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auscyclefan94 said:This thread proves Blackcat's narcissistic character. Posts a thread about how right he is.
auscyclefan94 said:This thread proves Blackcat's narcissistic character. Posts a thread about how right he is.
Rolland was actually known to be a big climbing talent. Froome... maybe in the UK, but for anyone else he looked to be a good domestique in the making.Reverend_T_Preedy said:I like the comparison with Pierre Roland. Very similar past performances, working for a team leader at a GT and finding themselves high on GC themselves.
blackcat said:No one knows Froome. __HE__ could always ride_______________________
could always climb AND tt.
Few other could always do both. Evans is one. Andy S another. Contador manifeslty so. Quote]
ROTFL.....boy that Andy S sure is a great ITTer.....
blackcat said:No one knows Froome. __HE__ could always ride_______________________
could always climb AND tt.
Few other could always do both. Evans is one. Andy S another. Contador manifeslty so.
"Andy S"?? Time trial??
theyoungest said:Rolland was actually known to be a big climbing talent. Froome... maybe in the UK, but for anyone else he looked to be a good domestique in the making.
blackcat said:no, Froome in 2008 Queen Stage at TDF. he was with the front group over all passes.
This is indeed a natural progression had he been gifted the favoured son status of a national, say, a Bauke Mollema.
Does anyone raise an eyebrow at Porte.
Froome is much classier than Porte.
No one cares about Porte's lack of history.
theyoungest said:Rolland was actually known to be a big climbing talent. Froome... maybe in the UK, but for anyone else he looked to be a good domestique in the making.
mulletCobra said:I climbed the stairs in my house this morning, then TT'd a pot of coffee. Anyone who thinks I couldn't always climb or TT is ignorant.
Captain_Cavman said:His climbing and TT abilities seem to have taken Sky by surprise too.
Otherwise they'd have renewed his contract.
Jamsque said:Does the emergence of Froomey signify the beginning of the British Mafia on CN forums?
Captain_Cavman said:His climbing and TT abilities seem to have taken Sky by surprise too.
Otherwise they'd have renewed his contract.
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:you guys don't wanna get in a mafioso war with us.
el pickle found a broken wheel in his bed.
TeamSkyFans said:well no, as DB said in interview yesterday, hes always had the figures and the power, but has never been able to translate it onto the road for one reason or another.
Roche started out as a puncheur/srpinter.Zinoviev Letter said:Look, if Nicolas Roche spent a final climb on the front in a Grand Tour MTF stage and proceeded to ride the likes of Scarponi, JRod, Anton etc off his wheel then people would rightly regard that as surprising. And Roche has a climbing record orders of magnitude better than Froome.
And yet, Roche came 13th in the 2008 Vuelta, which is quite superior to anything Froome did in 2008-2009. Hell, Froome was 81st in that 2008 Tour. Last year Allan Davis was 26th on Cotobello and 39th at the Bola del Mundo, and no one's claiming he's potentially a great climber just because he had good form here and there.blackcat said:Roche started out as a puncheur/srpinter.
Roche's first good rides, well behind Froome in 08 Tour
boomcie said:Froome being this good ís al kinds of surprising according to my dictionary.
Hell no please . These organized crime syndicates are starting to take over the neighborhood!