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Chris Froome insisted he would be willing to sacrifice his chances of a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title to help teammate Geraint Thomas achieve victory. Thomas and Froome sit first and second in the general classification heading into the final week of the Tour, with Thomas one minute and 39 seconds ahead of his […]
Getty Images Renowned British cyclist Chris Froome has failed a drugs test. The four-time Tour de France winner’s urine sample during the Vuelta a España in September contained twice the permitted level of salbutamol, a legal asthma drug. Froome will challenge the result, but if it is upheld he could face a lengthy ban from […]
Chris Froome kept his comfortable lead over Italian Vincenzo Nibali ahead of Saturday’s decisive Spanish Vuelta stage up the challenging l’Angliru summit. Froome avoided trouble in Friday’s 150-kilometre ride from Caso to Gijon, staying one minute, 37 seconds ahead of Nibali in the overall standings. “For me it was about trying to save as much energy as […]
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Froome was crowned again after victories in 2013, 2015 and 2016 and said he was hungry for more. “I’d still like to keep racing into my late 30s and keep competing for the yellow jersey,” he said. “This year was the closest it’s ever been for me, though, and it’s only going to be harder […]
The Team Sky rider could not capture yesterday’s individual time trial through the streets of Marseille, making him only the Tour’s seventh outright winner without a single stage victory en route to Paris. But Froome’s third place yesterday behind Poland’s Maciej Bodnar, well ahead of the other yellow jersey contenders, left the 32-year-old finally sure […]
Team-mate Michal Kwiatkowski had missed out on the fastest time on the board by just one second with fellow Pole Maciej Bodnar sitting on top of the time-sheets when Froome rolled down the ramp. Kwiatkowski had the fastest times through the first two sectors though and his British team leader was just two seconds down […]
The Sky rider ceded the overall lead after he faded badly on an ultra-steep final ascent deep in the Pyrenees, losing 22 seconds in less than 500 metres. Froome struggled across the line in seventh place, his mouth gasping for air as he slid to second overall behind Italy’s Fabio Aru. “It was certainly a […]
Froome, 31, is in training for the summer’s Tour de France but was given a nasty scare this morning as he was chased up the pavement after being followed on the road. Fortunately he wasn’t hurt but his bike was wrecked he was furious afterwards. “Just got rammed on purpose by an impatient driver who […]
