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SundayRider said:Is that video really Froome? When was it?
deeno1975 said:Not at all, that video has been doing the rounds for years... not sure who that actually was... but what a way to get famous.
SundayRider said:Is that video really Froome? When was it?
thehog said:It's not the Dawg. He has his own infamous highlight reel. The one of Froome crashing into official off the time trial ramp is a personal favourite!
And of course pushing Greg Henderson
RownhamHill said:No, I agree. I think most people are saying he wasn't doping before his transformation, but that he started doping in order to transform - as witnessed by his progression from the tour of poland to Vuelta in 2011, right?
But within that suggestion there is the added suggestion that he has managed to transform in such a startling fashion without tripping any drugs tests is because he has been receiving protection from the UCI. So one extension of that theory is the protection must have started at the same time as the drugs? Unless he doped for the year and a half it took him to wrest Sky leadership from Wiggins, at which point the 'protection as captain' kicked in.
thehog said:
genek12 said:Here is a fitting article marking 4 years and arguably two tour wins since it was published. Frooome is the biggest fraud and I will never accept him has anything more then a D grade professional.
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/froome-disqualified-from-giro-ditalia-60517
Froome helped Henderson by pulling in the first part of the stage yesterday to Brescia. He finished the day 104th in the overall classification.
the sceptic said:So this is where the infamous picture is from?
that foto does seem to confirm froome's knee issue.pastronef said:mmm, no, IIRC that must be during some of the early flat stages, a stage won by Farrar
after a quick research: it was stage 10. won by Farrar with a great leadout by Julian Dean (the good ol' times)
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-ditalia-2010/stage-10/photos/121711
DirtyWorks said:I don't know what is served trying to formulate some logic and imagining specifics we don't know.
thehog said:He was all class in his sandshoes.
genek12 said:Here is a fitting article marking 4 years and arguably two tour wins since it was published. Frooome is the biggest fraud and I will never accept him has anything more then a D grade professional.
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/froome-disqualified-from-giro-ditalia-60517
BYOP88 said:Love that picture, who knew that within several years from that happening he'd be in the top 4 ITT'ers.
I also wonder how much of that era, will be in Froome's book.
thehog said:I hope Walsh going into this part of his career telling us because he was wearing sandals he pulled his foot and crashed.
And Walsh has to interview Henderson asking what it was like to be pushed by a Tour champion.
SundayRider said:And the motor bike rider than he held onto the back of. Also the organiser of the Atomic Jock Race.
SundayRider said:Back then his goal was to finish a GT, how times change.
Chris Froome Interview: “I've been able to climb in the front group quite often this season”
While Carlos Sastre and Fränk Schleck out-foxed Cadel Evans on the Alpe d'Huez, Froome learnt the tricks of the trade.
"One moment, during the Alpe d'Huez stage, Corti called me back to the car to get more gels. I said, 'No, no. I am fine.' I just had one gel in my pocket. About four kilometres into Alpe d'Huez I blew completely and lost a hell of a lot of time. That hit home how important energy is, that showed me a lesson. He said, 'Why did you not come back? You needed about 10 gels, not one!'"
In last year’s Tour of Italy, stage 14 (cyclingnews report), Froome attacked his breakaway companions on a long climb and rode away with eventual stage winner and now Team Sky teammate Simon Gerrans. He did not succeed in winning the stage but the experience of racing through a wall of sound as he made his move on the climb certainly excited him. Will he be trying again for a stage victory if he rides the 2010 Giro?
“My role will depend a lot on what the team decide to go for” he replied. “If we have some one up there for GC, my role will be different to last year and it will be everything for the guy on GC. Personally, it would be good to have another go in a break again and see if I can come closer to winning a stage but I think the key this year is to make small gains in my racing and if I can improve slowly each part of my riding, then I’d be happy.”
the sceptic said:Its funny to google search the dawg up until the 2011 vuelta. You can find gold like this:
this one is funny too
Dawg seems to be a slow learner.
And of course, his most famous moment:
thehog said:and a plot of google maps when he climbed San Luca behind renowned climber Simon Gerrans.
Afrank said:Someone needs to go paint that on the road of the climb and call it..."Froome's path: The Path to Greatness"