How many yellow jerseys can Froome go on to win?

Was just giving this some thought yesterday. He's clearly one of the best climbers around, has proved a load of people wrong in terms of descending ability and riding cobbles and is right up there with his TTing. He also seems to be developing more leadership qualities and clearly showed a steely resolve in the face of all the accusations off the bike.
Competition wise, Quintana will only get stronger (a shoe in for a tour win eventually), Nibali ever present, Contador likely has one year left to win the tour (and will likely be very strong next year), Aru will only get better.
I guess Froome has what, three years left in peak condition, maybe 4 at an absolute push? Could see him aiming for a Giro towards the end of his career.
Competition wise, Quintana will only get stronger (a shoe in for a tour win eventually), Nibali ever present, Contador likely has one year left to win the tour (and will likely be very strong next year), Aru will only get better.
I guess Froome has what, three years left in peak condition, maybe 4 at an absolute push? Could see him aiming for a Giro towards the end of his career.
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Yeah utter nonsense
Put in 100km TTing and he'll monster Quintana.
You'd imagine the Sky team will remain very strong for a while so he's also likely to get plenty of support. You'd imagine he has another couple in him but I don't know whether he'll get to five.
We've seen with Cavendish that it doesn't take much of a drop to be off the pace.
Will he be interested in winning the Giro? More likely he might bag a Vuelta.
Giro prone to bad weather - and he no likey. Much happier in sunny, warm conditions
I think he'll give the Giro & Vuelta a go one year. Plenty rest in between
Also depends what Brailsford wants to do with the team. He loves, just loves, having an environment in which he has riders competing with each other for the top spots. Believes it eliminates complacency and raises individiuals' performances. Its what he did over and over again on the track, and its what he did with Wiggins and Froome. He wants to have at least one rider who will be able to challenge Froome for top spot on the team. And logic says that at some point, that will happen.
I think you may be confusing him with Little Jack Horner
But the biggest obstacle is his body. He so regularly picks up a bug, a cold, a niggling injury, or just generally seems to fatigue quicker than some of the others. So assuming he has 3 years left at this level I wouldn't be surprised to see him only win 1 more.
I think he feels like he has unfinished business at the Vuelta so I wouldn't be surprised to see him finally get a win there.
Into his 40s? What?
Good point, that and the Giro coming before the Tour probably means we wont see him attempt it unless maybe they design a parcours deliberately to tempt him.
As for the original question, if I had to put a bet on I'd say one more Tour win simply because in the next three years the law of averages might have him being beaten by Quintana once, winning once and maybe losing out through illness/bad luck once. If things went his way though he might reach the magic 5 wins, if he can maintain his form he's clearly going to be amongst the favourites for a number of years.
I wouldn't write Quintana off quite so readily on the strength of his TT either, he's put in some good ones at times and while he probably would concede time maybe not a huge amount, less than he conceded in week 1 this year.
So one more I think, next years parcourse being suitable, then he should try the Giro Vuelta double. They are far enough apart for a double peak training/competing year.
I know he's finished 2nd twice now, but I'm still not convinced Quintana is going to step up to the top for a couple more years. He's also prone to getting ill in the GT's.
They've 'won' them of course (much like Big Mig?)
Nothing is killing the TdF.
Sky were on their last legs by the time they rolled into Paris - like a car that's been showing the fuel light for the last 40km, then turns into a clown car and cuts out as it rolls onto the garage forecourt...doors falling off and steam pouring out the radiator.
They imploded in 2013, too, but 6 stages earlier.
They might be "corporate" - but so is Movistar, Astana and FDJ. Even bloody MTN Qhubeka are "corporate" in their structure.
This isn't a dominant team: it's the one that played the best hand this year (they threw a sh!t hand in 2011 and 2014) and got away with it.
As to "efficient", well that's Contador's pedaling style all over - along with champions like Anquetil, Roche, Pantani, Coppi and Indurain - all great "Stylists". Other than that, you've got the "Brutalists" - Hinault, Bartali, Merckx, Armstrong, Fignon, Lemond.... and now Froome. Some people prefer poodles, some prefer Rottweilers - each to their own.
I reckon he's got another Tour win and a Vuelta in him.
I think they'll be happy in the "killing the Tour" pile with Merckx and Indurain
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