Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

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Is Froome over the hill?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 42 34.4%
  • No, the GC finished 40 minutes ago but Froomie is still climbing it

    Votes: 65 53.3%
  • No he is totally winning the Vuelta

    Votes: 28 23.0%

  • Total voters
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May 19, 2010
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As perfectly expected when you strictly look at performance, he's not in the Tour team.

IPT would have made fools of themselves, if they included him.
 
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OMG, the team makes the same mistake again! Chris was saving all his matches for the Tour (therefore a subdued ride at the Dauphine) and was just about to peak. A battle royale between 3 TdF winners was brutally taken away from us. He should change teams and become a proper, respected leader next year. There's still hope: Papa Horner was almost 42 when he won Vuelta'13.
 
Aug 29, 2009
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Does this mean hes going to the Tour... of Sibiu?
the team has lined him up on the reserve list for Sibiu (same as Bennett and Teuns), but I guess they are more or less free to decide themselves. There's nothing official yet.
 
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This smacks of ageism!
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Fuglsang looking quite young there!
But unlike Dawg in 2024
EDIT: Jakob said (to billedbladet.dk) in 2023:
Of course I'm sorry not to be selected for the Tour, but it's because I've had a slightly difficult start to the season and perhaps still haven't quite shown that the form is where it should be at the moment.
 
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