Should Chris Froome swallow his pride and retire?

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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312

    He actually managed to stay with the GC guys until Pog launched his sprint yesterday so there must be something back in the legs.

    Considering they finished 8-9 minutes behind the breakaway, I suspect they weren't exactly hammering it up the climb
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    Pross said:

    He actually managed to stay with the GC guys until Pog launched his sprint yesterday so there must be something back in the legs.

    He'd been dropped from the break hadn't he?
    No, he kind of tried to get a break early on but didn't manage it.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312

    Pross said:

    He actually managed to stay with the GC guys until Pog launched his sprint yesterday so there must be something back in the legs.

    He'd been dropped from the break hadn't he?
    No, he kind of tried to get a break early on but didn't manage it.
    It was so half hearted... it started before the commercial break and it was well over when ITV4 came back live... must have been a minute or 2
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  • commuterlegs
    commuterlegs Posts: 271

    He actually managed to stay with the GC guys until Pog launched his sprint yesterday so there must be something back in the legs.

    Considering they finished 8-9 minutes behind the breakaway, I suspect they weren't exactly hammering it up the climb
    Let's just take the positives shall we, at least he wasn't with l'autobus!
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    Oh well...
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    Looked like he made it over the telegraph with the main group today
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    gsk82 said:

    Looked like he made it over the telegraph with the main group today


    I like to look at the Tour tracker during the race - it’s great. He was in what the tracker called the peloton for the rest of the race. It was about 50 riders. It ended up around 20,
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    Is today the day?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143

    Is today the day?

    Would it be his first win in the alps?
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312

    Is today the day?

    Would it be his first win in the alps?
    I was thinking more in terms of 10 minutes in the breakaway or something
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,671
    edited July 2022

    Is today the day?

    Would it be his first win in the alps?
    I was thinking more in terms of 10 minutes in the breakaway or something
    He needs to ask when the advert breaks are this time so nobody misses it 👍
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725

    Is today the day?

    He's currently trying.....
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312

    Is today the day?

    He's currently trying.....
    Should have waited for ITV4 coverage...
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    all over?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651

    all over?

    He's just gone again!
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    Today's the day.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Launching his bid for number 5.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited July 2022
    He’s going like a rocket.
    he’s going so fast the headwind has become a tailwind
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143

    Today's the day.

    Today.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    He's going to have a few grey hairs after following Pidcock down these two descents.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    andyp said:

    He's going to have a few grey hairs after following Pidcock down these two descents.

    Still struggling to make the final few metres after Pidcock just rolled across.
  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    Well he's hung on and in the front group now
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    Hanging on at the back... just...
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,056
    Anyone tempted to race him virtually up the final climb today?

    I have a feeling my 56min best up Alpe Du Zwift might not put him to shame! :D
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    Looking good now... he's staring the stem...
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    A valiant effort, but a far cry from his golden days
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  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    edited July 2022
    Massive step in the right direction though.
    Hats off to him or should that be helmets
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435

    A valiant effort, but a far cry from his golden days

    I never thought we'd even see this again though.

    He could win from the right break I think. If he wants to keep riding and can do that, why not?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549

    A valiant effort, but a far cry from his golden days

    If he won the Tour by ten minutes, you'd find fault.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Tempted to start a " Should Gee have a proper tilt at the classics or swallow his pride and retire" thread given the "success" of these...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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