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On 5/11/2024 at 11:01 AM, Federer91 said:

Well, he really is just that good :d I enjoy it, since he is way more likeable, than Froome, Contador or Armstrong were in their heyday. 

Bit harsh on Froome and Contador. Both are much more likeable than Armstrong ever was. Even ignoring anything to do with drugs, Lance was a bully in a way that neither of the others were.

 

Froome's attack in the 2018 Giro is still one of my favourite rides in a Grand Tour ever. Heck of a gutsy ride.

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35 minutes ago, Epic Failure said:

Bit harsh on Froome and Contador. Both are much more likeable than Armstrong ever was. Even ignoring anything to do with drugs, Lance was a bully in a way that neither of the others were.

 

Froome's attack in the 2018 Giro is still one of my favourite rides in a Grand Tour ever. Heck of a gutsy ride.

Everyone's own opinion of course, but I do genuinely think Froome is one of the least liked riders outside of his home country in the past 20 years or so :p 

 

Although to be fair, it definitely isn't helped by the massive overall dislike of the entire Team Sky clan of those days..

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15 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Everyone's own opinion of course, but I do genuinely think Froome is one of the least liked riders outside of his home country in the past 20 years or so :p 

 

Although to be fair, it definitely isn't helped by the massive overall dislike of the entire Team Sky clan of those days..

What does everyone have against Kenya? ;) Also, it's Ineos Grenadiers, thank you very much. I don't know who this "Team Sky" is. :p

 

I don't dispute for a second that Froome/Sky are disliked. I just don't get putting him and Alberto in the same category as Armstrong.

 

Froome is kinda boring as a person. Armstrong was genuinely mean.

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Also, the dislike of Froome outside GB (I presume you meant there rather than Kenya) is interesting. Because he was never that popular *in* the UK either. The BBC actually wrote about it back in the day - https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/33539511

 

Again, I totally get disliking him/Sky. I just was a bit surprised that someone put him in Armstrong levels of dislike. That was all.

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On 5/13/2024 at 8:39 PM, Epic Failure said:

Also, the dislike of Froome outside GB (I presume you meant there rather than Kenya) is interesting. Because he was never that popular *in* the UK either. The BBC actually wrote about it back in the day - https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/33539511

 

Again, I totally get disliking him/Sky. I just was a bit surprised that someone put him in Armstrong levels of dislike. That was all.

Don’t think we :GBR *disliked* Froome - we just didn’t know him very well since his life in Britain was minimal.  Unlike Wiggins, Thomas, the Yates Brothers etc who are definitely from particular towns, grew up in Olympic teams etc etc.

 

Anyway, big :hatoff: to Julian Alaphilippe who got his first major Grand Tour win in ages today, after having a couple of near misses already.

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Nice old school gesture yesterday when Geraint Thomas slipped off in the rain with 5km to go & Pogačar slowed down the group to let him get back on.

He was definitely lucky with that though, since it wasn't a matter of bad luck, but a bad mistake by Thomas...the classic 'look behind and dont notice the guy in front of you changing direction'.

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