Rider Profile
Christopher Froome
Israel-Premier Tech

Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2022 - Israel-Premier Tech
- 2021 - Israel Start–Up Nation
- 2020 - Ineos Grenadiers
- 2019 - Team Ineos
- 2018 - Team Sky
- 2017 - Team Sky
- 2016 - Team Sky
- 2015 - Team Sky
- 2014 - Team Sky
- 2013 - Sky Procycling
- 2012 - Sky Procycling
- 2011 - Sky Procycling
- 2010 - Sky Professional Cycling Team
- 2009 - Barloworld
- 2008 - Barloworld
- 2007 - Team Konica Minolta
Biography:
Chris Froome is a Kenyan born British cyclist who currently races for Israel Start-Up Nation.
2021
A lacklustre performance in 2021 led many to doubt that Froome would ever regain his past form, but he maintained "There’s no guarantee that I can win another Tour, a fifth Tour, after what happened and what I’ve been through. I know that, but it remains my goal. That’s what drives me to give 100 per cent."
2019-2020
Froome had a slow build-up to the 2019 season and, while at the Critérium du Dauphiné, he suffered a devastating crash during the reconnaissance of the time trial and underwent a lengthy rehabilitation for numerous injuries including a broken femur. He did not compete for the rest of the season, then in 2020, having not made Ineos' team for the Tour de France, announced he had signed for Israel Start-Up Nation.
2018
Froome's 2018 season was marred by an Adverse Analytical Finding that was leaked to the media. During his Vuelta a Espana victory in 2017, he returned an anti-doping sample that had salbutamol, an asthma drug, with twice the legal limit. The case caused enormous debate but did not keep Froome from competition. He raced the Giro d'Italia to victory amid the controversy before being absolved by the UCI just ahead of the Tour de France, where he finished in third place overall behind teammate Geraint Thomas and Tom Dumoulin.
2015-2017
He started his career as a pro with Team Barloworld in 2007 before joining Team Sky in 2010. He finished second in the 2012 Tour de France behind teammate Bradley Wiggins, then went on to win it in 2013. After crashing out of the 2014 edition of the race, Froome bounced back to stamp his authority on the race by winning the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Tours. In 2017, he added the Vuelta a Espana to his palmares.
2014
Although his second straight Tour of Oman victory hinted at a repeat of his 2013 dominance, 2014 proved to be a disappointing year for Froome. He struggled with illness and his Tour of Romandie win was overshadowed by a controversial and hastily-granted Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for a corticosteroid.
He had once again he built his season around the Tour de France but as defending champion he was forced to abandon the race on stage five with fractures to his hand and wrist.
He came back for the Vuelta a Espana and played out a series of entertaining scraps with Alberto Contador, but came off second best. Still, it was his fourth straight season with a Grand Tour podium finish.
2nd General Classification, Vuelta a Espana
1st General Classification, 1st Stage 5, Tour of Oman
1st General Classification, 1st Stage 5, Tour de Romandie
1st Stages 1 & 2, 1st Points, Critérium du Dauphiné
2013
The year when Froome came of age. No longer condemned to playing second fiddle behind Bradley Wiggins, he dominated the stage race calendar in much the same way as his compatriot had in 2012. His wins included the Tour of Oman, the Criterium International, the Tour of Romandie and the Criterium du Dauphine, while he was second behind Vincenzo Nibali at Tirreno-Adriatico.
Then came the Tour de France, which Froome had set his sights on since the start of the year. He took the yellow jersey on stage eight to Ax 3 Domaines, put time into his rivals on the two individual time trials and won again atop Mont Ventoux. With the exception of a blip in the crosswinds and a bonk halfway up Alpe d’Huez, it was a dominant display with a final winning margin of over four minutes.
1st General Classification, 1st Stages 8, 5 & 17, Tour de France
1st General Classification, 1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné
1st General Classification, 1st Points, 1st Stage 5 Tour of Oman
1st General Classification, 1st Stage 3, Critérium International
1st General Classificaiton, Tour de Romandie
2nd General Classification, 1st Stage 4 Tirreno-Adriatico
2012
After a breakthrough performance at the 2011 Vuelta a Espana, Froome was an increasingly important figure at Team Sky, although 2012 saw him largely play the role of domestique to Bradley Wiggins. He was a key part of Wiggins’ Tour de France victory, despite causing controversy on stage 11 to La Toussuire when he attacked his leader before being ordered to drop back.
He then won an Olympic medal, taking bronze in the time trial behind Wiggins and Tony Martin. At the Vuelta he slugged it out for the leader’s jersey with the likes of Alberto Contador and Joaquim Rodriguez before fading with fatigue in the second half of the race.
2nd General Classification, 1st Sage 7, Tour de France
3rd ITT, Olympic Games
4th General Classification, Vuelta a Espana
4th General Classification, Critérium du Dauphiné
2011
Second place at the Vuelta a Espana marks 2011 out as Froome’s breakthrough year. He finished ahead of team leader Bradley Wiggins and had he not been held back by his team loyalties he might have gone one better on the podium. It was to be the first episode in the Froome-Wiggins soap opera.
The diagnosis of the parasitic disease Bilharzia at the end of 2010 - and the treatment that has allowed for – was credited with his transformation into a rider capable of Grand Tour podiums.
2nd General Classification, 1st Stage 17, Vuelta a Espana
3rd General Classification, Tour of Beijing
Words by Patrick Fletcher
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