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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 19-07-2020 09:40
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Is Froome even going to ride le Tour? I'd say the chances he causes problems for Bernal are bigger than the chances of him winning.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Tafiolmo |
Posted on 19-07-2020 10:29
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Ollfardh wrote:
Is Froome even going to ride le Tour? I'd say the chances he causes problems for Bernal are bigger than the chances of him winning.
Interesting but I would say that he will because Ineos will probably be looking for three heavyweight contenders in Bernal, Thomas and Froome to match that of Jumbo with Dumoulin, Roglic and Steve K who are in the startlist of eight for Team Jumbo. If all of those six start then there will be a power struggle in both teams which will be great to see.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 19-07-2020 10:50
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Vali wrote:
The man, the myth, the legend, Arberg is back. 
Which means that Froome also wins
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 19-07-2020 11:50
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| fidjim2013 |
Posted on 21-07-2020 00:01
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I wouldn’t be surprised if I see Chris Froome attacking multiple times in the Tour de France and disobey team tactics since he won’t have sole leadership. |
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 21-07-2020 11:29
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fidjim2013 wrote:
I wouldn’t be surprised if I see Chris Froome attacking multiple times in the Tour de France and disobey team tactics since he won’t have sole leadership.
It'll be a big choice for Ineos. Thomas and Bernal will be the protected riders. Do they risk taking Froome as a wildcard and bit of an unknown quantity after his injury, but risk him going rogue and riding for himself. He could win the Tour, he could fall apart, he could rip the team apart. No one knows at this time.
Or do they take a pure domestique who is going to ride for Thomas and Bernal with no issues?
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 21-07-2020 11:35
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Well, I doubt Thomas will be better than Froome, but Thomas will have less of a problem with helping Bernal. I still think they'll send Froome to Giro and/or Vuelta.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 21-07-2020 12:39
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I think that Froome is sort of linked to the TdF for sponsorships stuff...
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 21-07-2020 13:37
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Ollfardh wrote:
Well, I doubt Thomas will be better than Froome, but Thomas will have less of a problem with helping Bernal. I still think they'll send Froome to Giro and/or Vuelta.
Don't the Giro and Vuelta clash this year?
My thought was Bernal and Thomas at the Tour
Carapaz at the Giro
Froome at the Vuelta
Real chance of Ineos winning all 3 Grand Tours in the same year.
In reality Froome will go to the Tour and Ineos will spend the whole race being asked questions about who the leader is and whether A will support B or if C will attack A & B if the chance arises.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 21-07-2020 13:43
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ringo182 wrote:
In reality Froome will go to the Tour and Ineos will spend the whole race being asked questions about who the leader is and whether A will support B or if C will attack A & B if the chance arises.
+1
anyway I don't see Froome alone at Vuelta as the big favourite, regardless he'll race or not TdF
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 22-07-2020 02:08
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Yeah just needed to vent it out somewhere I won't be judged, as I saw picture of Brad Wiggins with sleeves by his shoulders, using leg warmers above his shorts and no socks.. Still traumatized
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-07-2020 02:24
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Yellow Jersey wrote:
Yeah just needed to vent it out somewhere I won't be judged, as I saw picture of Brad Wiggins with sleeves by his shoulders, using leg warmers above his shorts and no socks.. Still traumatized
I'm so sorry
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 22-07-2020 08:48
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Yellow Jersey wrote:
Yeah just needed to vent it out somewhere I won't be judged, as I saw picture of Brad Wiggins with sleeves by his shoulders, using leg warmers above his shorts and no socks.. Still traumatized
I believe that's how Paul Weller used to dress when he rode his bike.
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| fidjim2013 |
Posted on 23-07-2020 04:57
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Romain Bardet will be leaving Ag2r la Mondiale and apparently Pierre Latour as well |
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 23-07-2020 07:07
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I'm really curious to see who will replace them
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 23-07-2020 08:43
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Probably another French "Future Tour Winner" who looks like a contender for a couple of years but then fades away and rides for the KOM jersey for the rest of his career.
In other news, just over a week until the Strade Bianche 
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| Shonak |
Posted on 23-07-2020 09:00
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Can we have bets for strade bianche? All in on VDP obviously
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 23-07-2020 09:43
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I will only believe it as soon as the race starts, hopefully no major predicaments will happen during this week and we can have an exciting race. |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 23-07-2020 09:57
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Shonak wrote:
Can we have bets for strade bianche? All in on VDP obviously
yeah, later, but here's some other bet to have fun with before that 
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| Shonak |
Posted on 23-07-2020 10:11
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Cool, bit of a lottery. Just guessing Muhlberger. Thanks Cro
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