Tag: Chris Froome
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Froome Survives First Race Since Crash before Heading to the Rugby
Saitama, Japan, Oct 27 (AFP/APP): Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome successfully completed his first competitive ride since his horror crash in June on Sunday before hot-tailing his way across Tokyo to watch the Rugby World Cup semi-final. The 34-year-old took part in a team time trial run round a single lap at the…
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Olympic and Tour de France Dreams Driving Froome Recovery
Saitama, Japan, Oct 26 (AFP/APP): Still limping heavily, Chris Froome is fighting back from less than zero, he told AFP on Saturday, in what he describes as an unprecedented bid to win another Tour de France in 2020. Froome, the winner of four Tour de France titles, fractured a thigh, elbow and vertebrae in a…
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Doubts Shroud Froome’s Bid for a Fifth Tour de France Title
Paris, Oct 15 (AFP/APP): A course made up of 29 lung-busting climbs would appear to be tailor-made for Chris Froome but the four-time champion admitted on Tuesday that he may not even be on the start line at the 2020 Tour de France. “It’s impossible to say,” said Froome at the route unveiling in Paris.…