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03-25-2013, 03:17 AM
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Chris Froome
I know he's doing well this year and seems to be Sky's choice for a Tour De France win but i just can't seem to find anything about him to like....
He just seems sneaky, maybe because he rides with a union jack on his shirt but he's actually Kenyan is the reason... (is that racist or culturalist ?) Anyhow i for one will not be cheering him along at this years tour - my banner will be for Sir Bradley 
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03-25-2013, 03:55 AM
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03-25-2013, 05:28 AM
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03-25-2013, 05:33 AM
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03-25-2013, 06:08 AM
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03-25-2013, 06:15 AM
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03-25-2013, 06:31 AM
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He was born in Kenya, (i think his father and grandfather were British), identifies himself as being Kenyan - but he's "British" for the purposes of his sport - doesn't make sense to me.... "Christopher "Chris" Froome (born 20 May 1985) is a professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam Team Sky.[2] Born in Kenya and brought up in South Africa, since spring 2008 he has ridden under a British licence on the basis of his passport and father's and grandparents' country of birth." Whereas Wiggins has an Australian dad, british mum, was born in belgium but raised in the UK and identifies himself as being a Brit. confusing isn't it? Last edited by rileystylee; 03-25-2013 at 06:37 AM.
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03-25-2013, 06:42 AM
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Hmmm this subject is quite sensitive because for example in italy doesnt matter your background of last names... if you are born in italy you are italian, for other countries is the same thing. Thats why somehow (besides soccer situation) italians have problems with the argentinians of italian descent, they swear to be italians but they dont even cant speak italian to start with, well not even think in local dialects.
I know a bunch of born american and canadian kids that are sons and daughters from people that was exiled or went to another country to find their own lives that still still considered from their parents country but the cruel reality is that mother land havent give you crap, their passport is not the motherland one and the worse thing, they dont even talk the spanish like the locals... Asians in general are more neutral about it because besides an identification with their descent countries... you are form where you born but you have those cases of people that born in one place and grew somewhere else... but if you have been living all your life in mars, you speak martian and your passport say that you are a martian citizen will be hard to stick that you are from earth specially with the earthlings you know. Froome is african to me...
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03-25-2013, 07:16 AM
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Isn't this more about team sponsorship that ethnicity? Sky is British and the team is organized around that promotion. Wearing a Union Jack probably reflects that more than where Chris or his parents were born.
The question of ethnicity and nationality is - as we all know - immensely complicated. And nowhere more so than in sports. As for seeming "sneaky," that would hardly be the word I would use even if I thought he was "actually Kenyan." I guess I'd just rather watch the racing than have a debate about ethnicity. Quote:
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03-25-2013, 07:27 AM
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Not to completely defend the OP, but Froome did abandon is Kenyan Federation license for a British one, so he could have easier access to world-class races and receive the kind of support and organization Kenya simply didn't have.
From what I remember reading about it, there was a lot of bad blood on both sides when he dumped his Kenyan affiliation. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/rider...s_froome_nov08 "They have not been helpful at all, it has been really disappointing. I did a lot with Kenyan cycling and to have them to deny me the opportunity to ride in the Olympics that leaves a bit of sour taste in my mouth. ... There is an Olympic rule that says you can't go to the Olympics for another nationality within three years of changing, unless your previous country agrees to let you go."
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03-25-2013, 07:42 AM
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I also have it on good authority . . .
. . . he was the second gunman on the grassy knoll.
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03-25-2013, 08:42 AM
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Froome just constantly looks uncomfortable. Socks
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