The Climb (Froome's first autobiography)

[ScienceIsCool]

Wow. The guy has absolutely no respect. No respect for his team, his rivals, his sponsors. Nobody. He is a one-man show and he wants you to know it. He might actually have as many issues as Mr. Armstrong.

John Swanson

 

[thehog]

Wow. The guy has absolutely no respect. No respect for his team, his rivals, his sponsors. Nobody. He is a one-man show and he wants you to know it. He might actually have as many issues as Mr. Armstrong.

John Swanson

Apparently the Tour was easy... didn't ride that hard...

 

[armchairclimber]

This isn't so much character assassination as character suicide

 

[Franklin]

Again... we can assume he did proofread this (probably with Michelle????) and yet he gave it the thumbs up... amazing.

This isn't so much character assassination as character suicide

LMAO

 

[elduggo]

Anyway we can add Basso to the list of pros who think Froome is clean. Not that he has said so but Froome thinks Basso thinks he's clean.

does anyone fully know the rules of the Omerta? Like, riders aren't allowed tell anyone outside of their fellow pros about what goes on, but is it acceptable to approach someone on another team and ask them, 'so what pharmaceuticals are you guys taking this year?'. Or, is it as I'd expect, you ask them what recovery drinks they're taking in the hope that they spill all?

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

Apparently the Tour was easy... didn't ride that hard...

You need to make a compilation of these once you're done.

 

[Vino's Mum]

That it is...

Sugar Ray Froomey is just too funny.


Had to find the climb to Peyragudes again for some one-handed panache...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo9lgORl_zA

Apologies, that clip seems to have been recorded on a toaster, but it had the best title.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

I wanted to know what my potential was. I wanted to go as hard as I could in the mountains till I blew!

Isn't this exactly the problem he had previously, which was used to explain away his complete lack of success?

 

[JRanton]

This is priceless.....

That's brilliant.

 

[JRanton]

So Sky's training program, which apparently burned out like 75% of the team last season, was still too soft for Froome and Porte and they regularly trained harder/longer than they were supposed to. And they were perfectly fine.

Makes you wonder how they recovered from the training but then Tyler helpfully explained how this is all done in his book so we know.

 

[Parrulo]

Sugar Ray Froomey is just too funny.


Had to find the climb to Peyragudes again for some one-handed panache...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo9lgORl_zA

Apologies, that clip seems to have been recorded on a toaster, but it had the best title.

Proper link to the whole Peyragudes stage in good quality:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDo9Xk93sIw

 

[thehog]

You need to make a compilation of these once you're done.

66 is the number of the beast.

 

[thehog]

So, apparently his racing weight is 66kg and he averaged 459 watts up the Madone. That's 6.95 W/Kg for 30 min, seems legit.

66kg it is.

 

[jens_attacks]

but people told me he was at 69 like riis lol
more like 64-65 in the tour after one week and a half

 

[wattage]

Most awesome thread ever. Will Froome bring his sand shoes to the tour TT?

 

[thehog]

Most awesome thread ever. Will Froome bring his sand shoes to the tour TT?

I'm getting this t-shirt made up for the Tour

 

[LaFlorecita]

I'm getting this t-shirt made up for the Tour

Genius!!

 

[thehog]

Genius!!

The sandshoe is trademarked by the Dawg

 

[armchairclimber]

I'm getting this t-shirt made up for the Tour

I think this may be your finest ever moment Hog.

 

[Rollthedice]

Thanks thehog. Fantastic stuff.

 

[keeponrollin]

I keep on thinking of that episode of Friends, ( odd I know ), where Joey is at the high point of his career as a crap actor, now earning real money in a Soap opera, & he does an interview, & takes credit for writing his own lines. His career takes a sharp left turn when the actual writers see the interview

I think we're all wondering the same thing... what the fup are the actual decision makers, the trainers, dieticians etc, thinking about Dawg taking all the credit ?

The second thing I wondering, is how can someone as pipe-cleaner thin as Froome support such a big head ?

Even the caption is prophetic !

 

[DirtyWorks]

So Sky's training program, which apparently burned out like 75% of the team last season, was still too soft for Froome and Porte and they regularly trained harder/longer than they were supposed to. And they were perfectly fine.

Sure. Larger artery or something. You didn't know? Ed Coyle tested them both when they weren't getting tested by Sky. You sum things up nicely.

I'm not sure how anyone can think Froome isn't doping because this book absolutely confirms it. I may have to actually buy this one.

This sport just doesn't stop giving.

 

[SundayRider]

The stuff in this book, you could not make it up!

 

[Benotti69]

The stuff in this book, you could not make it up!

But it appears Froome and Walsh have made large parts of it up.

 

[DirtyWorks]

Apparently the Tour was easy... didn't ride that hard...

At least it confirms my opinion about that race. Sky dragged the peloton around for hours. Which, is totally, you know, normal. It happens all the time. Why, just last.... Oh, well maybe at .... Hmmm. I'll find another one like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGpW-88VioQ


It was a terrible race strategy! Did they just expect the others to just give them the race?