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Former winner Geraint Thomas pledges his full support for teammate in what is his swansong Tour.
Since his first Tour de France win in 2013, Chris Froome has been the GC rider of reference in the Tour. Through 2017, the Brit won four yellow jerseys (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017), a polka-dot jersey (2015), and six stages along the way, plus he won a stage in the 2012 Tour. He also won the 2017 Vuelta and the 2018 Giro d’Italia.
Since his first Tour de France win in 2013, Chris Froome has been the GC rider of reference in the Tour. Through 2017, the Brit won four yellow jerseys (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017), a polka-dot jersey (2015), and six stages along the way, plus he won a stage in the 2012 Tour. He also won the 2017 Vuelta and the 2018 Giro d’Italia.
Former winner Geraint Thomas pledges his full support for teammate in what is his swansong Tour.
With other nations now in the ascendancy, Thomas is the last man standing from a nation that once dominated the Tour de France podium.
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The UCI might have to take the sport backward to keep it moving forward. The cycling industry would go crazy.
Analysis: Gone are the heady days when British cycling ruled the pack. Jeremy Whittle dives into how the fizzle faded, and what might bring it back.
Canada's Gee continues on his extraordinary progression by targeting the podium at the 2025 Giro d'Italia: 'There is definitely a little more pressure.'
Tour de Hoody: Today's generation has big ask to revive British cycling's dominance as Cavendish's retirement marks end of an era.
Four-time Tour de France winner Froome is thinking about calling time on his storied career, aiming to compete in one last Grand Tour.
Briton in action at the Saitama Criterium in Japan, receives most aggressive rider award.
Roglič overhauled at finish line while Cavendish and Philipsen are also to the fore in off-season event.
Ventoux chronicler Jeremy Whittle charts the history and challenges of the most notorious climb of the Tour de France.
Belgian champion Eli Iserbyt has liquid chucked in his face during cyclocross race, prompting police to intervene.
You know it's off-season when the year-end Asian exhibitions begin. Expect kimonos, martial arts, and very little racing.
Four-time Tour de France winner Froome admits his days of racing for the win are over: 'I don’t look at results anymore.'
Manxman has been vague about intentions, while Astana-Qazaqstan team indicates its position.
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Riccitello will start as a protected GC rider, and grand tour rookie Sheehan will have freedom to attack: 'I have my eye on a few stages.'
Multiple Tour winner Froome says all-time Tour de France GC record is ‘vulnerable’ due to Pogačar’s dominance.
After a number of quiet seasons, four-time Tour de France winner wants to say farewell on a high note.
We dive into the power numbers of Derek Gee, Chris Froome, Tadej Pogačar, and more.
Four-time Tour winner Froome searching for big result after Tour non-selection, Jay Vine at altitude camp after serious fractures.
Derek Gee, Stevie Williams, Pascal Ackermann headline stage hunting team as four-time winner Froome misses out for second year running.
Like many teams, Israel-Premier Tech will decide its 'Tour 8' after the Tour de Suisse: 'We want to have an objective every single day at the Tour de France.'
A half decade after the crash that forever marked Froome's career, the desire to return to the Tour de France pushes him on: 'I am doing everything I can to get myself ready.'
Froome is hoping a strong ride at the Criterium du Dauphiné could see him punch his ticket with Israel Premier Tech for the Tour, starting June 29 in Florence, Italy.
As the 2024 Giro d'Italia clicks into gear, we take a look back at one of the modern Giro's most remarkable and controversial stages with Froome's 80km breakaway to seize the pink jersey in 2018.
Froome reflects on racing vs. Pogačar, Vingegaard in his prime: 'It would have been interesting to have raced against them in my best years'
Tour de Hoody: More Americans win in Europe, Chris Froome's long goodbye, and giving Milan-San Remo the respect it deserves.
Two-time Tour de France champion posted some impressive power numbers to bury rivals: 'The plan worked perfectly.'
Froome asserts he'll keep racing until at least 2025, insists there's no beef with Israel-Premier Tech team owner Sylvan Adams.
'That's still not going to earn him a position on a grand tour team': Sylvan Adams shows no mercy on former Tour de France dominator.
Riders are fueling on more carbs than ever, and nutrition brands are chasing the next breakthrough that will take things even further.
The Welsh rider remains the only British-born Tour de France winner and it all started on an outdoor velodrome in Cardiff: 'I started to win a lot, and I thought, that’s it, then.'
Comments suggest four-time yellow jersey will remain at Israel Premier Tech and Froome is hopeful tweaks to riding position will relieve lower back pain.
The seven-time grand tour winner has only raced once since he was snubbed for this year's Tour de France.
The 2018 Tour de France winner also faced a similar scenario with Chris Froome: 'Vingegaard didn't come here to ride around, did he? Same with Primož.'
The latest lieutenant to seek grand tour glory.
The Slovenian becomes one of the few riders who's won the Tour de France and medals in both the Olympic Games and world championships.
If Vingegaard or Roglič win the Vuelta a España, Jumbo-Visma will be the first team to sweep a season's grand tours – and its reputation will be changed forever.
Sylvan Adams makes brutally honest assessment of Froome's performance but leaves door open on long-running contract.
Four-time winner blames mechanicals for derailing his Tour ambitions and he's now at home watching from sidelines.
Crashes can happen at any time during the Tour de France. They only seem that much more cruel when it happens on the first day.
There's no room for the four-time yellow jersey Chris Froome at the 2023 Tour. We explore whether he'll ever return to the race he once ruled.
Israel Premier Tech leaves Froome on sidelines as squad confirms stage-hunters anchored by Michael Woods.
How a pair of British ex-pats are helping to make life easier for peloton's top pros near the top of Tenerife's towering volcano.
Giro di Hoody: Don't worry, the best is yet to come in this Giro. The good stuff always happens in week 3 in the 'corsa rosa.'
All the key details and pre-race favorites for Switzerland's second most important stage race.
Simon Hupperetz is a Belgian language teacher based in Kigali who is helping to build the base ahead of the historic African road worlds.
Four-time Tour de France winner says another bout of COVID won't slow him down ahead of stage-race targets for new season.
Women's race is upgraded to WorldTour status and new summit finale replaces Old Willunga Hill.
The Vuelta revealed a cartoonish 10-climb stage for its 2023 edition – in homage, we look back at some of the grand tour's most madcap moments.
'Froome at his best, or Pogačar, these guys are psychological beasts.' Porte looks back on life in high-pressure, data-driven peloton.
Here's the news making headlines on Saturday, December 17.
Four-time Tour de France winner confirms season debut at Tour Down Under, but waiting on sidelines for WorldTour status.
Team Sky won seven yellow jerseys in an eight-year span, but it was far from a sure bet in 2010. We look back at where the original 26 riders are today.
Some of the biggest names in the men's WorldTour will be facing make-or-break seasons during 2023.
The four-time Tour de France winner vows to keep racing: 'I don't know how far I will get, but I am still motivated to keep improving.'
Tour de France champion Vingegaard tops veterans Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali in ASO's exhibition race.
Top riders from across the peloton will race on Singapore's Formula 1 circuit on October 30.
Magnus Sheffield, Geraint Thomas, Vincenzo Nibali and Alejandro Valverde are all also expected to appear.
Rod Ellingworth is the special guest on this week's episode of the 'Bobby & Jens' podcast.
Israel Premier-Tech rider unlikely to race in Europe again in 2022.
The nonprofit will remain involved in cycling with an ambassador initiative led by Chris Froome and Tom Pidcock.
Former Vuelta a España winner points to Juan Ayuso and Carlos Rodríguez as stars of the future.
Teams like Movistar and Israel Premier Tech are fighting for their WorldTour futures.
Froome lost the 2016 Vuelta after a raid to Formigal, but delivered a stunning reversal to win the 2018 Giro d'Italia.
Two-time champ says Vuelta is Evenepoel's to lose going into decisive weekend.
Froome impressed with Valverde's consistency: 'He can sustain a high level all season long.'
Froome on ambitions: 'I hope to target one or two stages in the back end of the Vuelta.'
'Phoenix rising' motif and pink-yellow-red flashes nod toward his grand tour hat trick and celebrate his recovery from injury.
Froome says the first week of the Vuelta will be about survival before he targets stages later in the race.
The return of ex-champions Nibali, Froome, Valverde, Yates, Quintana, and Roglič marks a record for the Spanish grand tour.
Michael Woods handed leadership for final grand tour of 2022.
Andy Hood reports on Alberto Contador's 2012 Vuelta a España triumph, a race featuring then-emerging talents Chris Froome and Andrew Talansky.