Froome moving on !

[fat and old]

It’s a weird thing…

Don’t forget, it is early in the season and I feel some riders are peaking early for the classics and others are building up still.

Sorry mate, but BWAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAA

The only thing Froomay is building up is his bank balance.

[MichaelB]

It’s a weird thing…

Don’t forget, it is early in the season and I feel some riders are peaking early for the classics and others are building up still.

Sorry mate, but BWAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAA

The only thing Froomay is building up is his bank balance.

Have to agree with F&O. Was OTL on last stage of Tour of the Alps (25min+ after stage winner).

TdF participation ? Yeah right

Should stick to canning disc brakes, TT bikes and gravel stages

[find_bruce]

That's a bit harsh - OTL means Froome has heaps of room for improvement. With a bit of luck he might even crack the top 100

[trailgumby]

That's a bit harsh - OTL means Froome has heaps of room for improvement. With a bit of luck he might even crack the top 100

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I'm sure Dr Ferrari can be of assistance.

[AUbicycles]

Sorry mate, but BWAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAA :lol

I can almost hear your BWAHAHAHAHA resonate off the padded walls… It may have sounded like I implied that he will be back in yellow…. though no.

Was thinking more about the young guns after the major tour GC’s who are not going too hard yet. I reckon that Froome will still have his training geared to peak later… but he won’t reach the same heights.

So his role with Team Israel Startup Nation would be a seasoned veteran to support the team but also as an ex winner, he automatically draws in media attention and visibility for the team and sponsors.

[biker jk]

That's a bit harsh - OTL means Froome has heaps of room for improvement. With a bit of luck he might even crack the top 100

Alas, Biharzia infection and recovery only occurs at Team Sky.

[fat and old]

Was thinking more about the young guns after the major tour GC’s who are not going too hard yet.

I dunno ‘bout that. Those young fellas seem to enjoy getting out and racing hard pretty well straight up nowadays. Looking at the form in todays peloton the old school GT riders…..build up through spring with a few one week hit outs and steer clear of one day gigs bar LBL and maybe FW seem the anomalous types. Quintana, Nibali, Landa, any of the Ineos leaders, even Roblox to a fair degree…..they seem sorta old fashioned.

[MichaelB]

....
So his role with Team Israel Startup Nation would be a seasoned veteran to support the team but also as an ex winner, he automatically draws in media attention and visibility for the team and sponsors.

Can't be much support for the young guns in the races if he's always out the back or OTL

Maybe he just passes his knowledge on in the 1st 30 - 50km before he gets spat out the back .....

[am50em]

89th out of 135 in Tour de Romandie after stage 1. Maybe he will crack the top 100.

[MichaelB]

89th out of 135 in Tour de Romandie after stage 1. Maybe he will crack the top 100.

119th in the Prologue and last of the Israel team ....

He's got a buffer of just under 3 min ...

[fat and old]

....
So his role with Team Israel Startup Nation would be a seasoned veteran to support the team but also as an ex winner, he automatically draws in media attention and visibility for the team and sponsors.

Can't be much support for the young guns in the races if he's always out the back or OTL

Maybe he just passes his knowledge on in the 1st 30 - 50km before he gets spat out the back .....

Why not? How long can it take to spell it out?

Get noticed by a xenophobic team looking to add to their All England list
Come up with some story to cover your crappy before and stunning after performances
Get the badhezbollah
Cure the bahezbollah
Win 7 GT's
Write a book
Fall off your bike....again
Spend a year on your multi million dollar wage recovering
Talk up your prospects every chance you can
Find another sugar daddy and see out your career.

60 seconds, tops.

[MichaelB]

....
So his role with Team Israel Startup Nation would be a seasoned veteran to support the team but also as an ex winner, he automatically draws in media attention and visibility for the team and sponsors.

Can't be much support for the young guns in the races if he's always out the back or OTL

Maybe he just passes his knowledge on in the 1st 30 - 50km before he gets spat out the back .....

Why not? How long can it take to spell it out?

Get noticed by a xenophobic team looking to add to their All England list
Come up with some story to cover your crappy before and stunning after performances
Get the badhezbollah
Cure the bahezbollah
Win 7 GT's
Write a book
Fall off your bike....again
Spend a year on your multi million dollar wage recovering
Talk up your prospects every chance you can
Find another sugar daddy and see out your career.

60 seconds, tops.

And the team is covered in the 1st two stages and the hotel after.

[find_bruce]

Sometimes songs just pop into my head

[am50em]

After Stage 2 position 88th of 132. Buffer to 100th 1:51.

[foo on patrol]

I said after his fall, that he wouldn't get back to anywhere near his previous ability, but people dissed me for saying that.

Can't say I didn't tell ya so!

Foo

[am50em]

Probably a case of the blindingly obvious.

[am50em]

After Stage 3 94th of 131. Buffer to 100th 1:17

[MichaelB]

I said after his fall, that he wouldn't get back to anywhere near his previous ability, but people dissed me for saying that.

Can't say I didn't tell ya so!

Foo

100% agree. Others with similar injuries (but not as serious) have been a good example, with Robert Gesink being a great example.

[am50em]

After stage 4 69th of 117. Buffer to 100th 21:30.
47th on the stage 6min plus behind.

[am50em]

Final position 65th of 116 and over 23 minutes buffer from 100th.

[fat and old]

Interesting story in CN. Topic is Pro series relegation under the new system next year. Points points points. Focused on one team, and that team is Israel.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/wo ... -strategy/

Quite detailed, not bad.

Not one single mention of Froomay. Not one.

[MichaelB]

Froome actually placed 11th in a one day race

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/me ... 022/result

Ahead of some other decent riders, but were they trying ?

The route was 168km with 4,700 odd metres of ascent at an average of 34.7km/hr and Froomedog was almost 4 min behind the winner, but still ......

And slated to participate in the Dauphine, so interesting how he'll go in that ?

2nd Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes(1.1)
Rnk Rider Team UCI Pnt Time
1 FUGLSANG Jakob Israel - Premier Tech 125 75 4:50:34
2 WOODS Michael Israel - Premier Tech 85 55 0:31
3 GAUDU David Groupama - FDJ 70 40 0:34
4 HERRADA Jesús Cofidis 60 32 1:05
5 CRAS Steff Lotto Soudal 50 28 1:07
6 MEINTJES Louis Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 40 24 1:46
7 JORGENSON Matteo Movistar Team 35 20 2:03
8 MARTINEZ Lenny Groupama - FDJ 30 18 2:53
9 RIES Michel Team Arkéa Samsic 25 16 3:15
10 REICHENBACH Sébastien Groupama - FDJ 20 14 3:49
11 FROOME Chris Israel - Premier Tech 15 12 3:58
12 MÜHLBERGER Gregor Movistar Team 10 10 4:22
13 BOUCHARD Geoffrey AG2R Citroën Team 5 8 ,,
14 SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian B&B Hotels - KTM 5 7 7:37
15 PARRA José Félix Equipo Kern Pharma 5 6 7:39
16 BARGUIL Warren Team Arkéa Samsic 3 5 8:42
17 PINOT Thibaut Groupama - FDJ 3 4 ,,
18 VUILLERMOZ Alexis TotalEnergies 3 3 8:46
19 HERRADA José Cofidis 3 2 9:08
20 KRON Andreas Lotto Soudal 3 1 9:41

[MichaelB]

Well, Froome-dogs recent performances started to look good, especially after an ordinary Romandie (although he finished), with an 11th at the Mercan Tour Classic Alpes-Maritime, only 3:58 behind Fugslang and ahead of some other good climbers.

The next race was then the Dauphine and a good performance there could help him gain selection for TdF - a long shot abut he's also come a long way from that terrible accident.

At the Dauphine, his progress was/is ;

Stage 1 - 56th on stage at 0:00"
Stage 2 - 30th at 0:05" (with bunch), GC now 41st (AT) 0:15"
Stage 3 - 35th at 0:31" GC now 35th (AT) 0:47" - still looking good
Stage 4 (ITT) - 64th at 3:06" (best of IPT team), GC now 38th (AT) 3:51" - gap widening ....
Stage 5 - 107th at 2:43" GC now 61st (AT) 6:44" - oh dear

And the mountain stages are coming ...

[MichaelB]

And now out of Dauphine with illness.

Shame

[fat and old]

This years Froomay and the TDF story is out!

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chris- ... mate-goal/

Stage hunting!! Go Chris go!