Teams & Riders Chris Froome Discussion Thread.

[TourOfSardinia]

Quickstep could use a GC a GC rider.

to support Mikel Landa, ofc

 

[veganrob]

Quickstep could use a GC a GC rider.

I think a transformation to a sprinter would be logical for him

 

[saunaking]

He can always ride gravel though. Him and Valverde racing again each other again.

Valverde can actually ride a bike

 

[saunaking]

I know people like to take the p out of him, but the guy has had two major crashes that would finish most riders careers full stop.hi

his career has been finished full stop years ago

 

[awavey]

his career has been finished full stop years ago

that maybe so in terms of results, but it seems incredibly churlish to criticise that aspect, given both crashes were life threatening, and there are plenty of riders who achieved great results, and then coasted through their latter years.

so why keep kicking a dog when its down ? I dont get the pleasure some take from it.

 

[aphronesis]

Likely the opportunism of recent years for him and the team?

 

[RobertCrawley]

I kind of miss those days of watching Froome Dawg sprawled all over his bike, staring at his power meter, and dishing out pain to his competition.

 

[rallybanana]

I kind of miss those days of watching Froome Dawg sprawled all over his bike, staring at his power meter, and dishing out pain to his competition.

Every Dawg has its day.

 

[Cookster15]

I was sympathetic when he had his big crash in 2019. But it’s getting long in the tooth now. He should just formally announce his retirement and put us out of his misery.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Mancebo was able to secure a new contract so i am rather sure that Froome can too if he so desires.

 

[aphronesis]

In the five years with the squad, he has finished in the top-20 of a race just six times. In 2023, IPT's owner, Sylvan Adams, has said that signing the Tour winner was “absolutely not” value for money.

Is this the end for Chris Froome? Four-time Tour de France champion's Israel-Premier Tech departure confirmed

Five year contract with squad runs out at end of 2025

www.cyclingweekly.com

 

[rallybanana]

In the five years with the squad, he has finished in the top-20 of a race just six times.

Two of those were team time trials, including the one in Rwanda where he finished 5 minutes behind his team.

 

[aphronesis]

Two of those were team time trials, including the one in Rwanda where he finished 5 minutes behind his team.

Yeah, his Wiki results don’t clear 2018.

 

[cen]

So.. how many hard miles are we thinking?

 

[RedheadDane]

that maybe so in terms of results, but it seems incredibly churlish to criticise that aspect, given both crashes were life threatening, and there are plenty of riders who achieved great results, and then coasted through their latter years.

Personally, I found it a bit hard to take it seriously when he kept claiming he was back to his pre-2019 crash levels, even though it pretty obvious he wasn't.
And even if he was... well... don't think it would have helped him much.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Maybe a contract with UAE? They lost Majka & Ayuso and even if Froomey misses a few watts to win the Tour then being Pogi's superdom (and finishing as a runner-up) isn't that bad either.

I was sympathetic when he had his big crash in 2019. But it’s getting long in the tooth now. He should just formally announce his retirement and put us out of his misery.

He lost a good chance to win #5 then. Bernal & Thomas would've been great super-doms and others weren't good enough to threaten him.

 

[awavey]

Personally, I found it a bit hard to take it seriously when he kept claiming he was back to his pre-2019 crash levels, even though it pretty obvious he wasn't.
And even if he was... well... don't think it would have helped him much.

I suspect he was telling the truth fwiw, as we've heard from plenty retiring pros in the last few years how its now full gas from the start of stages and everyone's hitting sustained watt levels that would have been thought insane maybe a decade ago.

Its just Froome could never keep up with that increase, whether thats because he hit his peak capability or his crash fundamentally dropped his peak not sure, but thats why he got left behind

 

[RedheadDane]

Its just Froome could never keep up with that increase, whether thats because he hit his peak capability or his crash fundamentally dropped his peak not sure, but thats why he got left behind

And he should have accepted that, rather than continuing with the "strive for five" talk.

 

[red_flanders]

I suspect he was telling the truth

To my mind, if you ever hear yourself saying that about Froome, it's probably a good time to check yourself.

fwiw, as we've heard from plenty retiring pros in the last few years how its now full gas from the start of stages and everyone's hitting sustained watt levels that would have been thought insane maybe a decade ago.

Its just Froome could never keep up with that increase, whether thats because he hit his peak capability or his crash fundamentally dropped his peak not sure, but thats why he got left behind

There's no chance Froome doesn't know how those gains were made, and I don't buy for a second he was ever back to his winning numbers. He's just been laughably off the back most of the time he was spouting that nonsense. Then the bike fit nonsense, then the seat height...

The simple answer which aligns perfectly with everything else we've see from Froome is that he's just a habitual liar.

 

[awavey]

To my mind, if you ever hear yourself saying that about Froome, it's probably a good time to check yourself.

There's no chance Froome doesn't know how those gains were made, and I don't buy for a second he was ever back to his winning numbers. He's just been laughably off the back most of the time he was spouting that nonsense. Then the bike fit nonsense, then the seat height...

The simple answer which aligns perfectly with everything else we've see from Froome is that he's just a habitual liar.

If that's what you want to believe, then that's what you'll always believe and there's no point bothering to discuss it further.