Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**

[brommers]

Froome was chatting and smiling in the peloton yesterday, as though a huge weight is off his shoulders

 

[Levo-Lon]

Today's the day then ,And what a day it will be.
12 mile climb and the other 2 climbs are pretty damn steep too.

Come on Geraint

 

[Tin Pot]

Froome was chatting and smiling in the peloton yesterday, as though a huge weight is off his shoulders

...What next for Chris Froome?

 

[brommers]

...What next for Chris Froome?

I don't think that he'll do the Vuelta this year, but focus on the World Championships.

 

[mjr]

I don't think that he'll do the Vuelta this year, but focus on the World Championships.

Then back for the tour next year, or try the monuments in an attempt to have won everything?

 

[Bollo]

...What next for Chris Froome?

I don't think that he'll do the Vuelta this year, but focus on the World Championships.

I was going to go with Strictly and then Celebrity Love Island, but yeah, the Worlds.

 

[Beebo]

Yeah, that’s the general gist of it. Idiomatically, “There’s going to be fireworks” or something like that.

Google translated it as “sparks will fly”.

 

[mjr]

Google translated it as “sparks will fly”.

Ah, Google translate, never afraid to call a spade a giant soil slicer!

 

[Adam4868]

...What next for Chris Froome?

A day in the mountains and a time trial....are we really going to see Froomey being a domestique for G ?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

A day in the mountains and a time trial....are we really going to see Froomey being a domestique for G ?

If he has anything left surely he'd want step 2 not step 3, he could do worse than take TD on & hope he blows himself out, or take enough out of him that he poses no threat at all to GT on the time trail

 

[smutchin]

Google translated it as “sparks will fly”.

And what is a firework if not a flying spark?

 

[smutchin]

If he has anything left surely he'd want step 2 not step 3, he could do worse than take TD on & hope he blows himself out, or take enough out of him that he poses no threat at all to GT on the time trail

I can't imagine that Froome is interested in anything other than the top step. In which case, he might as well go for broke today and risk ending up outside the top 10.

On the other hand, if he tries anything that puts Thomas under pressure and causes him to crack and they end up handing the yellow jersey to Dumoulin, the team won't be very happy.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I'd love to see Froome go on the offence early on and ride away from everyone and take yellow, I suspect he is a bit knackered though and GT will just mark TD and not worry about Froome

 

[smutchin]

I'd love to see Froome go on the offence early on and ride away from everyone and take yellow, I suspect he is a bit knackered though and GT will just mark TD and not worry about Froome

If Froome goes on the attack, that would force Dumoulin to chase him down, which could in turn put pressure on Thomas. It would be an extremely risky strategy and I can't see the team countenancing it.

However, I agree that it looks like winning three GTs on the trot has finally caught up with him and he doesn't have it in his legs anyway.

 

[Aravis]

If Froome goes on the attack, that would force Dumoulin to chase him down, which could in turn put pressure on Thomas. It would be an extremely risky strategy and I can't see the team countenancing it.

However, I agree that it looks like winning three GTs on the trot has finally caught up with him and he doesn't have it in his legs anyway.

I was mulling this one over. What if Dumoulin declines to chase, pointing out to Thomas that it's his jersey disappearing up the road? If that happens, it looks very good for Froome if he has the legs, and if Sky start to panic Dumoulin could end up being the beneficiary.