O****e
发帖数: 3290 | 1 Chris Froome was born in Kenya to British parents. People who watched this
year's Tour should be very familiar with him. Working as a domestique to
Wiggins (the winner), he still placed 2nd on the podium and proved himself
to be the strongest in the mountains without a doubt. In my eyes, this is an
achievement that is even bigger than Wiggin's win.
Froome's rise to spot light is a surprise to everyone especially to Team Sky
itself. Froome was enrolled in the team from the beginning (2009).
According to the author of 'Sky's the Limit', he had the numbers in tests.
But, in races he hadn't delivered for the first three years with Team Sky.
It sounds a little strange. In hindsight analysis, his poor performance on
the road in the first two years could be attributed to his lack of racing
experience. He was described by Brailsford (general manager of Team Sky) as
a 'rough diamond' on the bike although he was friendly and unerringly polite
off bike.
At the end of 2010, he contracted a rare infection that he had picked up
swimming in a lake in Kenya. His body was invaded by a rare type of parasite
that eats his blood cells. It cost him the Tour in 2011 and only had the
parasites cleared off his body after almost a year of treatment. With his
contract running out in a few months by the end of 2011, Sky offered him a
new contract for 2012 but at a rumored 100,000 pound/year. According to an
insider, it was worse than that it was effectively a goodbye considering
that Wiggins were paid about 2m pounds/year.
Then comes the Vuelta in August of 2011, Froome shined even to his own
surprise. Not only he unexpectedly grabbed the red jersey at Stage 7's time
trial it was obvious he was one of the strongest climbers in that race.
Wiggins was a much stronger climber than previous year too but obviously a
notch below Froome. However, the team decided to keep Wiggins as the leader
and Froome would still work as Wiggins super domestique. Froome did not
complain. Instead, he worked his ass off to help Wiggins in the mountain
especially during the notoriously steep stage Angliru. In the end, another
strong Spanish climber Cobo claimed the stage win at Agliru and also the
overall win in the end leading Froome by 13 seconds and Wiggins by 1 m 39 s.
Froome and Wiggins ended up 2nd and 3rd on the podium.
It was argued though working as a domestique actually helped bring the best
out of Froome in races. Indeed, Froome himself admitted he learned a lot
about racing as a domestique for Wiggins. Hence, he has no regret.
After Vuelta, Froome became a hot property sought after by teams like Radio
Shack, Agr2 and Astana. He remained in Sky but with a 1.2m pound/year
paycheck 12 times what he was offered just a few weeks earlier. | w**m
发帖数: 924 | 2 是金子总会发光。大病一场反而更强有点不可思议。不知道是不是跟那种先把血抽出，
再打回去的训练有异曲同工之妙啊。 | i*********5
发帖数: 19210 | 3 1.2m pound/year！ not bad at all！ ;-)
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【在 O****e 的大作中提到】
: Chris Froome was born in Kenya to British parents. People who watched this
: year's Tour should be very familiar with him. Working as a domestique to
: Wiggins (the winner), he still placed 2nd on the podium and proved himself
: to be the strongest in the mountains without a doubt. In my eyes, this is an
: achievement that is even bigger than Wiggin's win.
: Froome's rise to spot light is a surprise to everyone especially to Team Sky
: itself. Froome was enrolled in the team from the beginning (2009).
: According to the author of 'Sky's the Limit', he had the numbers in tests.
: But, in races he hadn't delivered for the first three years with Team Sky.
: It sounds a little strange. In hindsight analysis, his poor performance on
| O****e
发帖数: 3290 | 4 It probably makes sense. It's like the immune system that only gets stronger
after the attack. But, of course, you need to win the battle first.
【在 w**m 的大作中提到】
: 是金子总会发光。大病一场反而更强有点不可思议。不知道是不是跟那种先把血抽出，
: 再打回去的训练有异曲同工之妙啊。
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