bobbins said:The cortisone shots are working. Oh David you are so vain!
he is looking super thin
maybe he is the frenchman?
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bobbins said:The cortisone shots are working. Oh David you are so vain!
thehog said:Leadership will now default to Porte?
Super Voeckler said:
mrhender said:Seems to be a tough year for Froome
I don't really blame him:
-All the extra commercial duties/constant PR pressure which he is not used to
-Focus/publishing of everything he does/says -even his fianceé (someone should give better advice on this, or he doesn't listen)
-Internal problems/questions all year (regarding Wiggins)
-TUE case
-Rivals stepping up
-Crashes (Dauphine+Tour)
-Luitenant talking loud of own ambitions this Tour
-DS already looking ahead for a French TDF winner (maybe BS -I know)
The most serious problem he faces is that anything but a win will see him doomed.. No way SKY will support him for next year if he does not win the Tour IMO..
For me -His team (Brailsford) is to blame for most of it.
The relentless pursuit of beeing no 1 each year, combined with the marginal gains/we are clean PR stretegy and beeing british "newcomers" to the sport is just too much to bare for the front figure (hence the short "battery" time) - (Wiggins for exemple)
For a long time I have disliked Froome..
But the more I think about it, He is just a pawn in a bigger game..
Check- mate for Froome soon.. But SKY keeps going, just as the money flow does...
BroDeal said:Looks like a clear violation of the second rule of dope dealing: Don't get high on your own supply.
thehog said:You forgot...
x Dealing with Michele.
That's a lot work righty there.
mrhender said:Seems to be a tough year for Froome
I don't really blame him:
-All the extra commercial duties/constant PR pressure which he is not used to
-Focus/publishing of everything he does/says -even his fianceé (someone should give better advice on this, or he doesn't listen)
-Internal problems/questions all year (regarding Wiggins)
-TUE case
-Rivals stepping up
-Crashes (Dauphine+Tour)
-Luitenant talking loud of own ambitions this Tour
-DS already looking ahead for a French TDF winner (maybe BS -I know)
The most serious problem he faces is that anything but a win will see him doomed.. No way SKY will support him for next year if he does not win the Tour IMO..
For me -His team (Brailsford) is to blame for most of it.
The relentless pursuit of beeing no 1 each year, combined with the marginal gains/we are clean PR stretegy and beeing british "newcomers" to the sport is just too much to bare for the front figure (hence the short "battery" time) - (Wiggins for exemple)
For a long time I have disliked Froome..
But the more I think about it, He is just a pawn in a bigger game..
Check- mate for Froome soon.. But SKY keeps going, just as the money flow does...
thehog said:Also what's with the "ok intelligent, wearing hipster glasses" thing going on?
BroDeal said:Looks like a clear violation of the second rule of dope dealing: Don't get high on your own supply.
ScienceIsCool said:My guess is that Froome folds completely some time the end of the first week or beginning of the second week. I just don't see him as mentally tough, and all the negative attention is probably eating him up.
Remember when Armstrong, a guy who never crashed or had any type of tactical errors, all of a sudden found himself bloodied and unable to read/control the race? That was right when he was feeling the pressure too. I have a feeling we'll be something similar from Froome in a couple of weeks.
John Swanson
are you follow cath wiggins twitter account?thehog said:You forgot...
x Dealing with Michele.
That's a lot work righty there.
doperhopper said:Actually, how about Vroomie doomed already in 2014? Easy to produce some illness or little crash on cobbles and go home, then Little Ritchie steps in and goes full genius, and once in yellow on Champs Elyssees the press will come with a nice story about his french roots to fulfill Brailsfraud's prophecy.
ScienceIsCool said:Totally nailed it...
TheSpud said:Are we at the end of the first week or in the second yet?
Dear Wiggo said:Who cares? as long as you win the Internets eh?
Red Lobster said:Since when does Geraint Thomas climb so well? Maybe my bad but I didn't expect to see him riding so well on a stage like today's.
thehog said:I think of the Dawg starts to be on the outta at Sky it might lead him to take more drugs. Like a lot more.
Red Lobster said:Since when does Geraint Thomas climb so well? Maybe my bad but I didn't expect to see him riding so well on a stage like today's.
He is sitting second overall in the general classification heading into the second part of the Tour. Despite a two minute 23 second deficit to Vincenzo Nibali plus powerful performances from the Italian, he’s nowhere near limiting his ambitions to the runner-up slot.
“If you look at Alberto [Contador] crashing and things like this, I think the goal is to stay on your bike. With that comes hopefully a fight not just for the podium but for the jersey” he said in in the video interview below.
Catwhoorg said:He has shown it from time to time, but basically he started losing weight after the games in 2012 and with it the climbing has got better.