I hope he comes back only if he is 100% the cyclist he was before the accident. Sport is full of failed comebacks of greats which have tarnished their legacies. Say he enters the TdF and is found wanting. He'd have been better off not entering. For such driven individuals, accepting that it's time to retire and do something else is often the hardest decision of allThe truth doesn't really sell papers,he'll be back
You don't get to be "the best grand tour rider of all time" (purely my opinion !) without something special about you.Its difficult to say whether he can ever be 100% the same rider.But you can guarantee if he's hitting his numbers/targets he won't not try.Its not in him to be second best.Plus the peleton looks to be having a change of guard with the likes of Allaphilipe,Bernal,Pinot ect...well maybe not Pinot Anyway I'm optimistic he'll return,even to confirm to himself whether he's done or not.Thats the thing about many of the top tier riders,they can take a hell of a lot of pain/suffering it goes with the sport.I hope he comes back only if he is 100% the cyclist he was before the accident. Sport is full of failed comebacks of greats which have tarnished their legacies. Say he enters the TdF and is found wanting. He'd have been better off not entering. For such driven individuals, accepting that it's time to retire and do something else is often the hardest decision of all
Chris Horner
There was a report from Froome that was less than encouraging a couple of months back. He was going to enter some criterium or other but said that he still couldn't walk unaided and couldn't ride other than at "touring pace" All IIRC
Maybe not for Froome but I quite liked Andy Murray's take on things with his comeback. He noted that not everyone could be first, and if everyone only took part with a good chance winning then it would be a very small field. He reckoned he would be happy to get back competing in the sport he loves, which I kinda understood.I hope he comes back only if he is 100% the cyclist he was before the accident. Sport is full of failed comebacks of greats which have tarnished their legacies. Say he enters the TdF and is found wanting. He'd have been better off not entering. For such driven individuals, accepting that it's time to retire and do something else is often the hardest decision of all
I learnt everything I know from Quincy ME.Call me a sceptic, but I'm beginning to wonder if all the medical experts on here actually finished their medical degrees...
But then there is Eddy Merckx, who was in pain for most of his career (and four of his TdF titles) after his crash in 1969. He used to carry an allen key when he raced so he could adjust his saddle on-the-go.I hope he comes back only if he is 100% the cyclist he was before the accident.
Call me a sceptic, but I wonder whether the actual medical expert I saw after my clotting episodes finished his medical degree... He told me that my survival and relatively good recovery was due to me being an 'elite athlete'!Call me a sceptic, but I'm beginning to wonder if all the medical experts on here actually finished their medical degrees...
Don't they examine dead people? Just how ill is Froome?I learnt everything I know from Quincy ME.
Never doubted it Colin, never doubted it.Call me a sceptic, but I wonder whether the actual medical expert I saw after my clotting episodes finished his medical degree... He told me that my survival and relatively good recovery was due to me being an 'elite athlete'!