The Climb (Froome's first autobiography)

[hfer07]

To be honest- Froome has just dug up his grave....

does he think he's invincible? does he think the people he's badmouthing won't come back biting? is he aware of what happened to LA & how similar his attitude is to his? does he think his "peak" is going to last another 5 years? does he think his reign & permanence at SKY is granted until he retires?

 

[Afrank]

I think this is my new favorite thread! This stuff is just great.

I sincerely hope Froome realizes just how much ammo he's just handed anyone skeptical of him by publishing this book.

 

[thehog]

The biggest disappointment in the book is there's no chapter on the Anatomic Jock Race!

Not even a mention

and then there's this...

....that's all you get on Leinders.

 

[Granville57]

This is just too much.

In just one day this thread goes from 21 pages to 37. How am I supposed to keep up with this?

I've got a few points to make, but I should start with this one...

Of course what you and Granville failed to realise was they related to to completely different events.

Here are those two quotes again:

"I was with Shane Sutton on the beach road in Melbourne during the time trial..."

"Back at the Team Sky hotel in Embrun, Brailsford slept through most of the time trial..."

Melbourne is in Australia and hosted the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Embrun is in France and hosted the final time trial of the 2013 Tour de France.

It seems that in being caught up in the general hilarity of these events I may have missed the full context of the original quote. But that still doesn't explain the discrepancy.

Does this quote, that is attributed to Shane Sutton:

You're not going to believe this. Some bloke's turned up in sand shoes, jumped on his bike, and look what he has done?

Sound like something he would say to Brailsford who claims that he was...

on the beach road in Melbourne during the time trial. Chris rode past, and Shane said, "blah blah blah...sand shoes"

The first quote clearly sounds like an after-the-fact appraisal of things.
The second, of a shared experience in real time.

So I ask again, Did Brailsford witness this fictitious "sand shoe trial" or not?

 

[Dear Wiggo]

The most plausible explanation of The Transformation I've seen is the following. No idea if it's true:

A string of coincidental badzhilla bouts spanning many years prevented him from realising his full potential in races, all while he was crushing it up the Madone in training. There was no transformation, it's just that the badzhilla finally went away (it may however reemerge if and when that is convenient)

In a word: no.

Bilzharia is a worm, that does not hatch in the human body. It is not a magical blood eating, rainbow frosted cupcake pooping unicorn that disappears and reappears on cue.

Sorry you invent miracles.

 

[Granville57]

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

Didn't you hear?

Oh, and Chris wasn't that tired after the 2012 Tour.

[Edit]
That's weird. It appears that "Michelle" has deleted all of her original posts.
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/member.php?u=42504

 

[sittingbison]

Granville what's more important is the deliberate implication that Dawg was a no name country bumpkin. Yet Dawg is warming up ....with cycling shoes... on a Time Trial bike,...with arm rests, and disc wheel.

Not quite a bumpkin..... Despite the shoes being on the wrong feet lol

 

[sittingbison]

Lol mish_c only friend was banninated... By moi Hehe

 

[Granville57]

It would appear that Chris & Michelle are the perfect couple after all.

Two arrogant, loud-mouth trolls with no humility whatsoever. People were wondering how or why Froome would allow her to continue her Twitter tirades against the world? Well, it seems she is the perfect mouthpiece for him. With all that late-night texting between the two, perhaps it's a collaborative effort? How romantic.

With all the success he's had, with all the money he has made (for riding a bicycle), and with all the money his is yet to make, they both come off as spoiled little brats with nothing but complaints about their lot in life.

Just wait. They are going to find that life on the flip side will not be so pleasant with all the bridge burning that is taking place. When the victories are no longer there, when the next miracle rider appears, these two will likely find many a closed door and not too many cards at xmas time.

I hope it's fun while it lasts.

 

[Granville57]

To me, this speaks volumes.

We can’t train though. Otherwise they’ll see we’ve been training. So, we have found a way to get past our power meters. If we are supposed to do an hour, we’ll probably do an hour and a half on the power meter, then disable it so it switches off and only shows that we’ve done and hour and a half.
Meanwhile, the two of us will go on and do more training. We might carry on and do another four hours. Afterwards, we’ll make sure that have our stories straight when talking to Tim: “Oh, today we only did a recovery coffee ride.’”

This is perfectly consistent with what we already know about Froome's willingness to bend the truth as it suits him. I can't wait for his next book:

Lies, concealment and deceipt: Doing it the Chris Froome way.

 

[doperhopper]

The biggest disappointment in the book is there's no chapter on the Anatomic Jock Race!

Not even a mention

and then there's this...

....that's all you get on Leinders.

"know nothing" - new paradigm of clean cycling (maybe even the secret of secrets of all marginal gains)

 

[sniper]

Writing an autobiography at age 30 is stupid PR period.
but if you do it, then criticizing teammates is quite standard procedure for sports autobiographies. Its not gonna sell if it doesnt stirr things up a bit, if it doesnt create controversy. I dont think froome/wals did anything outof the ordinary there.

yes its laughable, but his dissing of brad and greg is not unsurprising.
what else was he voing to say? Nice lads, i love them!
that,s not selling,

 

[frenchfry]

This is priceless.....

Learning to put on his rain jacket.

Marginal gains.

 

[frenchfry]

It would appear that Walsh has written Froome with the arrogance of Armstrong and the personality and IQ of a wet paper bag. Thanks for sharing and the comments are good fun, as one or two have said I won't be watching the Tour....but hope Alberto has been using all the time in coffee shop thinking of ways to spank Froome 8 ways from Sunday.

Is it possible that Walsh has finally realised the truth and this is just his way at getting back at the Dawg for the deception?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Writing an autobiography at age 30 is stupid PR period.
but if you do it, then criticizing teammates is quite standard procedure for sports autobiographies. Its not gonna sell if it doesnt stirr things up a bit, if it doesnt create controversy. I dont think froome/wals did anything outof the ordinary there.

yes its laughable, but his dissing of brad and greg is not unsurprising.
what else was he voing to say? Nice lads, i love them!
that,s not selling,

If the objective is to sell books and make money, issuing a "bio" at this time is perfect.

Does Froome have a story to tell "hardcore" fans? I doubt it. But the broader sports fans might find the stuff interesting. Dunno.

 

[pastronef]

well, I think Lotto-Belisol will be hitting the cobble secteurs very hard, come July 9. that stage will be total war. no prisoners taken. for many many reasons.

 

[msjett]

Is it possible that Walsh has finally realised the truth and this is just his way at getting back at the Dawg for the deception?

I don't know if bad writing is a good way to get back at the subject of your book??

IMO for what its worth, I am not sure whether Walsh see's the possible deception from Froome and/or Sky. The book so far sounds rushed and what has been pointed out in this thread there are quite a few inaccuracies.

 

[Digger]

I don't know if bad writing is a good way to get back at the subject of your book??

IMO for what its worth, I am not sure whether Walsh see's the possible deception from Froome and/or Sky. The book so far sounds rushed and what has been pointed out in this thread there are quite a few inaccuracies.

Seven Deadly Sin rushed for Xmas...by his own admittance,

Sky book rushed for Xmas - the factual inaccuracies were a joke,

This rushed for the Tour - couldn't even fact check a photo (the sand shoes story)



And by the way, writing an autobiography in five months is not good enough. That alone is a rushed job.

Regarding Cound, she goes on twitter and compares Froome to Mandela with the way they've been had to deal with obstacles! She goes on twitter and references a former doper...denies it was Contador...puts her account on private for a week...comes on here and amongst other things says it's conspiracy theorists looking for a story (or something of that nature)...and then deletes her posts...

I am pretty sick of her saying she'd prefer to have her old life rather than being with someone who doped...she refers to the good job she used to have...did her old job also afford her this publicity? The award ceremonies? The profile or being the fianc

 

[Franklin]

Regarding Cound, she goes on twitter and compares Froome to Mandela with the way they've been had to deal with obstacles!

That is an all pervading feeling you get: "I never got a chance".

Problem is... I.do.not.see.that.at.all. Indeed even though he was pretty much packfodder he still got his chances. Certainly Sky dealt pretty good with a bottle carrier ending up second in the Vuelta. As far as I can see the guy got all the breaks he needed and got extremely well served in his cycling career considering his performance.

And as Hog said, 2012 was a year of jubilation, not just for Sky, but he himself confirmed his place and got assurances for next year which were kept. Calling that a bad year is just awful and just spitting in the face of your teammates.

What did he expect??? That Sky from day one fell to their knees shielding their eyes from the glorious radiance of Froome, hero of all that's pure?

 

[msjett]

Seven Deadly Sin rushed for Xmas...by his own admittance,

Sky book rushed for Xmas - the factual inaccuracies were a joke,

This rushed for the Tour - couldn't even fact check a photo (the sand shoes story)



And by the way, writing an autobiography in five months is not good enough. That alone is a rushed job.

Regarding Cound, she goes on twitter and compares Froome to Mandela with the way they've been had to deal with obstacles! She goes on twitter and references a former doper...denies it was Contador...puts her account on private for a week...comes on here and amongst other things says it's conspiracy theorists looking for a story (or something of that nature)...and then deletes her posts...

I am pretty sick of her saying she'd prefer to have her old life rather than being with someone who doped...she refers to the good job she used to have...did her old job also afford her this publicity? The award ceremonies? The profile or being the fianc

FWIW....Froome/Sky makes me feel exactly the same way Armstong/Postal did...I won't watch the Tour and sure as hell won't by this book, I don't buy the myth they are trying to sell, that includes bull that is peddled out by his fiance.

 

[SundayRider]

Agreed. But do you like the way Froome is putting in the print the whole team feels that way?

Just to isolate him further. Classy.

To be honest I don't particularly like Wiggins and he hasn't done himself many favours the last few years. However I think he is a little misunderstood, it must be very difficult position to be in when you are a naturally shy, reserved person. So what if he doesn't want to talk much going to/from races?

 

[pastronef]

I won't buy the book either, but there's not just Froome riding the Tour.

the Tour de France is worth watching anyway.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I am pretty sick of her saying she'd prefer to have her old life rather than being with someone who doped...she refers to the good job she used to have...did her old job also afford her this publicity? The award ceremonies? The profile or being the fianc

I have been thinking about this. She says it a lot..... It makes me wonder if she is in love with the man Froome or with the athlete Froome?

If you really love an athlete, do you care if they dope? I know I wouldn't.

 

[The Hitch]

Regarding Cound, she goes on twitter and compares Froome to Mandela with the way they've been had to deal with obstacles!

Spits coffee.

What???

Wow. When was this. Michele went there?

 

[Butterhead]

Fair points Hitch. I do think the whole track thing is relevant with Wiggins though. You could make the argument that it was like a safety net for him and held him back from fulfilling his potential on the road in his early years. Motivation is a big issue with Wiggins, irrespective of whether he's doping or not. I do think we sometimes overlook (myself included) how big a role the mental state of riders plays when it comes to analysing performances. That's understandable though given that doping has so often been the explanation for dramatic fluctuations in performances.

Froome, on the other hand has a completely different mentality to Wiggins. I'm always reminded of the story of him hacking into Kenyan Cycling's email account in order to secure a ride at the Worlds Under 23s TT.

This is a guy who would do anything to get to the top. He had a dream and nobody was going to stop him.

Is the bold a true story?