Chris Froome has lost the Tour de France

Because Froome has always doped, since probably midway through the Barloworld years, but had to turn it down with the heat he got a few weeks back. If he was still on it, he would have won the Tour easily. (As in, if the stories about him hadn't surfaced. Sky isn't dumb enough to let him win again.)

FFF wrote:

Because Froome has always doped, since probably midway through the Barloworld years, but had to turn it down with the heat he got a few weeks back. If he was still on it, he would have won the Tour easily. (As in, if the stories about him hadn't surfaced. Sky isn't dumb enough to let him win again.)

Midway through his Barloworld years he started doping, but then he nearly lost his SKY contract while doping so he did doping x 2, and then he wanted to win grand tours so he did doping x 3. Then he won the Giro, probably still doping x 3, but then he got scared and stopped doping and only came 4th in the TDF?

Movistar was a true disappointment. Quintana did nothing. On another team, Bardet also did poorly. None of the climbers did well this tour except Bernal. This is what happens when one team is too dominant. You get the pace train on every stage setting it up for big time trialers to win. There was literally no good climbing action in this tour. Bardet's best day was Alpe Huez, but even he couldn't pull it off because of the skytrain.

Hhshsh wrote:

Fvtfvtftfvv wrote:

Sky did not want to bad publicity of having Froome win. They knew that he was going to get booed on the podium in Paris. How would the sponsors feel?

Froome is probably doing this tour cleanly (partially at least). We saw him struggle today.

Sky had another leader in the wings to take the tour.

My guess is that Sky will ask Froome to lose a few more minutes so that he does not step on the podium.

Froome 4th now (and off the podium). What a surprise...

This post didn't age well.

Disagree somewhat wrote:

Movistar was a true disappointment. Quintana did nothing. On another team, Bardet also did poorly. None of the climbers did well this tour except Bernal. This is what happens when one team is too dominant. You get the pace train on every stage setting it up for big time trialers to win. There was literally no good climbing action in this tour. Bardet's best day was Alpe Huez, but even he couldn't pull it off because of the skytrain.

Disappointing but won the team competition?

Did you not see Quintana win stage 17? Short yes but still a win.

Alan

Runningart2004 wrote:

Disagree somewhat wrote:

Movistar was a true disappointment. Quintana did nothing. On another team, Bardet also did poorly. None of the climbers did well this tour except Bernal. This is what happens when one team is too dominant. You get the pace train on every stage setting it up for big time trialers to win. There was literally no good climbing action in this tour. Bardet's best day was Alpe Huez, but even he couldn't pull it off because of the skytrain.

Disappointing but won the team competition?

Did you not see Quintana win stage 17? Short yes but still a win.

Alan

Yes, very disappointing, they came to win the race and ended with one stage win and the team competition (which means nothing).

I Chose D2 wrote:

He's out of it now and then team will back G entirely. Got his work cut out for him just to stay on the podium. Team sky is probably kicking themselves for bringing Bernal to the tour; the way he's looking they could have won 3 grand tours with 3 different riders this year.

Froome hasn’t had a chance since about half way through the Tour when G started winning stages.

Alan

Could care less who wins the TDF. They're just a bunch of drugged up chemistry experiments. They're even worse than T&F athletes!

I Chose D2 wrote:

Hhshsh wrote:

Froome 4th now (and off the podium). What a surprise...

This post didn't age well.

Agreed. I am shocked that Sky allowed him to get back on the podium.

Their story now is that the team has been getting "abused" and that's what brought them together.

So they are now playing the victim card. Everybody likes a victim.

Drugs Are the Answer wrote:

Could care less who wins the TDF.

So you do care then.

Hardloper wrote:

If he rides too well, he's exposed as a doper, and if he does poorly it exposes him as a doper. Classic LRC logic

+1

he finished 3rd instead of first after winning 3 straight grand tours. that's still insane!

Drugs Are the Answer wrote:

Could care less who wins the TDF. They're just a bunch of drugged up chemistry experiments. They're even worse than T&F athletes!

So you think that NFL, MLB, NHL, and MLB are all clean and you are watching pure athleticism?