With what advantage Christopher Froome will win the Tour?

[airstream]

With what advantage Chris Froome will win the Tour?

sorry for the typo in point 4

 

[LaFlorecita]

8'45"

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[Publicus]

I'll go with 9'

 

[kcbworth]

What's the greatest margin there's been?

 

[whittashau]

If Team Sky have any brains they'll tell him to stop gaining time once he gets a few more minutes advantage.

 

[kcbworth]

Biggest winning margin (since 1947): 28 min 27 sec (Fausto Coppi--Stan Ockers in 1952)

Maybe he'll try to crack that?

 

[spalco]

Just over 5 minutes imo.

 

[the sceptic]

10 minutes or so

 

[Dazed and Confused]

3 minutes.

 

[airstream]

To my great regret, I think we may not see Froome attacking any more in this Tour. He wants to win Alpe-d'Huez surely, but he can do it with a short an 1-1.5 k move. As to the rest he must let other guys to show themselves since the opposite wouldn't be nice.

 

[Ruby United]

Maybe just over five mins if he plays slightly too aggressive (which I hope he does).

 

[Afrank]

At least 7 minutes, won't be surprised with 10 though.

 

[gooner]

6/7 mins.

He will have this time nearly up after the Ventoux and the second TT. Like Airstream just said he will probably do a short attack on the Alpe to try for the win but on the Le Grand Bornard and Annecy he will just mark what happens around him.

 

[roundabout]

Who knows what will happen on the way to LGB. He can probably lose 5 minutes there though and still win.

 

[Netserk]

More than 7 minutes.

 

[maxmartin]

at certain point, he will just follow not riding away. Otherwise the idiots will know it is a freaky comedy show, so it will be around 5-7 mins. He might even try to lose some little time intentionally.

 

[Publicus]

at certain point, he will just follow not riding away. Otherwise the idiots will know it is a freaky comedy show, so it will be around 5-7 mins. He might even try to lose some little time intentionally.

You'd have to have missed the first two opening acts (Stage 8 and now stage 11) to not already have drawn that conclusion.

 

[boringboy]

depends on his ego i guess, with present form he should be able to win with 10+ mins, but as mentioned he might get orders from Sky to leave it at around 5 min mark.

 

[Ferminal]

3'30" isn't really safe enough. I expect a big move on Ventoux to try and stretch it out to 5 minutes. Maybe only after that will he be content to follow others.

 

[cineteq]

What's with this self serving threads?

 

[wwabbit]

3'30" isn't really safe enough. I expect a big move on Ventoux to try and stretch it out to 5 minutes. Maybe only after that will he be content to follow others.

Maybe it's as good as 5 minutes already considering there's another ITT to come....

 

[IndianCyclist]

I think ~5 min. defensive in the mountains and gaining in the ITT only.He might want to the Alpe but that depend on how the team is feeling and willing to chase.

 

[Ferminal]

Maybe it's as good as 5 minutes already considering there's another ITT to come....

45 seconds on each of the uphill sections?

Well, anything is possible...

 

[Kwibus]

If he wants too with 20 minutes or more, but Sky isn't that silly.

 

[Carols]

By as much as Sky will allow; if his ego takes over 10+. After all he is the perfect blend of Indurain and Pantani He will want to win on Ventoux and the Alpe to write his name on the iconic climbs.