What can stop Froome at the Tour?

[Carols]

Another alliance of the Spanish Armada. They will wear him down and eventually he will blow. Otherwise only a positive control.

 

[the sceptic]

Another alliance of the Spanish Armada. They will wear him down and eventually he will blow. Otherwise only a positive control.

Its not possible again until the alpe stage and by then Froome will be too far ahead for it to matter even if he cracks a little

 

[LaFlorecita]

Another alliance of the Spanish Armada. They will wear him down and eventually he will blow. Otherwise only a positive control.

There won't be an alliance.

Only a crash or a positive control can stop him.

 

[Panda Claws]

Nairo Alexander Quintana, conquerer of Pais Vasco is the only hope we have left against Sky.

I beg Movistar to unleash him the way Kenyan labs unleashed Froome. Screw Valverde, he can finish 3rd.

 

[BYOP88]

He wont get busted for anything, to valuable for that to happen. The only person who can beat Froome is Froome.

 

[Jelantik]

What can stop froome at the tour?

his inexperience.

 

[mewmewmew13]

What can stop froome at the tour?

his inexperience.

+
..add ego




btw where's the Vino option

 

[Red Rick]

I hope his team continues to suck in the mountains and that there will be some epic bad weather in the alps

 

[EnacheV]

Imo Froome will not win this tour, even he is the best rider by far.

Because Sky is a very bad team, or at least the roster they picked is mediocre, from a combined form+value pov, to say at most.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Froome to suffer a 1996 Berzin blow, you heared it here first.

 

[velascoabuela]

Froome to suffer a 1996 Berzin blow, you heared it here first.

Never lives up to the hype...

 

[Gubby Allen]

Imo Froome will not win this tour, even he is the best rider by far.

Because Sky is a very bad team, or at least the roster they picked is mediocre, from a combined form+value pov, to say at most.

I could go along with some of that.

I said at the start, Froome will pick up the yellow around Saturday, 8 stages in and lose it a couple of stages out.

Other than the list of contenders which has dwindled by a couple, I've seen nothing yet to change my mind, if anything the Pyranees went exactly to the way which made me believe that. Im not convinced yet he or this paticular Sky team can see it out.

Still see him coming second.

 

[karlboss]

It reminds me of all the strategies that people used to come up with in order to dethrone the Texan when they had their powerful US Postal train. The truth is that nothing works against it if Froome already has the advantage from the TT. Rogers stated it correctly last year. Just set tempo at X watts and everybody would be very much at their limit or threshold. It is a very simple formula and it worked for US Postal / Discovery for many years. Attacks above threshold would be suicide. That's why people hate trains. Because you have at your disposal several riders who can push the watts. In other words you have several riders who can be leaders on their own.

It almost came off. Work hard isolate Froome and then attack and counter attack. They worked hard and isolated Froome, and then forgot to attack and counter attack.

 

[Jelantik]

It almost came off. Work hard isolate Froome and then attack and counter attack. They worked hard and isolated Froome, and then forgot to attack and counter attack.

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if froome gets isolated again in week 3, he is in to the ride of his life, because of the inevitable violent tempo which he and his team sky have been despised it. The violent changed tempo will be squarely benefit quintana, valverde, purito, contador, andy and might as well molema. Froome is built to ride with metronome tempo.

 

[Afrank]

Nairo Alexander Quintana, conquerer of Pais Vasco is the only hope we have left against Sky.

I beg Movistar to unleash him the way Kenyan labs unleashed Froome. Screw Valverde, he can finish 3rd.

I like this answer. Please Movistar, unleash Nairito and let him do his thing.