pastronef said:
luckily the pro-cycling peloton is not twitter or the Clinic. a few riders and directeurs sportifs talked against Froome decision to ride, fair, I also would have preferred he trained at home.
but "all the anger" is on here, on the web, some fan on the road dressed as a ventolin puffer. and some strong newspapers articles.
pro-riders pedal and put their head down, and the peloton cant afford to be so vocal against one of its members. Fuglsang, as an example, explained he understood more about Froome´s situation after talking with him (people will say Fuglsang is a kunt or lying or whatever)
fans on the road luckily are the biggest part of people following. we on here and twitter are maybe the 1%, so our anger or support matters to us, not much out there.
Because there have been actual surveys that show only a few people are angry at Froome. And I expect you will post a link to one. One that doesn’t immediately broadcast its bias with the word “luckily”, or imply that one rider’s talking to Froome is proof of widespread acceptance, whereas literally dozens of people speaking out in the media—including one rider who claimed that most of the peloton is in fact opposed to what Froome is doing--are “maybe the 1%”.
and above all the climate and the anger towards him in the peloton has to be unbearable, look at how Bettiol refused to talk with him
Because you never, ever, ever talk to someone if you’re angry at him. Proof of communication is proof that no anger exists. Moreover, if one rider is not angry, it follows for certain that no other rider is. Just as that huge crowd cheering Trump in PA proves that only a handful of Americans--"maybe the 1%"--don’t like him.
fmk_RoI said:
Conclusion? he's getting more rubbish each year...in a couple of years, he won't even register.
Actually, the chances are very good he won’t register next spring.
ScienceIsCool said:
Now plot that against number of days racing... Black and white all of a sudden become more recognizable.
Might be time to start plotting TT speeds again, John. Let’s see what he does today.
Meanwhile, another stellar stage for Froome, another four minutes down, and did his part for road carnage:
A replay shows that Jensen came down after touching shoulders with Chris Froome