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this, he chose to stay with sky of course...
Truth is, would Rogers, Porte, Boasson Hagen and Cavendish all be willing to put themselves at the service of Froome? What has he done to earn that? Is there any evidence he could deal with the pressure? Is he pretty much totally untested? How much stronger is he than Wiggins (given the time he dropped in the prologue and TT)?
We'll never know as long as he's kept on a leash in the mountains, so the team captain will also never know if he's made the right decision
Willing? Team orders...
Pressure? Just shout 'c*nts' now & then ;-)
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Froome is positioning himself to be team leader at the vuelta, and possibly the giro next year, and if it's as big climb obsessed as people seem to believe it will be the tour next year.
I'm assuming there is a certain amount of lost in translation going on here as well. But I think there's more being made out of it than there actually is. Yes he's stronger than brad in the mountains, yes he can time trial, but this tour is about Brad winning it. He's being paid big money to help him achieve that. And will be paid big money to win tours in the future.
Team orders are team orders, and you have to subjugate personal ambition to that, unless wiggins blows up and the mantle falls onto his shoulders...
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This Froome affair, together the brilliant article on the Guardian, has suddenly turned me into a Wiggins fan. Didn't expect that! I'm already looking forward to seeing Froome show his amazing skillz against Contador, preferably with Michelle Cound commentary :)
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CliveO read some of her tweets, and I've decided to ignore them, its not about her, she's not riding the tour, and she's not the one whose signed the contract, so her opinions and witterings mean little to me...
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CliveO read some of her tweets, and I've decided to ignore them, its not about her, she's not riding the tour, and she's not the one whose signed the contract, so her opinions and witterings mean little to me...
While I would like to agree with you, I have a horrid feeling that she wears the trousers in the Froome household and could be the undoing of Froome.
Peta Todd and Cath Wiggins' tweets about cycling are always good to read. Pity she can't learn from them.
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Wonderif we're going to have a Roche/Visentini situation develop next week. Seems to be what Cound is hoping for re. African rider winning on the 18th. Wiggins to crack, Froome to take advantage with SKY unable to chase and time trial the following day to consolidate. Froome to then go elsewhere. Just a thought.
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While I would like to agree with you, I have a horrid feeling that she wears the trousers in the Froome household and could be the undoing of Froome.
Peta Todd and Cath Wiggins' tweets about cycling are always good to read. Pity she can't learn from them.
I agree... as his girlfriend, people are bound to gravitate to her for opinion and she's just stirring up shit. Froome needs to tell her to shove a sock in it - she isn't helping him no matter what his goals are.
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Truth is, would Rogers, Porte, Boasson Hagen and Cavendish all be willing to put themselves at the service of Froome? What has he done to earn that? Is there any evidence he could deal with the pressure? Is he pretty much totally untested? How much stronger is he than Wiggins (given the time he dropped in the prologue and TT)?