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Bronstein said:
Catwhoorg said:Bronstein said:PremierAndrew said:Valv.Piti said:Wait, Sky basically rated him as their worst rider?
Fwiw, when Sky were starting up with their aim of producing a British Tour winner within 5 years, they were looking at two riders: Froome and Thomas. Then Wiggins had his Tour in 09 and all the plans changed. It's a shame that Froome's become too common to search the forum history on here, because until recently, you could see posts before the 2011 Vuelta from multiple forumers who seemed very excited about Froome. Ok, not as a potential 4 time Tour winner and the dominant stage racer of his era, but it definitely looked like people expected him to be a challenger for top 5s in major stage races.
Not denying that he's 99% likely to have doped to get where he is right now, but the image of Froome as a talentless kid who cheated his way to the top is also ridiculous
Do you have a source for this?
Kennaugh was the one normally thought of with the comment IIRC
thehog said:Bronstein said:
This is f.hilarious. Last week Rick James was in here telling us Brailsford didn’t need the pawn off Froome. Now we find out Brailsford was prostituting Froome to anyone he could find.
And then, if by magic...........
Froome finishes 2nd in the Vuelta by going full ***. What are the chances?
PremierAndrew said:thehog said:Bronstein said:
This is f.hilarious. Last week Rick James was in here telling us Brailsford didn’t need the pawn off Froome. Now we find out Brailsford was prostituting Froome to anyone he could find.
And then, if by magic...........
Froome finishes 2nd in the Vuelta by going full ***. What are the chances?
Did Froome perform like that clean? Aw hell naw
Did Froome do anything that Cobo didn't? Aw hell naw
BullsFan22 said:Chris Froome believes in clean cycling. So does Alexander Vinokurov.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXsLF9PgtfB/?hl=en&taken-by=alexandrvinokurov
bigcog said:BullsFan22 said:Chris Froome believes in clean cycling. So does Alexander Vinokurov.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXsLF9PgtfB/?hl=en&taken-by=alexandrvinokurov
Presumably it also applies to all the other riders that went there ? Or are they given a pass ?
bigcog said:BullsFan22 said:Chris Froome believes in clean cycling. So does Alexander Vinokurov.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXsLF9PgtfB/?hl=en&taken-by=alexandrvinokurov
Presumably it also applies to all the other riders that went there ? Or are they given a pass ?
pastronef said:bigcog said:BullsFan22 said:Chris Froome believes in clean cycling. So does Alexander Vinokurov.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXsLF9PgtfB/?hl=en&taken-by=alexandrvinokurov
Presumably it also applies to all the other riders that went there ? Or are they given a pass ?
nah, they are given a pass. Landa, Aru, Quintana who were there are given a pass, no problem
bigcog said:BullsFan22 said:Chris Froome believes in clean cycling. So does Alexander Vinokurov.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXsLF9PgtfB/?hl=en&taken-by=alexandrvinokurov
Presumably it also applies to all the other riders that went there ? Or are they given a pass ?
bigcog said:BullsFan22 said:Chris Froome believes in clean cycling. So does Alexander Vinokurov.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXsLF9PgtfB/?hl=en&taken-by=alexandrvinokurov
Presumably it also applies to all the other riders that went there ? Or are they given a pass ?
LOL.gillan1969 said:From those riders, I think its only Froome that works with Ellingworth, the man who rips out book pages when dopers are included....
he'll be sooooo disappointed with our hapless hero.....
gillan1969 said:bigcog said:BullsFan22 said:Chris Froome believes in clean cycling. So does Alexander Vinokurov.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXsLF9PgtfB/?hl=en&taken-by=alexandrvinokurov
Presumably it also applies to all the other riders that went there ? Or are they given a pass ?
From those riders, I think its only Froome that works with Ellingworth, the man who rips out book pages when dopers are included....
he'll be sooooo disappointed with our hapless hero.....
Benotti69 said:pastronef said:bigcog said:BullsFan22 said:Chris Froome believes in clean cycling. So does Alexander Vinokurov.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXsLF9PgtfB/?hl=en&taken-by=alexandrvinokurov
Presumably it also applies to all the other riders that went there ? Or are they given a pass ?
nah, they are given a pass. Landa, Aru, Quintana who were there are given a pass, no problem
Yeah, sure, y'all know that everyone knows Landa, Aru and Quintana are cleans
pastronef said:bigcog said:BullsFan22 said:Chris Froome believes in clean cycling. So does Alexander Vinokurov.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXsLF9PgtfB/?hl=en&taken-by=alexandrvinokurov
Presumably it also applies to all the other riders that went there ? Or are they given a pass ?
nah, they are given a pass. Landa, Aru, Quintana who were there are given a pass, no problem
Didn't have a mechanical today, you do know that right?Ariane said:The amount of 'mechanicals' Frome gets before a climb is getting ridiculous is it not?
Sorry -heard that hé did!rick james said:Didn't have a mechanical today, you do know that right?Ariane said:The amount of 'mechanicals' Frome gets before a climb is getting ridiculous is it not?
Ariane said:Sorry -heard that hé did!rick james said:Didn't have a mechanical today, you do know that right?Ariane said:The amount of 'mechanicals' Frome gets before a climb is getting ridiculous is it not?
Cycle Chic said:he is looking worried though when he isnt dropping his rivals. Sh*t his pants when Chavez was up his back wheel the other stage.
Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't just climb off there and then and call it a day.Cycle Chic said:he is looking worried though when he isnt dropping his rivals. Sh*t his pants when Chavez was up his back wheel the other stage.