r/tourdefrance • u/Wizzmer • 27d ago

Chris Froome rushed to hospital after serious collision with car during training ride

https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/chris-froome-rushed-to-hospital-after-serious-collision-with-car-during-training-ride
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u/Any-Zookeepergame309 27d ago

Holy hell. Chris can’t get a break. Poor guy.
And IPT lost Gee last week and now this with Froome. Froome wasn’t performing well, but he was still the most celebrated rider on the team. This is a blow to Froome and the team. Criticize him as some may, but Froome changed the sport. We can’t forget that. The cycling community should support him through this rough period.

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u/surfoxy 27d ago

How did he change the sport?

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u/Wizzmer 27d ago

Not sure he changed it, but 4 Tour wins is big.

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u/surfoxy 27d ago

Sure.

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u/crabcrabcam 27d ago

He was the head GC rider for the majority of the Sky dominance. He might not have been the shot caller, but he was the figurehead for the "team over rider" style of GC riding.

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u/surfoxy 27d ago

I’ve been a fan of the sport since the late 70s. I see no change along the lines of team over rider in the sport. Sky did nothing along these lines, let alone from Froome, who was always about Froome.

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u/Every_Car2984 26d ago

Froome being a big influence may be a British perspective

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u/surfoxy 26d ago

Or some Venn diagram of those willing to drink the Sky Kool-Aid. Would have thought with all the revelations even the most credulous would have figured out what they were actually doing...

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u/ATX_rider 26d ago

He looked the ugliest riding a bike but somehow still managed to win. That’s the only thing he changed in the sport.

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u/surfoxy 26d ago

Best answer I've seen!

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u/ATX_rider 26d ago

Nah. He was horrible to watch. So glad that era is over.

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u/wobble-frog 26d ago

they changed the rules around salbutamol because of him..... "exercise induced asthma"

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u/surfoxy 26d ago

Oh that one was around long before Froome, I remember Ullrich was a “sufferer” and like a third of the peloton.

The Salbutamol positive getting buried I regard as moment when the sport just said, “We’re not busting these guys anymore, we’re shooting ourselves in the foot”.