Froome's Tourettes

thomthom

Does he have to look down every third second? Up, down, up, down, up, down... It's doing my head in. Anyone else noticed this? It really shouldn't be an issue for me but it's so annoying once you notice it, haha.

Jambes de Fer

Doesn't he have a mountain bike background? Ex-MTBs tend to be in the habit of looking at the ground a lot.

thomthom

I'm desperately trying to find a video with Chris to prove my point. I'm fairly sure it has nothing to with looking at the ground. Just an awkward style.

Lichtblick

ThomThom wrote:

Does he have to look down every third second? Up, down, up, down, up, down... It's doing my head in. Anyone else noticed this? It really shouldn't be an issue for me but it's so annoying once you notice it, haha.

Bit rough on him calling it Tourettes, don't you think? Just because (allegedly) he looks up and down and you don't like it?

It is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic.

Sorry, but I don't find that "funny".

Moomaloid

Nothing to do with Tourettes at all, however he's definitely the Paula Radcliffe of Cycling.... got the nodding head thing going on.. Especially in the Mountains.

thomthom

Of course it has nothing to do with Tourettes.

Lighten up, Lichtblick.

Lichtblick

ThomThom wrote:

Of course it has nothing to do with Tourettes.

Lighten up, Lichtblick.

It was a "joke"?

This young man has just come 2nd in the Tour de France, and won a stage, AND he's done the Giro, AND he's done the Vuelta, AND he's about to do the Olympics road race, AND he's about to do this year's Vuelta, none of which you could even dream of doing, AND he's had to put up with a lot of media shite about him and Brad, AND another load of media sniggering about his private life, and then he has twits on messageboards "joking" that he has Tourettes because he allegedly moves his head about when confronted with a camera at the end of the hardest athletic competition on earth.

Some joke, eh? Which you then try to wriggle out of by trying to tell me to lighten up. Yeah, right.

You might like to read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Froome and stop making cheap jokes about a superb cyclist.

nathancom

Lichtblick wrote:

ThomThom wrote:

Of course it has nothing to do with Tourettes.

Lighten up, Lichtblick.

It was a "joke"?

This young man has just come 2nd in the Tour de France, and won a stage, AND he's done the Giro, AND he's done the Vuelta, AND he's about to do the Olympics road race, AND he's about to do this year's Vuelta, none of which you could even dream of doing, AND he's had to put up with a lot of media shite about him and Brad, AND another load of media sniggering about his private life, and then he has twits on messageboards "joking" that he has Tourettes because he allegedly moves his head about when confronted with a camera at the end of the hardest athletic competition on earth.

Some joke, eh? Which you then try to wriggle out of by trying to tell me to lighten up. Yeah, right.

You might like to read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Froome and stop making cheap jokes about a superb cyclist.

You know this is the internet, and you are campaigning for politeness and good behaviour??

mattshrops

woah its the internet.
It seems pretty obvious it was intended lightheartedly, why the full on freak out?

nathancom

mattshrops wrote:

woah its the internet.
It seems pretty obvious it was intended lightheartedly, why the full on freak out?

Probably Michelle Cound's account.

Lichtblick

mattshrops wrote:

woah its the internet.
It seems pretty obvious it was intended lightheartedly, why the full on freak out?

Because
it
was
not
funny.

ok?

mattshrops

It didnt make me laugh but i managed not to do an impression of angry from aldershot

ok?

ddraver

Lichtblick = Velocestrapture???

DeadCalm

I'm sorry but I'm with Lichtblick here. When I was growing up the terminology would have been spastic or flid, both thankfully no longer in common usage. And why does something so offensive become ok just because it's the internet?

luckao

Bloody hell, can we not just celebrate him coming second in a Tour.

jerry3571

I think it's ok if he has Tourettes, in my book. I'm fine with it. I don't think you can catch it from a toilet seat.

Maybe he needs to do some neck exercises or put his stem up a notch. It's a wonder he doesn't crash as it is fairly pronounced. Just a habit he picked up maybe?? Who knows, it's all part of life's rich tapestry and makes Froomey, Froomey.

Also, I got a bounce in my walking step so I can't say sh*t. Yes, I am admitting to not being perfect.

Jerry

PS- Time Trialist are a nightmare for this habit also. We had an accident on a Dual Carriageway on an Open TT and a some other rider went in to the back of the Ambulance as he couldn't keep his head up to see. TT riders are the Mr Magoo of the cycling world.

thomthom

nathancom wrote:

Lichtblick wrote:

ThomThom wrote:

Of course it has nothing to do with Tourettes.

Lighten up, Lichtblick.

nathancom wrote:

It was a "joke"?

This young man has just come 2nd in the Tour de France, and won a stage, AND he's done the Giro, AND he's done the Vuelta, AND he's about to do the Olympics road race, AND he's about to do this year's Vuelta, none of which you could even dream of doing, AND he's had to put up with a lot of media shite about him and Brad, AND another load of media sniggering about his private life, and then he has twits on messageboards "joking" that he has Tourettes because he allegedly moves his head about when confronted with a camera at the end of the hardest athletic competition on earth.

Some joke, eh? Which you then try to wriggle out of by trying to tell me to lighten up. Yeah, right.

You might like to read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Froome and stop making cheap jokes about a superb cyclist.

I'm in tears here! How on earth is that something to be upset about.

raymondo60

Peter Sagan made the best comment about 'Tour-ettes' if anyone saw it......

k-dog

I thInk he's generally just a bit awkward. He's all over the place on the bike - not the worst I've ever seen but he's all elbows and knees when you see him from the front.

andrewjoseph

I didn't know Froome had a mtb background, but looking down at the BB or Cassette is not an mtb trait, at least, not for long.

All mtb'ers soon learn to look up the trail as far as you can see, glance to the front wheel, then back up the trail.

Smooth wide tarmac may be making him fall asleep though. ;-)

bigmat

He doesn't like to make eye contact when he's talking about how Wiggins was the strongest rider and how he's happy playing a support role - I wonder why?

FransJacques

k-dog wrote:

I thInk he's generally just a bit awkward. He's all over the place on the bike - not the worst I've ever seen but he's all elbows and knees when you see him from the front.

Hear hear. Worst riding style ever - it's all legs, elbows, knees. He even makes Hesjedal look like Gianni Bugno.

Tom BB

Does he actually have tourettes then?

pinno

I remember Charly Mottet - he did look like a 'frog on a matchbox' which is ironically, what the French call le Rost Biffs when on a bike. Hands in the middle of the handlebars adjacent to the stem whilst climbing and never seemingly in a rythym - always kicking out of the saddle every so often.

I wonder if they will come up with some other expression now Wiggo has won?

thomthom

Tom BB wrote:

Does he actually have tourettes then?

Of course not. Just had to give the thread a decent title. And boy it was. Look how many views it's had. I'm a genius.

thomthom

Alright, I've tried to prove my point in a video but believe or not I can't really find any proper ones. I did find this, though. I can't see it since I'm not living in Wiggins-land so I'm not too sure if it's any good, but try, when they hit the climb, to look after what I mentioned in the OP.

http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=320645

Pross

FransJacques wrote:

k-dog wrote:

I thInk he's generally just a bit awkward. He's all over the place on the bike - not the worst I've ever seen but he's all elbows and knees when you see him from the front.

Hear hear. Worst riding style ever - it's all legs, elbows, knees. He even makes Hesjedal look like Gianni Bugno.

Have you never seen Chris Anker Sorenson or Dan Martin riding then?

disgruntledgoat

Pross wrote:

FransJacques wrote:

k-dog wrote:

I thInk he's generally just a bit awkward. He's all over the place on the bike - not the worst I've ever seen but he's all elbows and knees when you see him from the front.

Hear hear. Worst riding style ever - it's all legs, elbows, knees. He even makes Hesjedal look like Gianni Bugno.

Have you never seen Chris Anker Sorenson or Dan Martin riding then?

Santiago Botero.

Bakunin

I could live with that -- he doesn't dope but he has tourettes.

Pross

Is it only Tourettes when in France? Will he have Vueltaettes next month?

Yellow Peril

Pross wrote:

Is it only Tourettes when in France? Will he have Vueltaettes next month?

I see what you did there.