Chris Froome was born on the 20th of May in the year 1985. He is a professional road cyclist and races for the team Team Sky. Chris Froome was born in Kenya but shifted to South Africa later. Chris Froome started out his career under the registration of Kenyan cycling federation but now having got British citizenship, he rides under the British License. Chris Froome made his first career breakthrough during the 2011 Vuelta a Espana as a Grand Tour contender. He then eventually finished second overall.
Chris Froome started out his cycling career in mountain biking. He then shifted to road cycling and racing in South Africa and specialised as a climber. He turned professional in the year 2007 with Team Konica Minolta of South Africa. He then joined Team Barloworld for the next season. He was a part of this team for the 2008 Tour de France. He finished 84th and 12th in the young riders’ division. He then also competed in the 2009 Giro d’Italia and finished 36th overall and placed seventh in the young riders’ category.
In the year 2010, Chris Froome joined the British team, Team Sky. His first season went well with this team as he finished 9th at the Tour du Haut Var. He also came second at the 2010 British National Time Trial Championships, which proved his capability in time trial. The next season also went well for Chris Froome as he finished in the top 15 at the Tour de Romandie and the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon. The Tour de Suisse also went well for him in some stages as he took the lead but then kept losing time in the other stages thus finishing 9th overall in the time trial. Chris Froome also competed in the 2011 Vuelta a Espana as the main challenger to Bradley Wiggins. He kept up with him for nearly a week and took an unexpected lead in the tenth stage. He was an instrumental member of his team helping them neutralise an attack in the eleventh stage. He however could not follow the main group. He lost his jersey to Bradley Wiggins on the eleventh stage but continued to support the team leader. In the fourteenth stage, he played an important part by helping his team drop rivals such as Joaquim Rodriguez and Vincenzo Nibali. Chris Froome eventually finished second overall at the Tour. Thus he equalled Robert Millar for the highest finish in a Grand Tour by a British cyclist.
On the 16th of September in the year 2011, Chris Froome signed a new contract with Team Sky for the next three years. He was also an important part of the Great Britain Team which assisted Cavendish win the UCI World Road Race Championship in the year 2011.Chris Froome is one of the most promising riders at the present moment. He is definitely going to emerge as one of the heavyweights in the sport of cycling. With a unique style and immense potential, Chris Froome is a force to reckon with.
The 100th the Tour de France begins on 29th June. Run entirely in France, the race starts in the French island of Corsica. It is expected to be a particularly gruelling event this year and there are some very challenging alpine climbs in the latter stages.
Currently Bradley Wiggins has fallen out of favour with the punters after abandoning the Giro d’Italia as he had been unwell. Consequently the odds on him winning the Tours de France lengthened considerably and currently they are sitting at around 16/1. However it was only a bug and he is confident that he will recover in time for the event. At 16/1 is would seem to be a good bet.
However Mark Cavendish is flying the flag for Britain at the moment and has won the fourth stage in the Giro d’Italia, the hundredth win of his career. He is also leading Team Omega Pharma-Quick Step in the Tours de France after having broken away from Team Sky as he considered that he had not received sufficient support in the 2012 Tours de France. Currently odds on him winning the Tours de France are posted at 5,000/1. Given that he was ranked 142 in the 2012 Tours de France, at odds like those he has to be worth a bet. Read more »
Briton sprinter Chris Froome has come up as the winner of the 82nd Criterium International this season. The Team Sky member, who is also one of most promising participants for Tour de France claimed that his recent Criterium International win is surely one of most impressive victories in his career. The esteemed quick fire 3-stage spring cycling event Criterium International which is held every year in France, took place between March 23- March 24, 2013, this time.
The winning Briton cyclist from team Sky launched his victory attack when he was about 5.5 km to get on the top of Col de l’Ospedale. Richard Porte (Froome’s Sky team mate) came second after Froome as he finished 32 seconds after the victorious British cyclist in the French spring riding competition. The 3rd position is secured by Tejay Garderen who finished after a further twenty-two seconds.
The Criterium win is the 2nd stage-race win of this year for 27-year-old Chris Froome, apart from Tour of Oman. Chris also finished on the second position in Tirreno Adriatco. The final stage of 176 kilometers at Criterium International race culminated in the summit finish post a 14.1 kilometers mount above the Corsica town, where Tour de France 2013 is just about to start off very soon.
“It was almost like the way we planned”, stated Chris Froome while approached to speak on his great win in the prestigious Criterium international. “Our idea was to stay in control of the race throughout the day. Certainly it was something huge & we actually put pressure on others. I didn’t plan attack in climb. However, as there was gap between Porte & me, I felt it’s right for me to head, thus I went. This race has helped to see how much I could put trust on my team mates in the upcoming Tour de France”.
The Kenyan born Team Sky cyclist Chris Froome is riding high on success after a spectacular win at the Tour of Oman earlier this month. He believes that this particular victory of his proves that Sky had made the right decision in making him the team leader for Team Sky instead of Bradley Wiggins, for the upcoming seasons Tour de France, 2013.
Froome who came an over-all second last year behind Wiggins (last year’s champion) says winning the Tour of Oman has been instrumental in boosting of his confidence for the future challenges. He further stated that this victory only makes his fellow compatriots and his team, including the support staff feel more secure, knowing that they have a rider who will surely win the France tour for them.
Wiggins who defeated cycling stars like Vincenzo Nibali and Alberto Contador at the Tour of Oman considers this to be a great victory for himself.
Froome paid tribute to his UCI ProTeam ‘Team Sky’ for its support, he also thanked his team-members including Wiggins for doing their part well in creating the perfect slip streams for him ensuring that he had a smooth run, which helped him in winning the race.
Bradley Wiggins who came 74th at the Oman tour has said that he wasn’t really looking forward to winning this particular race. Wiggins explained that he has set himself some very different targets this year, for he doesn’t want to compete and be compared with his own stellar performances at Tour de France and the Olympic last year.
The 27 year old Chris Froome, has been quoted saying that the feeling of this debut victory at Oman hasn’t properly sunk in yet. He is known to be a strong mountain climber and a specialist in individual time trial format of cycling.
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