Froome looking forward to the Tour de France cobbles

A little poetic licence has always been part of the charm of the Tour de France – the accounts of Eugene Christophe’s broken forks in 1913, for instance, or Jacques Anquetil’s rest-day méchoui in 1964 – but Chris Froome felt moved to issue a correction to the accepted version of events at last year’s race when he met the press on Friday afternoon in Utrecht.

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Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.