Both Froome and Armstrong have a lot in common. After their first years in the peleton they get ill. When they're healed they come back to suddenly become the best GC-rider in the peleton on their 27th. Both get their first big result in the Vuelta and afterwords they dominate the tour. Both have a strong team available that can drag them up mountains with revolutionary "training" methods (we all know what that means right ). Both are the best climbers of the peleton and very good time trialists and both have an olympic medal ITT.
Froome is Armstrong 2.0
EDIT: As it looks now we'll have to wait 7 years until Froome retires. The next year Porte will win the Tour, but will be caught on doping and gets banned. Porte will admit doping use but will also accuse Froome. Froome and Brailsford deny everything, but there will come a UKAD report anyway. Meanwhile Stannard, Thomas and Kennaugh will co-operate with UKAD and admit doping use from themselves and Froome in exchange for a 6 month ban. Edited by fosforgasXIII on 12-06-2013 11:02
Well, just because he says he wants to dominate the Tour in the next 7 years don't mean that'll happen... Maybe he won't even win it twice, or once. And Froome was never a track rider, I think, he's shown climbing talent for a while now, right?
Ian pls!
We are talking about it nonstop for about a year.
In summary, Froome was always the best climber worldwide, but he was ill by some exotic disease, which prevented him to show everyone he is the best and he sucked between 2008-half 2011 because of it. It has nothing to do with doping.
/end of sarcasm
He will dominate it, if he will not be caught, be ready for it Ian.
Ian Butler wrote:
Where is this hate for Froome coming from? Last year, everyone here was cheering for him when he was working for Wiggins, now everybody here hates him? I don't get it
Because at least attacking Wiggins would have been interesting rather than that farce of a race we allegedly saw.
Avin Wargunnson wrote: Ian pls!
We are talking about it nonstop for about a year.
In summary, Froome was always the best climber worldwide, but he was ill by some exotic disease, which prevented him to show everyone he is the best and he sucked between 2008-half 2011 because of it. It has nothing to do with doping.
/end of sarcasm
He will dominate it, if he will not be caught, be ready for it Ian.
I don't follow the Hate Sky thread, so I wouldn't know.
If you need more reasons not to like him.
- Because he can't stop looking at his SRM
- Because of the bullshit his girlfriend says. (She is an attention junkie that wants to be famous)
- Because of the stupid white glasses he's wearing
- Because he says stupid shit like 'I am proof that cycling is clean now'
Spilak23 wrote:
If you need more reasons not to like him.
- Because he can't stop looking at his SRM
- Because of the bullshit his girlfriend says. (She is an attention junkie that wants to be famous)
- Because of the stupid white glasses he's wearing
- Because he says stupid shit like 'I am proof that cycling is clean now'
Ian Butler wrote:
Where is this hate for Froome coming from? Last year, everyone here was cheering for him when he was working for Wiggins, now everybody here hates him? I don't get it
I agree we can talk in the thread about this but wanted to reply.
The hate was there last year too. The thread has like 70 pages and was created during last year's tour.
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fosforgasXIII wrote:
Buh, not another Armstrong era
Both Froome and Armstrong have a lot in common. After their first years in the peleton they get ill. When they're healed they come back to suddenly become the best GC-rider in the peleton on their 27th.
At least Armstrong had shown his talent before the illness (he was 1993 WC after all).
Not sure if it's news worthy (probably not actually), but I found this :
Not quite sure what they say, first must be "can you imitate Chris Froome ?" (that one I'm certain of), second would be "could you imitate Jan Ullrich now ?". Maybe an actual German speaker could confirm ?
Edited by roturn on 12-06-2013 12:08
I'm still not sure about him. If you can climb pretty good, have a decent time trial and show that you can ride an awesome 3rd week in a GT, you have a shot at a good GC in the Tour.
The problem is he's missing consistency and that he hasn't shown much since last year's Giro. So while stage wins might be the way to go this year, I'd like to see him try the Tour for real.
Aquarius wrote:
Not sure if it's news worthy (probably not actually), but I found this :
Not quite sure what they say, first must be "can you imitate Chris Froome ?" (that one I'm certain of), second would be "could you imitate Jan Ullrich now ?". Maybe an actual German speaker could confirm ?
Ullrich btw gave an interview today where he stated that the Armstrong case severly damaged cycling, that Armstrong made too many enemies...
Plus that his personal sponsor Alpecin wanted to start sponsoring a team but pulled out after the Armstrong case
Some people are planning to use the Tour for media attention for actions against the recent legalisation of same-sex marriage in France. They said they won't interrupt the race itself, but on the other hand some protesters did interrupt Roland Garros last week.
fosforgasXIII wrote:
Some people are planning to use the Tour for media attention for actions against the recent legalisation of same-sex marriage in France. They said they won't interrupt the race itself, but on the other hand some protesters did interrupt Roland Garros last week.
I hope they get run over by some race officials car or such.
fosforgasXIII wrote:
Buh, not another Armstrong era
Both Froome and Armstrong have a lot in common. After their first years in the peleton they get ill. When they're healed they come back to suddenly become the best GC-rider in the peleton on their 27th. Both get their first big result in the Vuelta and afterwords they dominate the tour. Both have a strong team available that can drag them up mountains with revolutionary "training" methods (we all know what that means right ). Both are the best climbers of the peleton and very good time trialists and both have an olympic medal ITT.
Froome is Armstrong 2.0
EDIT: As it looks now we'll have to wait 7 years until Froome retires. The next year Porte will win the Tour, but will be caught on doping and gets banned. Porte will admit doping use but will also accuse Froome. Froome and Brailsford deny everything, but there will come a UKAD report anyway. Meanwhile Stannard, Thomas and Kennaugh will co-operate with UKAD and admit doping use from themselves and Froome in exchange for a 6 month ban.
). Both are the best climbers of the peleton and very good time trialists and both have an olympic medal ITT.
