Chris Froome’s last wish before retirement

Since Chris Froome suffered an unfortunate accident during the reconnaissance of the time trial of Dauphiné Criterium In 2019, he is not the same on the bike, to the point of considering retirement, but the cyclist born in Kenya He didn’t give up and kept fighting.

He returned after nine months to UAE Tour, but since his return his performance has never come close to where he became a leader within the peloton and to win, among other sporting achievements, a Giro d’Italia (2018)four editions of Tour de France (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) and two editions of The Return (2011, 2017).

Left the Ineos and he is one of the new star signings Israel-Premier Techwhere they believed that Froome was slowly regaining his best version or approaching it, but the truth is that despite the cyclist’s occasional flashes of Nairobi He never became a prominent hero of any race.

This year he only competed 39 days and did not have a major three-week race and in 2022 he finished 114th overall. The return and did not complete the Tour.

He has a contract with Israel-Premier Tech until 2025 and, despite his age, 38 years old, Froome remains confident that he can have a good day, especially in the Tour de France, where it is ‘his career’, as he explained it to his former colleague at Sky and Ineos, the Welshman. Geraint Thomas. “A Tour win for me today would be very special, or even to be closer to the overall riders would be a very special way for me to finish.”

However, because of his team’s category – he’s gone UCI WorldTeam downgrade and be UCI Pro Team– for this he will need the Tour de France organization to extend an invitation to the Israeli team.