Chris Froome to target 7 tour de france titles

[Pedrosanchezo]

I think when somebody says they want to target the Tour de France or any other specific event they just mean that event is their primary goal for the season, it doesn't necesarily mean they think they will win but want to give themselves the best oportunity to perform well.

I'm sure cadel Evans targets the Tour de France but he can't surely think he is going to win it and there are plenty of other GC riders in smaller teams in the same boat. The teams need a dedicated GC rider so that they are there in the big mountains when all the TV cameras are looking at the contenders so the sponsors get good exposure.

I'm sure the number he choose is based on his age and how long he thinks he can be in top condition.

Its funny how Wiggins has decided he may never do a grand tour again as he knows he was very lucky and will never get near to winning any grand tour again regardless of what team he rides for.

Agreed with all of that then you wrote that bit about Wiggins.

He wasn't lucky, he was in the form of his life and had trained harder than he ever had in order to perform at his best. He lost weight and put in the hard graft in the mountains.

His form prior to TDF 2012 was a clear indicator not to mention the fact that he was race favourite. He was the bookies favourite.

His current form perhaps shows that he is not prepared to make the massive sacrifices of a GC contender.

You sticking with lucky?

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[lukesdad]

Agreed with all of that then you wrote that bit about Wiggins.

He wasn't lucky, he was in the form of his life and had trained harder than he ever had in order to perform at his best. He lost weight and put in the hard graft in the mountains.

His form prior to TDF 2012 was a clear indicator not to mention the fact that he was race favourite. He was the bookies favourite.

His current form perhaps shows that he is not prepared to make the massive sacrifices of a GC contender.

You sticking with lucky?

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You think he would have won if Froome was on a another team ?

 

[Noodley]

You think he would have won if Froome was on a another team ?

yep

 

[Noodley]

but he wasn't

 

[lukesdad]

but he wasn't

That was lucky then eh ?

 

[Noodley]

That was lucky then eh ?

indeed

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

You think he would have won if Froome was on a another team ?

I do yeh. Only thing we can be sure of are the results, the rest speculation. Froome finished a distant 2nd.

 

[lukesdad]

I do yeh. Only thing we can be sure of are the results, the rest speculation. Froome finished a distant 2nd.

Well if you are going down that road there are a whole load of results you can be sure of, yet you still speculate . Of course you have a different set of rules for those results

 

[Noodley]

Well if you are going down that road...

You're the nobber that went down that road, we just followed to see where the feck you were headed

 

[lukesdad]

You're the nobber that went down that road, we just followed to see where the feck you were headed

I lost you the moment I set off !

 

[Noodley]

I lost you the moment I set off !

You lost everyone the moment you joined CC

 

[oldroadman]

No-one is able to second guess what a result might have been. For instance, Froome in a different team in 2012, may have had worse support than Wiggins, and therefore may not have been able to win, but we DON'T KNOW. What we do know is that on one day he was the strongest climber and messed about until the management renminded him of who pays the wages and gives the orders.
In 2013 he had full team support, albeit things went wrong now and again, and won.
This is fact. The rest, to paraphrase, as Noodley might comment, is spheroids.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

No-one is able to second guess what a result might have been. For instance, Froome in a different team in 2012, may have had worse support than Wiggins, and therefore may not have been able to win, but we DON'T KNOW. What we do know is that on one day he was the strongest climber and messed about until the management renminded him of who pays the wages and gives the orders.
In 2013 he had full team support, albeit things went wrong now and again, and won.
This is fact. The rest, to paraphrase, as Noodley might comment, is spheroids.

Amen.