The Climb (Froome's first autobiography)

[Walkman]

Just so I understand, Froome is only suspicious because he's never tested positive? What year is this again?


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That Contador is a class act on and off the bike.

He is not confirmed, hence I used the word suspicious.

Contador class act?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kId8VvKKwgo

After the stage he said: "I did not see him (Andy)".

Pure bull****.

You call it class, I call it being a *****. Sure, I am not saying he has to wait, a race is a race, but if you are going to take advantages of a mechanical, then at least have the balls to say it.

Furthermore, you can't be a class act when doping.

He is ****ing on the sport that feeds him. He is ****ing on the clean athletes that don't stand a chance, he is ****ing at the riders who never make it to the peloton, the riders who are forced to give up their dreams. He is ****ing on the fans, the sponsors and everyone involved with the sport of cycling (excluding other dopers).

Class act, you say? I say you are a f***ing fanboy.

 

[Beech Mtn]

To get this thread back on topic:

Hog, is there anything in Froome's book about Eisel? These posts were in the PRR section, and I wondered if there's any truth to the bit about Eisel and Knees confronting Froome over his behavior during the 2012 TdF.

If Froome's selecting then it will be the Dauphine team + Siutsou.

Word on the street is that Eisel and Knees weren't impressed with Froome's ''antics'' in the 2012 Tour and they let him know about it.

It had never occurred to me but since the 2012 Tour, Knees has only raced with Froome once and Bernie hasn't at all. More reason to hate Froome. Siutsou and Zandio will be as much use to him at the Tour as a sack of spuds whilst two of the best domestiques in the world are in Austria.

Damned if I can figure out why the slack mods continue to let this thread be so derailed with stuff about Contador. There is a thread for that elsewhere.

 

[Walkman]

That's a lot of horse steroid. Chris "I don't know how to be any cleaner" Froome must have been jacked to the eyeballs!

50pg of Clen would do just about.... nothing.

I thought you were smarter than this. The blood doping story is still in play. It was never ruled out. But I guess you take Contador's words at face value?

 

[del1962]

let me get this straight - to defend Froome's honor the sky troll needs to come on here and slander Henderson? for an issue Henderson might be having with Cavendish?

that's some bottom of the barrel stuff right there.

Do grow up with you pathetic troll accusations.

Henderson has behaved like a d.ck on twitter, many on hear ridicule Froome for some things he said about Henderson (this thread is about the boo isnt it?), Henderson doesnt help himself thats all/

 

[thehog]

To get this thread back on topic:

Hog, is there anything in Froome's book about Eisel? These posts were in the PRR section, and I wondered if there's any truth to the bit about Eisel and Knees confronting Froome over his behavior during the 2012 TdF.





Damned if I can figure out why the slack mods continue to let this thread be so derailed with stuff about Contador. There is a thread for that elsewhere.

Very little.

Anecdotal.

On team selection there is this:

 

[thehog]

I thought you were smarter than this. The blood doping story is still in play. It was never ruled out. But I guess you take Contador's words at face value?

Still in play? So he was found guilty of blood doping? Perhaps he should have got a TUE like Froomey?

I thought Froome couldn't be any cleaner?

 

[Beech Mtn]

Thanks Hog. "I like a guy who understands crosswinds" LOL!

Leaving Eisel out is just odd to me - Sky last year badly needed a road captain. What does Froome say about the crosswind stage - getting Cadel's BMC to help pull, etc?

I wonder if there was a situation where certain guys were more loyal to Wiggins and others to Froome - two camps in the team.

 

[autologous]

He is ****ing on the sport that feeds him. He is ****ing on the clean athletes that don't stand a chance, he is ****ing at the riders who never make it to the peloton, the riders who are forced to give up their dreams. He is ****ing on the fans, the sponsors and everyone involved with the sport of cycling (excluding other dopers).

Class act, you say? I say you are a f***ing fanboy.

froome in a nutshell . couldn't say it better if I tried. great post.

 

[Walkman]

froome in a nutshell . couldn't say it better if I tried. great post.

Might be.

Although I used to think like you, now I need a confirmation to be sure. And an improvement in performance (incredible as it is) is not enough for me today.

 

[peloton]

froome in a nutshell . couldn't say it better if I tried. great post.

Seconded

 

[sittingbison]

To get this thread back on topic:
....Damned if I can figure out why the slack mods continue to let this thread be so derailed with stuff about Contador. There is a thread for that elsewhere.

correctomundo

capiche?

cheers
bison

 

[sittingbison]

Very little.

Anecdotal.

On team selection there is this:

So in the one page he digs at Wiggo again, insinuates Knees is useless as he doesnt understand crosswinds, and slanders Sir Dave as well for his lack of strategy (weakening Dawgs chances with the dual campaign)

This sentence reminds me of.......:

I like a guy with physical arrogance to muscle his way to the front and fight for it no matter what

 

[msjett]

I have physical arrogance to my muscles - the ones that operate my hands so I can give ****** bags like Froome the middle finger salute.

Anyway what the hell is physical arrogance of the muscle?? Makes me think that is Walsh wonderful literary ability at work again.

And clearly Richie is his little lap dog....but I would have Richie...vomit, vomit, vomit.

 

[mewmewmew13]

I think Walsh has written this to try to give Froome some semblance of a strong personality...which I don't think he seems to have.

What other explanation could there possibly be for this drivel...

 

[msjett]

I also find it interesting that he names the other riders (Knees, Stannard etc) but then goes on to say Brad would have the Colombians, I am pretty sure they have names too..but what do I know eh?

There are many things about this book from what I have seen that make me think it is supposed to be a money spinner and nothing more, there is really no substance to this book and no real value - except the comedy factor.

 

[Black Betsy]

Very little.

Anecdotal.

On team selection there is this:

Disgusting, derogatory reference to the "Colombians".

 

[veganrob]

I think Walsh has written this to try to give Froome some semblance of a strong personality...which I don't think he seems to have.

What other explanation could there possibly be for this drivel...

I think you are on to something. Take a guy who is nothing but pack fodder his cycling career, sprinkle the fairy dust on him, and now he acts like patron of the peloton. A guy with zero tactical sense, because, oh, he was nothing but a bad domestique two weeks from the end of his career and now he likes guys with good crosswind riding ability and who bully into paceline. He didn't like it so much when Greg Henderson did it to him though. Froome is nothing but counterfeit through and through. 100%

 

[thehog]

I think Walsh has written this to try to give Froome some semblance of a strong personality...which I don't think he seems to have.

What other explanation could there possibly be for this drivel...

I think there was someone else supplying the words to Walsh...

"Blessed are the meek for those who continue to ride for a Brad"

Wiggo has permission to punch this idiot in the face.

 

[mewmewmew13]

I think there was someone else supplying the words to Walsh...

"Blessed are the meek for those who continue to ride for a Brad"

Wiggo who permission to punch this idiot in the face.

lolz
I've had it with Froome.
he did have to ok the slagging before the book got printed..even though he's a wimp

 

[42x16ss]

Having seen Henderson's latest twitter outburst against Cav, Froomey may have a point about him

Only one of those two guys

- Punches climbers in the back of the head and causes them to crash (Soler)
- Blames other riders for him not being able to sprint in a straight line, then gets his teammates to spit on them when they are still on the ground after the crash they caused (Haussler)
- Tries to take it upon himself to decide who should and shouldn't be contesting sprints
- Has massive hissy fits, throwing bikes, helmets etc around the team bus and refuses to interview when he loses

and it ain't Henderson

 

[Bag_O_Wallet]

I think there was someone else supplying the words to Walsh...

"Blessed are the meek for those who continue to ride for a Brad"

Wiggo who permission to punch this idiot in the face.

Bingo!

The various clips you've provided have been, in my view, very much at odds with the soft spoken guy that he presents himself to be in interviews.... and much more in line, imho, with, well... a former twitterer.

 

[del1962]

So in the one page he digs at Wiggo again, insinuates Knees is useless as he doesnt understand crosswinds, and slanders Sir Dave as well for his lack of strategy (weakening Dawgs chances with the dual campaign)

This sentence reminds me of.......:

Seroiously you get out of that that he insinuates Knees doesnt understand crosswinds, sometimes it seems like some ppl around here arent reading what the book says, but what they want the book to say,

Just like when someone crashes some want to read that it was staged

 

[Franklin]

Is it normal for ppl to think like the last para?

If Froome was in any other team, would he have got the money and the chance to win the Tour?

I'd say he would have found a team to be leader after his second place in the Vuelta, but the team would have been without a contender (Quickstep?) and would be quite awful for his ambitions. Money? Not sure. Brittish Citizenship? I doubt it

But all in all Chris keeps on coming of as unhinged. He must have been the only guy on the team who didn't understand Wiggins would be leader. And that Chris clung to his delusions after Bradley had shown in a mindblowing spring campaign that he and noone else was boss just hammers it down.

Sorry. Ghostwritten or not, there are so many passages that give a clear picture of a narcisist who is detached from reality that I have no doubt it's genuine. And yeah I'm certain, he, his manager or his girlfriend will have read it.

So even if he's clean as a whistle... for me he ranks in the category extremely unlikely personalities. => And I'm certainly no shrink, but what I read certainly makes me wonder about his morals and drugs.

 

[Pack Fodder]

I'd say he would have found a team to be leader after his third in the Vuelta, but the team would have been without a contender (Quickstep?) and would be quite awful for his ambitions. Money? Not sure. Brittish Citizenship? I doubt it

But all in all Chris keeps on coming of as unhinged. He must have been the only guy on the team who didn't understand Wiggins would be leader. And that Chris clung to his delusions after Bradley had shown in a mindblowing spring campaign that he and noone else was boss just hammers it down.

Sorry. Ghostwritten or not, there are so many passages that give a clear picture of a narcisist who is detached from reality that I have no doubt it's genuine. And yeah I'm certain, he, his manager or his girlfriend will have read it.

So even if he's clean as a whistle... for me he ranks in the category extremely unlikely personalities. => And I'm certainly no shrink, but what I read certainly makes me wonder about his morals and drugs.

It does make me feel that some of BW's less pleasant behaviour toward CF, which was much mocked at the time ("cry baby", etc.) - in hindsight, was basically more or less completely justified - Froome WAS unreliable, untrustworthy and liable to go off message. His refusal to let Froome chase Valverde in the final 2012 mountain stage comes across now, in retrospect, as entirely understandable.

It also puts his 'trolling' of froome prior to the 2013 giro in some sort of context.

It's easy to see Froome as the alpha cyclist now, in hindsight - but when you think back - 3rd at Vuelta just back from broken collarbone, Strong 2011 prior to crash at Tour, back to back Dauphine, complete domination of early 2012, mostly without any Froome help..when you think about it, it's preposterous to think sky would do anything but put all the chips on Wiggins - he'd earned that. Did froome think they should throw that all up in the air because he finally found form (after a mediocre 2012, btw) on Les Belles Filles - even though he was already a minute odd down because of a crash.

Hell, there's a real argument that Wiggins , with a TDF in the bank, a long flat TT final stage, a fine Roubaix this year, and an impressive California win and mountain showing on his books already this year - and froome's form very up and down - , has a much better argument to be a 'protected Plan B' at this years tour than Froome ever did in 2012, 2011 Vuelta result notwithstanding. D'ya think Froome and cound would wear that now? Well, we already know the answer, don't we.

 

[rainman]

Blessed are the meek Ritchie because they shall continue to ride for Dawg. When is the day that the worlds most p*ssed off looking slave rider rips out his ear piece and does a savage attack for the stage victory?
Do it Ritchie, money isn't everything.