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I hope Froome, but probably Wiggins
I'd laugh my a@%#@#% off if wiggins cracks in the pyrenees and Froome motors away from the rest and wins the Tour
I'd laugh my a@%#@#% off if wiggins cracks in the pyrenees and Froome motors away from the rest and wins the Tour
Forunculo said:There is HOPE
Girlfriend of Froome
Froome be a good man and listen the wise word of your girl. She loves you unlike Wiggo
I love it when the WAGS get involved! Stick them on the bikes for a post race showdown! If my girlfriend said something about my employers like this in public I myself wouldn't be too happy with her. They pay his wages after all.
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Danilot said:
Froome is better than Wiggins, that's the only rule in cycling.
Apparently Sky also have a pro wrestling coach in their team...
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http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/kenya/
GOT LIONS AND TIGERS ONLY IN KENYA
Kenya believe it?
Froome is going to crush
GOT LIONS AND TIGERS ONLY IN KENYA
Kenya believe it?
Froome is going to crush
For TV viewers maybe, but not for teams and their riders.El Pistolero said:
Sky pays Froome very handsome money to do his job. So even if his job is something totally ridiculous like trying to help Christian Knees win the Tour, he must do it.
If he doesn't like his job, then he should resign and find himself another team, just like any other employee who doesn't like his present job. Simple.
If any of you are twitter users and want a laugh...go check out those tweets and see who else gets involved! It's quite amusing
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Today was a pretty baffling day on the La Toussuire. Team Sky played their cards perfectly but it nearly all came apart. Chris Froome looked to be weakening at around 8kms to go and seemed to be struggling and that meant Wiggins had to take up the work on the front, but then Froome came back and started raising the tempo again he subsequently dropped Evans and Frank Schleck and brought Wiggins up to Nibali and VDB.
Yet then Froome seemed to accelerate and attack out of the bunch and then continue riding on the front, VDB and Nibbles could react but Wiggins who struggles to react to such accelerations was left struggling. Froome seemed to be oblivious to his floundering team leader and after frantic consultation with his team radio he dropped back to Wiggins and then continued setting a more sedate pace which Wiggins was more comfortable with.
Additionally inside the last Km Froome once again accelerated taking Thibaut Pinot with him and going for the 2nd on the stage which he narrowly lost out to Pinot, the main point is, is that he seemed to be totally disregarding his leader-Wiggins- there.
Unfortunately in today's day and age the riders can not do what Stephen Roche did to win his Giro d'italia or something similar such as an Aitor Gonzalez because Sky are a far too regimented team and he would be subjected to heavy criticisim from Sky who have a responsibilty to Wiggins that they help attain the Tour if he is likely to win it and they will surely not renege on that if Froome take matters into his own hands. Additionally he has constantly reassured the media that his goal is not to win the Tour and indeed it is not something which he is truly considering but rather to assist Wiggins and maybe go in search of Tour triumphs in later years. Yet such statements are very likely the result of Sky's pressure on him to put on a good and harmonious front for the media. Of course Froome wants to win the Tour as any rider does and I am sure he is aggravated that he can not win it when he must believe that he has the capability to do so. The question I have is how aggravated is he really? Was today an indication of that?
Were these acceleration Froome's way of saying enough is enough and that he has more left in his legs and Wiggins and is the better bet for Sky to place their money on? Or was it just an oversight as Sky will surely claim? Was Froome sandbagging when he dropped off or was he merely taking a break in order to carry on setting the tempo?
Froome certainly seemed to have more in his legs than Wiggins and would now seem to be the more logical bet for Sky, but Sky have declared Wiggins the leader of their Tour squad since they started out and to revert to a rider who is still behind Wiggins and who is supposedly helping Wiggins would be embarassing and infuriating for Wiggins and in some ways Wiggins who is more experienced and who has the better TT can be considered a better punt.
All I pray for is that Sky big up and truly give their squad the best chance of winnig by allowing the strongest rider to win. The heartbreak of last year's Vuelta was truly aggravating when it was clear that Sky were making a mistake when making Froome work for Wiggins and a repeat of that would be ridiculously thickheaded to be blunt.
When if ever will Sky transfer the leadership? If it comes to it that the others- Nibali and VDB attack and Wiggins cant follow will they bring Froome back as they did today or will they allow Froome to ride on and seize the yellow jersey for himself, similar to how he rode on on the Angliru when Bradley Wiggins cracked. The main problem I see is that it doesnt seem like any of the contenders unlike Cobo last year are strong enough to really crack Wiggins and so I am afraid we may see Froome continuing to ride in support of Wiggins as Wiggins wont crack.
That leaves the question of can Froome then take enough time of Wiggins to seize the yellow jersey in the Stage 19 TT, it is certainly possible but unlikely considering Wiggins superiority in the Besancon TT, whilst Froome seems to going strong in the TT he will need to take probably around a minute or even more in that TT and that would mean reversing the decifit of that TT and then attaining a big lead. It is possibly but unlikely considering that Wiggins is riding as one of the best TTs in the world at the moment, however Froome may have more in his legs come that TT as he seems to be generally stronger than Wiggins and of course the final TT is generally based a lot about the recovery of the riders so it may be closer than it originally seems.
Can Froome take time in the mountains over Wiggins? I doubt it unless Sky alter their hierarchial structure and in the most likely scenario he will be limited to picking off the 2 seconds at the end of the mountain stages (effectively only Stage 17) as he accelerates from Wiggins in the final couple of metres as he did on PDBF and on today's stage.
However it will turn out though Sky are looking ominously close to fulfilling Brailsford's pledge over which so many fans of the sport including myself mocked him, we are not laughing anymore though and for good reason.
Yet then Froome seemed to accelerate and attack out of the bunch and then continue riding on the front, VDB and Nibbles could react but Wiggins who struggles to react to such accelerations was left struggling. Froome seemed to be oblivious to his floundering team leader and after frantic consultation with his team radio he dropped back to Wiggins and then continued setting a more sedate pace which Wiggins was more comfortable with.
Additionally inside the last Km Froome once again accelerated taking Thibaut Pinot with him and going for the 2nd on the stage which he narrowly lost out to Pinot, the main point is, is that he seemed to be totally disregarding his leader-Wiggins- there.
Unfortunately in today's day and age the riders can not do what Stephen Roche did to win his Giro d'italia or something similar such as an Aitor Gonzalez because Sky are a far too regimented team and he would be subjected to heavy criticisim from Sky who have a responsibilty to Wiggins that they help attain the Tour if he is likely to win it and they will surely not renege on that if Froome take matters into his own hands. Additionally he has constantly reassured the media that his goal is not to win the Tour and indeed it is not something which he is truly considering but rather to assist Wiggins and maybe go in search of Tour triumphs in later years. Yet such statements are very likely the result of Sky's pressure on him to put on a good and harmonious front for the media. Of course Froome wants to win the Tour as any rider does and I am sure he is aggravated that he can not win it when he must believe that he has the capability to do so. The question I have is how aggravated is he really? Was today an indication of that?
Were these acceleration Froome's way of saying enough is enough and that he has more left in his legs and Wiggins and is the better bet for Sky to place their money on? Or was it just an oversight as Sky will surely claim? Was Froome sandbagging when he dropped off or was he merely taking a break in order to carry on setting the tempo?
Froome certainly seemed to have more in his legs than Wiggins and would now seem to be the more logical bet for Sky, but Sky have declared Wiggins the leader of their Tour squad since they started out and to revert to a rider who is still behind Wiggins and who is supposedly helping Wiggins would be embarassing and infuriating for Wiggins and in some ways Wiggins who is more experienced and who has the better TT can be considered a better punt.
All I pray for is that Sky big up and truly give their squad the best chance of winnig by allowing the strongest rider to win. The heartbreak of last year's Vuelta was truly aggravating when it was clear that Sky were making a mistake when making Froome work for Wiggins and a repeat of that would be ridiculously thickheaded to be blunt.
When if ever will Sky transfer the leadership? If it comes to it that the others- Nibali and VDB attack and Wiggins cant follow will they bring Froome back as they did today or will they allow Froome to ride on and seize the yellow jersey for himself, similar to how he rode on on the Angliru when Bradley Wiggins cracked. The main problem I see is that it doesnt seem like any of the contenders unlike Cobo last year are strong enough to really crack Wiggins and so I am afraid we may see Froome continuing to ride in support of Wiggins as Wiggins wont crack.
That leaves the question of can Froome then take enough time of Wiggins to seize the yellow jersey in the Stage 19 TT, it is certainly possible but unlikely considering Wiggins superiority in the Besancon TT, whilst Froome seems to going strong in the TT he will need to take probably around a minute or even more in that TT and that would mean reversing the decifit of that TT and then attaining a big lead. It is possibly but unlikely considering that Wiggins is riding as one of the best TTs in the world at the moment, however Froome may have more in his legs come that TT as he seems to be generally stronger than Wiggins and of course the final TT is generally based a lot about the recovery of the riders so it may be closer than it originally seems.
Can Froome take time in the mountains over Wiggins? I doubt it unless Sky alter their hierarchial structure and in the most likely scenario he will be limited to picking off the 2 seconds at the end of the mountain stages (effectively only Stage 17) as he accelerates from Wiggins in the final couple of metres as he did on PDBF and on today's stage.
However it will turn out though Sky are looking ominously close to fulfilling Brailsford's pledge over which so many fans of the sport including myself mocked him, we are not laughing anymore though and for good reason.
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The way I see it Froome had the legs, Wiggins was capable of not losing too much time to Nibbles. As both were putting time into Evans Froome decided to strong it out. Wiggins held him back probably because he couldnt keep that pace plus Froome would have got to close to him in time in the GC. Big shame for Froome. Wiggins tweet on the surface looks like he's praising Froome, but after Mrs Wiggins Tweets, I think he has followed her and actually used it as a hidden little sarcastic attack.
But at the end of the day Froome is the domestique...
But at the end of the day Froome is the domestique...
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Froome was disappointed and despite him not saying so directly its clear that he felt as if he should have continued the attack. He doesnt rule out that he might regret stopping the attack after his carrer
http://translate.google.com/transla...uk%C3%B8ret-froome-er-her-hj%C3%A6lpe-bradley
http://translate.google.com/transla...uk%C3%B8ret-froome-er-her-hj%C3%A6lpe-bradley
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cineteq said:
That's who I wish for as well.
On topic, I dont root for Sky, but I would hope for Froome, because then that would mean something interesting actually happened.
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It would be different if Froome hadnt punctured but in the cold light of day, Froome is down 2 minutes on Wiggins. Wiggins started tour as team leader, and is leading. He looks strong too. The mountain stages are running out and you have The TT where Wiggins will put time into all again. Froome has time on his side, he has years left.
hmmm.
In interview Wiggins says DS said (in the earpiece) "Slow" to Froome.
Then a minute later Wiggins was asked by interviewer something like "what was the order?" Wiggins answer....
My earpiece had fallen out, I dont know.
sounds like BS!
In interview Wiggins says DS said (in the earpiece) "Slow" to Froome.
Then a minute later Wiggins was asked by interviewer something like "what was the order?" Wiggins answer....
My earpiece had fallen out, I dont know.
sounds like BS!
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