smutchin
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"Chris'll have his day for sure, 100%, and I'll be there to support him."
Tour de France 2012 (with SPOILERS)
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He's coming round to respecting him now. He's just this minute interviewed him, and Brad was great. For me, Wiggins grows in stature day by day.
Jalabert was simply complaining about the way Froome was pacing Brad, not the fact that he was doing it. Too theatrical, and in the end it might diminish Brad's win. I agree in a way.
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Flying_Monkey
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If people read that really excellent report on how Team Sky works from the inside that was posted earlier, you'll see that the emotional management of Wiggins is almost a full-time job. He is really prone to mood swings and emotional twists and turns. And Froome's cajouling and shouting seems to have been exactly what he needed at the time... I enjoyed watching it too. It added something, sure, a little dramatic, but why not?
He said pretty much thing the same in French!
He paid Froome many compliments, acknowledged his role in the team, etc. Even said Froome's stronger in the mountains ("I'm just a chrono-man that can climb a bit. Not a real climber") He said he's a talent for the future but he hasn't had to handle the pressure of being a team leader, the press, the interviews, a TdF favourite, etc. Fair comments I thought. I was impressed by his diplomacy in fairness.
smutchin
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Froomedog was being a bit Froomepuppyish.
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Flying_Monkey
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One thing from Valverde's win today is that Movistar might just have covered their TdF costs. They were rock bottom of the prize list with about 3000 Euro, but I guess they will be able to pay for the petrol for the team cars, and the hotel rooms, now! 
So do I. I can certainly see the view point.
Noodley
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Very true, and that's the bit that many seem to not realise when they claim Froome could have "easily" won the tour. He may have the ability but possibly not the maturity and nous that Wiggins has.
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Flying_Monkey
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"Yebbut, surely they must hate each other and even though we are about to get the first British winner of the TdF ever, some other guy is probably better, I mean Wiggins can't even climb moutains, and what has he ever won before anyway...?"
"Cycling fan, are you?"
"Not really, I only ever watch the Tour..."
"Cycling fan, are you?"
"Not really, I only ever watch the Tour..."
I reckon that could actually happen. If it does, you'll all have to excuse me while I jump about and shout a little bit.So what we need for 'the icing on the cake' is for Cav to win the Champs Elysée sprint - led out by the full team, with Wiggins giving it laldy like he did at the World Champs.
That will be something !
So what we need for 'the icing on the cake' is for Cav to win the Champs Elysée sprint - led out by the full team, with Wiggins giving it laldy like he did at the World Champs.
That will be something !
Then don't forget to set your video recorder (or whatever it is you have these days!) because that is exactly what Sky are aiming to do! Wiggins said it a few days ago in an interview. That confident they don't even care who knows about it. A kind of show case finale. I'm sure Lotto will have similar plans for Griepel.
Smokin Joe
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Let's not tempt fate. Just one touch of wheels...So what we need for 'the icing on the cake' is for Cav to win the Champs Elysée sprint - led out by the full team, with Wiggins giving it laldy like he did at the World Champs.
That will be something !
