The view of Chris Froome acting upon tirelessly for the Bradley Wiggins in the recently concluded Tour of Romandy might have duped you into guessing that this version has been job as usual for Kenyan-born Briton.

Having created his name following something same for opening 2 weeks of previous year’s Vuelta, Froome’s repeating of the role followed a beginning to 2012 season which has been everything but clear sailing.

At first, buoyed by his 2nd spot in Spain as well as with it his 3-year deal extension, the 1st sign of difficulty hit at Sky’s Majorca camp in the month of January. Having not sensed right there, he extracted of his 1st 2012 race – the Volta ao Algarve – only a month after suffering a chest contagion.

This injury left him bed codded for almost 2 weeks as well as forced him to escape Paris-Nice. When peloton were acting upon their path down to Mediterranean, he dashed when training in Italy. Blood tests showed that bilharzia parasites were very much active in system.

This is not new at all for Froome, the person who was 1st found to be enduring from condition at 2010’s end after coming into contact with polluted water in Africa. Along with symptoms including abdominal pain as well as fatigue, it is hardly storming that it hampered the early division of 2012 for the rider, as it did previous year.

He tells that he found this 18 months before and possibly they had not been in his system for a year this. He received the treatment 3 weeks before and he has to wait 6 months to watch whether if this is still active or not.

“I found it 18 months ago and they had probably been in my system for a year before that,” he explains. “I took the treatment three weeks ago and I’ve got to wait six months to see if it’s still active or not.”