Pogi from the double!

 

[CyclistAbi]

Chris Froome set for racing return this week having recovered from scaphoid fracture

The former Tour de France winner will make a return at the Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes that starts on Wednesday

www.globalcyclingnetwork.com

 

[Rackham]

He's racing right now, i.e. I'm following it on PCS.

They're currently on the first cat 1 climb.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

He's racing right now, i.e. I'm following it on PCS.

They're currently on the first cat 1 climb.

And he's not dropped yet.

 

[Taxus4a]

And he's not dropped yet.

He has been 11th an 14th last 2 editions of this race, so I dont understand yout comment

He said at the start he is not aimimng any results here, just come back to race and help 2 teammates (I think Williams and Bennet, but who knows, there are other good climbers today) so I understand they showed stronger than him at the training camp. Williams came to win Fleche Valone no so far...so I understand. I hope he try a good result anyway despite help.

 

[Savant12]

Who let The Dawg out?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Who let The Dawg out?

Bahadams Man.

 

[Froome]

And he's not dropped yet.

The hard work.....getting the hard miles.... the hard work is paying off.

The fifth is coming.

 

[Rackham]

The hard work.....getting the hard miles.... the hard work is paying off.

The fifth is coming.

Or not.

He got dropped off camera. I saw him on the previous climb but now he's gone.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Who had Froome hanging with Beloki on a HC?

 

[Froome]

Or not.

He got dropped off camera. I saw him on the previous climb but now he's gone.

"I'm gone, i'm dead".

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

"I'm gone, i'm dead".

That's his team management every time they see the total salary.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Still waiting for him to cross the line...

 

[Rackham]

He finished 47th

44	LÓPEZ Jordi	Equipo Kern Pharma			17:40
45	MARTÍ Pau	Israel - Premier Tech			,,
46	VAN DER LEE Jardi Christiaan	EF Education - EasyPost			,,
47	FROOME Chris	Israel - Premier Tech			,,

 

[Ilmaestro99]

He finished 47th

44	LÓPEZ Jordi	Equipo Kern Pharma			17:40
45	MARTÍ Pau	Israel - Premier Tech			,,
46	VAN DER LEE Jardi Christiaan	EF Education - EasyPost			,,
47	FROOME Chris	Israel - Premier Tech			,,

Given that there were 94 starters he has just snuck into the top half on the results sheet, truly building the form for le tour

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Given that there were 94 starters he has just snuck into the top half on the results sheet, truly building the form for le tour

It was his first race in a long time, to be fair. If he had ridden ToTA and Romandie, he would have finished in the top 46.

 

[Taxus4a]

47. You can makes lot of views of this results...

One, he was here just to help the team after to be off almost 3 months and was at the front till the summit of the second of three climbs of the day, with similar time lost than current winner of Fleche Valone...

Two. what most of you are doing

Both have his sense...

We have to wait thil the last stages to Dauphine to make a better evaluation.

 

[Fantastico]

We have to wait thil the last stages to Dauphine to make a better evaluation.

I hear this kind of statement for three years now. "He was not good today, but we have to give him some more time before we can really evaluate him."

If he's on a similar level at the Dauphiné, he will not go to the Tour, and rightfully so.

 

[Rackham]

I'm not excluding the possibility there was a mechanical issue or something. He was in the main bunch on La Colmiane towards the top of the climb & then nowhere at the foot of La Couillole.

But in the event that was really his level, I'd be surprised if he even goes to the Dauphiné. The 'problem' is he has just come down from an altitude camp & his teammates did much better (namely Riccitello & Bennett).

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I'm not excluding the possibility there was a mechanical issue or something. He was in the main bunch on La Colmiane towards the top of the climb & then nowhere at the foot of La Couillole.

But in the event that was really his level, I'd be surprised if he even goes to the Dauphiné. The 'problem' is he has just come down from an altitude camp & his teammates did much better (namely Riccitello & Bennett).

No, I saw him drop in the beginning of Couillole, it didn‘t look like a mechanical.

 

[Pinot's goat]

The only time it has worked out for him post leg break was 2022 when he was able to do multiple races in a row without injury. This has not happened in 2023 or 2024 so he is nowhere. He is unable to train his way into form alone anymore.

 

[Elos Anjos]

There's an expression in English wish goes by "polish a turd" and I think that suffices to describe this thread since the end of 2019...