Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

[wendybnt]

Even dopers get tired after a previous GT win.

 

[Rollthedice]

Didn't Brailsfraud said after Froome destroyed everybody on PSM something that the other teams don't rest as they should on a rest day and that's why they were not good enough?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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I'm pretty sure it was a dodgy rest day blood bag. He crashed deliberately so that it wouldn't look suspicious.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cycling/34131887

BBC Sport's Matt Slater: "When you are trying to do something that only the greats have done, it is a good idea not to do something that usually only happens to dozy amateurs: crashing into a barrier, five minutes into the ride, whilst going uphill.

"Froome answered every question about his bike-handling and racing skills at the Tour de France, only to fluff an easy one he did not see coming on Wednesday.

suggests the BBC suspect Froome too.

 

[2008885]

How does it suggest that?? All it suggests is that his bike handling skills are a bit cr@p.

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Re: Re:

I'm pretty sure it was a dodgy rest day blood bag. He crashed deliberately so that it wouldn't look suspicious.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cycling/34131887

BBC Sport's Matt Slater: "When you are trying to do something that only the greats have done, it is a good idea not to do something that usually only happens to dozy amateurs: crashing into a barrier, five minutes into the ride, whilst going uphill.

"Froome answered every question about his bike-handling and racing skills at the Tour de France, only to fluff an easy one he did not see coming on Wednesday.

suggests the BBC suspect Froome too.

My guess is that Cookson told Froome to crash. He can't be seen to be too biased in favour of Sky after all.

 

[Semper Fidelis]

Had to be a bad "program" day.

Either that or they misplaced the super soft pillows that no one can get except team skies. Marginal Gains.

 

[StyrbjornSterki]

Maybe the Badzilla wore off.

 

[thehog]

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I'm pretty sure it was a dodgy rest day blood bag. He crashed deliberately so that it wouldn't look suspicious.

My understanding is Froome forgot to detach the bloodbag and was still hanging from his arm.

 

[Chipist]

Nah, sabotage, some other team put some Nutella in his breakfast.

 

[wendybnt]

The itv footage caught Froome taking drugs during the stage. He was hanging off a white convertible at the time

 

[chuckmicD]

Surely you jest about the bloodbag. And that BBC article is a little misleading...he crashed uphill but the pace was picking up and and it looked like a nervous moment.

 

[TommyGun]

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I'm pretty sure it was a dodgy rest day blood bag. He crashed deliberately so that it wouldn't look suspicious.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cycling/34131887

BBC Sport's Matt Slater: "When you are trying to do something that only the greats have done, it is a good idea not to do something that usually only happens to dozy amateurs: crashing into a barrier, five minutes into the ride, whilst going uphill.

"Froome answered every question about his bike-handling and racing skills at the Tour de France, only to fluff an easy one he did not see coming on Wednesday.

suggests the BBC suspect Froome too.

Unexpectedly poor bike handling skills are a sign of Tramadol abuse.

 

[markene2]

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The itv footage caught Froome taking drugs during the stage. He was hanging off a white convertible at the time

Probably just pain killers during the race, saw it too, but saw no mentionts of it on the forum before now.

 

[TommyGun]

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The itv footage caught Froome taking drugs during the stage. He was hanging off a white convertible at the time

Probably just pain killers during the race, saw it too, but saw no mentionts of it on the forum before now.

I remember someone mentioning it in the stage thread, I think.

 

[wendybnt]

Actually it was just me joking. It was pain-killer from the race doctor

 

[markene2]

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Actually it was just me joking. It was pain-killer from the race doctor

Nah, im talking about from the Sky car, not the race doctor.

 

[ferryman]

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Actually it was just me joking. It was pain-killer from the race doctor

Nah, im talking about from the Sky car, not the race doctor.

He was visited by the race doctor in the cool white car without treatment. 5 minutes later or so the driver of the Sky car handed him something, which he immediately swallowed. Could have been anything from a salt tablet to aspirin. It would not have been anything dodgy unless they really wanted to be caught on camera!

 

[42x16ss]

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Actually it was just me joking. It was pain-killer from the race doctor

Nah, im talking about from the Sky car, not the race doctor.

He was visited by the race doctor in the cool white car without treatment. 5 minutes later or so the driver of the Sky car handed him something, which he immediately swallowed. Could have been anything from a salt tablet to aspirin. It would not have been anything dodgy unless they really wanted to be caught on camera!

Most likely Paracetemol or Ibuprofen. Aspirin isn't always a good idea in certain circumstances

 

[Rollthedice]

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Actually it was just me joking. It was pain-killer from the race doctor

Nah, im talking about from the Sky car, not the race doctor.

He was visited by the race doctor in the cool white car without treatment. 5 minutes later or so the driver of the Sky car handed him something, which he immediately swallowed. Could have been anything from a salt tablet to aspirin. It would not have been anything dodgy unless they really wanted to be caught on camera!

Empty gelatin capsules from a pharmacy in Durban, recommended by his Barloworld mate.

 

[ferryman]

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Actually it was just me joking. It was pain-killer from the race doctor

Nah, im talking about from the Sky car, not the race doctor.

He was visited by the race doctor in the cool white car without treatment. 5 minutes later or so the driver of the Sky car handed him something, which he immediately swallowed. Could have been anything from a salt tablet to aspirin. It would not have been anything dodgy unless they really wanted to be caught on camera!

Most likely Paracetemol or Ibuprofen. Aspirin isn't always a good idea in certain circumstances

Aye, but I'm old school, aspirin is aspirin

 

[dottigirl]

Chris Froome ‏@chrisfroome
Knocked sideways into a barrier & stone wall today. Further scans in the morning but start unlikely as I can’t walk without crutches #LV2015


Knocked by what or whom, I wonder?

(I'd ignore what the BBC write nowadays - the standards are plummeting and they're more tabloidesque than anything. And increasingly wrong.)

 

[Electress]

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Chris Froome ‏@chrisfroome
Knocked sideways into a barrier & stone wall today. Further scans in the morning but start unlikely as I can’t walk without crutches #LV2015


Knocked by what or whom, I wonder?

(I'd ignore what the BBC write nowadays - the standards are plummeting and they're more tabloidesque than anything. And increasingly wrong.)

Is there any actual footage of the crash, because Ive not once heard mention of anyone else involved ?

 

[oldcrank]

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Chris Froome ‏@chrisfroome
Knocked sideways into a barrier & stone wall today. Further scans in the morning but start unlikely as I can’t walk without crutches #LV2015


Knocked by what or whom, I wonder?

(I'd ignore what the BBC write nowadays - the standards are plummeting and they're more tabloidesque than anything. And increasingly wrong.)

Is there any actual footage of the crash, because Ive not once heard mention of anyone else involved ?

That would be because Froomey is a little classier than the Shark of Messina.

 

[42x16ss]

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Chris Froome ‏@chrisfroome
Knocked sideways into a barrier & stone wall today. Further scans in the morning but start unlikely as I can’t walk without crutches #LV2015


Knocked by what or whom, I wonder?

(I'd ignore what the BBC write nowadays - the standards are plummeting and they're more tabloidesque than anything. And increasingly wrong.)

Is there any actual footage of the crash, because Ive not once heard mention of anyone else involved ?

I only saw footage of Froome getting back up. It could have been anything, someone not pointing out a pothole/obstacle, a touch of brakes or wheels, the wet road, a bottle bouncing out of a cage, or even Froome staring at his stem in a crowded bunch.

 

[heart_attack_man]

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or even Froome staring at his stem in a crowded bunch.

- Winner, winner - chicken dinner!