Froome Awesomeness Poll

[RiccoDinko]

2014 was a sketchy year for Froomedawg. How about 2015?

 

[Pricey_sky]

Why not post on the Froome discussion thread?

 

[RiccoDinko]

Sorry, hard to find it pages down. Not much talk about the Dawg.

 

[ferryman]

Sorry, hard to find it pages down. Not much talk about the Dawg.

Erm, it may well be moved but can you maybe expand on what you want this poll to cover!

First off, in option 1, what do you mean by 'pregrame show in the bag'?

Option 2, a fight for what? TDF?

I get option 3.

In short, you need to refine your poll man. And if it's about TDF, you really need to add more options to get any sort of vote going...

 

[rhubroma]

I think its pretty cowardly not to challenge Contador at the Giro and Tour. Sky has only reinforced the hyper-commercialized spectacle that the Tour has become, and to the detriment of racing.

What does he have to loose? The Tour? Well, now if he wins the Tour, people can say it was because he focused exlusively on the French race. But this was a position taken by Armstrong, so why not try to break that mold?

If all the favorites did both, it would be even better. It's sad fact that the commerical interests have taken over the real "heroicism."

 

[ILovecycling]

like I claimed last offseason that he will be rubish,this season I claim he will be at his best level again.Its all about motivation.

I chose second option cuz there will be Quintana and Contani at Tour

 

[ILovecycling]

I think its pretty cowardly not to challenge Contador at the Giro and Tour. Sky has only reinforced the hyper-commercialized spectacle that the Tour has become, and to the detriment of racing.

What does he have to loose? The Tour? Well, now if he wins the Tour, people can say it was because he focused exlusively on the French race. But this was a position taken by Armstrong, so why not try to break that mold?

If all the favorites did both, it would be even better. It's sad fact that the commerical interests have taken over the real "heroicism."

There is always The Great One

 

[cineteq]

Sooner or later, all threads converge to Contador. There's no way out.

 

[ILovecycling]

Sooner or later, all threads converge to Contador. There's no way out.

that probably has some sort of reason no?, havent you figured it out after those years?


And I just answered to rhubroma point,thats part of the discussion,because you cant deny there is not other name I could write instead AC,as others are Tour-centred biatches.
edit: yep,Rigo

 

[cineteq]

that probably has some sort of reason no?, havent you figured it out after those years?
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It has nothing to do with 'figuring out", it's about respecting other thread's topic. There is one thread just for that, use it.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=18293&page=372

 

[ILovecycling]

It has nothing to do with 'figuring out", it's about respecting other thread's topic. There is one thread just for that, use it.

this

And I just answered to rhubroma point,thats part of the discussion,because you cant deny there is not other name I could write instead AC,as others are Tour-centred biatches.
edit: yep,Rigo

10ch

 

[rhubroma]

Sooner or later, all threads converge to Contador. There's no way out.

No, the issues are interelated. Froome can play it conservative all he wants, but his season will have an asterisk on it if he wins the Tour, and will be a total disaster if he looses it to the Spaniard.

 

[cineteq]

Froome can play it conservative all he wants, but his season will have an asterisk on it if he wins the Tour, and will be a total disaster if he looses it to the Spaniard.

An asterisk because he concentrated his season in the Tour?

 

[ILovecycling]

An asterisk because he concentrated his season in the Tour?

Yes and beat "weak" Contador.

edit: Its funny,imo its not that you dont understand.You just dont want to understand,because its hard for you to accept that AC does everything good for cycling fans.

 

[King Boonen]

No, the issues are interelated. Froome can play it conservative all he wants, but his season will have an asterisk on it if he wins the Tour, and will be a total disaster if he looses it to the Spaniard.

No. If Berto loses the Tour because he rode hard in the Giro, it's his season that will have the asterisk.

Berto doesn't decide what's important to everyone else. If he wants to race both, that's up to him, but the Tour is the biggest race of the year for GT riders and a win there counts for much more than any other race, that's the facts of the matter. If he tires himself out and can't compete it's his own stupid fault. If he wins both, awesome.

 

[Carols]

#2 Froomedawg in a fight. After last seasons 'off' year he is highly motivated, has a Strong team around him and will fight to the bitter end. He showed that fighting spirit in the Vuelta and this year he wants revenge.

But first can he stay on the bike? Second, will he be able to return to his 2013 levels? Third, will he develop some race savvy?

Soon we find out .

 

[cineteq]

Yes and beat "weak" Contador.

edit: Its funny,imo its not that you dont understand.You just dont want to understand,because its hard for you to accept that AC does everything good for cycling fans.

it's not hard for me to accept it. I agree. I was rooting for him to win la Vuelta after Quintana crashed out, remember? What I don't like is the spam on every single thread about your hero. Do you understand?

Beating a weak Contador means Froome will have an asterisk? Ha ha, that's really pretentious. The good news is that Froome will not win, thus an asterisk won't be necessary

 

[ebandit]

zoooom dawg

froome to try hard but miss out

Mark L

 

[ILovecycling]

it's not hard for me to accept it. I agree. I was rooting for him to win la Vuelta after Quintana crashed out, remember? What I don't like is the spam on every single thread about your hero. Do you understand?

Beating a weak Contador means Froome will have an asterisk? Ha ha, that's really pretentious. The good news is that Froome will not win, thus an asterisk won't be necessary

Its not spam,it was part of a discussion which inevitably tend to AC,



Yes,because Froome only wins Tour, but AC Giro+ podium Tour and he will be bigger hero for fans,thats why Froome will have an asterisk because he won't be fatigued because he didnt accept the Giro-Tour challenge.

As for me,I would do the same as him,he won't stand a chance at Giro due to weather etc

 

[cineteq]

Froome will have an asterisk because he won't be fatigued because he didnt accept the Giro-Tour challenge.

So a formal Giro-Tour challenge was issued by Contador? I wonder if I was on vacation when that happened. Anyway, your posts have a good sense of humor, they're not spam.

 

[Red Rick]

First awesomeness poll on CN and its about Froome, has no awesome options and also no Vino option

Rip CN forum (2009-2015)

 

[staubsauger]

Actually I 'm more convinced about Froome winning the Vuelta than him taking the Tour somehow.

Still, there's a reasonable chance that Froome is the man to walk out with a double after 2015 rather than Contador.

 

[Afrank]

Its not spam,it was part of a discussion which inevitably tend to AC,



Yes,because Froome only wins Tour, but AC Giro+ podium Tour and he will be bigger hero for fans,thats why Froome will have an asterisk because he won't be fatigued because he didnt accept the Giro-Tour challenge.

As for me,I would do the same as him,he won't stand a chance at Giro due to weather etc

If Froome has an asterisk because of not doing the Giro like Contador did wouldn't it follow that Contador would be the only viable winner for the Tour and thus devalue the victory or result of anyone else that might beat him?

Just because one contender for the Tour decides to do the Giro first shouldn't mean that the result of anyone else that might beat him in the Tour should be devalued with an asterisk. IMO that's what putting an asterisk next to a riders result would do.

It's cool that Contador is taking on the Giro first and that he challenged the other top guys to do the same; and it's fun to think about the possibility that they would. But realistically they can't be expected to accept Contadors challenge when they have other goals and priorities they'd like to accomplish for themselves. If Contador is too fatigued from the Giro to beat guys like Nibali and Froome then it will be his own fault, not theirs. Nor should that devalue whatever result they might achieve of better then his.

 

[cineteq]

Actually I 'm more convinced about Froome winning the Vuelta than him taking the Tour somehow.

Still, there's a reasonable chance that Froome is the man to walk out with a double after 2015 rather than Contador.

Disagree. It's very unlikely that any rider will win any GT double this year. But if anybody is likely to do so, then Quintana's the man.