125 Facts About Christopher Froome

Christopher Froome has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France, one Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana twice.

Christopher Froome has won several other stage races, and the Velo d'Or three times.

Christopher Froome was born in Kenya to British parents and grew up there and in South Africa.

Christopher Froome made his breakthrough as a Grand Tour contender during the 2011 Vuelta a Espana where he finished second overall, later promoted to first, retrospectively becoming the first British cyclist to win a Grand Tour cycling event.

At the 2012 Tour de France, riding as a super-domestique for Bradley Wiggins, Christopher Froome won stage seven and finished second overall, behind Wiggins.

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Christopher Froome's first recognised multi-stage race win came in 2013, in the Tour of Oman, followed by wins in the Criterium International, the Tour de Romandie, the Criterium du Dauphine, and the Tour de France.

Christopher Froome won a third Tour de France in 2016 and became the first man since Miguel Indurain in 1995 to successfully defend his title.

Christopher Froome won his fourth Tour de France in 2017, followed by successive wins at the 2017 Vuelta a Espana and the 2018 Giro d'Italia, his first victories in both races.

Christopher Froome left Ineos Grenadiers at the end of 2020 to join Israel Start-Up Nation but his form struggles continued through the 2021 season, with Froome failing to contend seriously in stage races since his accident.

Christopher Froome's most notable Grand Tour accomplishment post-accident was a 3rd place finish on the Alpe d'Huez stage of the 2022 Tour de France.

Christopher Froome was in the top 30 overall on general classification when forced to pull out by illness.

Christopher Froome was born on 20 May 1985 in Nairobi, Kenya, the youngest of three boys to mother Jane and English father Clive, a former field hockey player who represented England at under-19 level.

When Christopher Froome was 13, his mother took him to his first organised bike race, a charity race that he won despite being knocked from his bike by his mother.

Christopher Froome attended St John's alongside South African-born Scott Spedding, who went on to a professional rugby union career including playing internationally for France.

Christopher Froome then studied economics for two years at the University of Johannesburg.

Christopher Froome started road racing in South Africa, specialising as a climber.

Christopher Froome turned professional in 2007, aged 22, with the South African team, Konica Minolta, withdrawing from university two years into his degree in economics.

Christopher Froome was introduced to the British-based, South African-backed, second-tier UCI Professional Continental team, Barloworld, by South African Robbie Hunter, signing with them for the 2008 season.

In May 2008, Christopher Froome switched from a Kenyan licence to a British licence, to have a chance of riding in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where Kenya did not qualify.

Christopher Froome then participated in the Giro d'Italia, in which he came 36th overall, and seventh young rider classification.

Christopher Froome had been dropped by the gruppetto, and intended to reach the feed zone and retire from the race.

Christopher Froome finished second at the 2010 national time trial championships.

Christopher Froome had a mixed Tour de Suisse, riding with the lead group on some mountain stages yet losing time on others, and finishing ninth in the final time trial, and 47th in the general classification.

Christopher Froome continued his season at the Brixia Tour where he finished 45th in the general classification, and the Tour de Pologne, finishing 85th.

Christopher Froome finished in fourth place, forty-eight seconds behind Cobo, and retained his second place in the overall strandings.

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Christopher Froome was unable to reduce Cobo's lead any further and initially was placed second overall in the Vuelta.

On 17 July 2019, Christopher Froome was declared the winner of the race following the disqualification of Cobo for drug offences.

Christopher Froome was initially close to being dropped by the team at the end of the season, and Sky's team manager Dave Brailsford had been in talks with Team RadioShack's manager Johan Bruyneel offering a trade, but Brunyeel had turned down the offer saying 'I want a cyclist, not a donkey'.

Later that year, it was revealed Christopher Froome had suffered throughout the year from the parasitic disease schistosomiasis, after having picked up the disease during a visit to Kenya in 2010.

Christopher Froome was part of the Great Britain team that helped Mark Cavendish win the world road race championship.

Christopher Froome withdrew from the Volta ao Algarve with a severe chest infection, and blood tests showed the schistosoma parasites were still in his system.

Christopher Froome was selected for the Sky squad for the Tour de France.

On stage three, Christopher Froome was involved in a crash on the hill-top finish in Boulogne-sur-Mer, and was sent flying into safety barriers, but was unharmed and was given the same finishing time as the winner, Peter Sagan of Liquigas–Cannondale.

Cadel Evans attacked, Christopher Froome jumped on his wheel and won the stage with an advantage of two seconds over his leader and Evans.

Christopher Froome finished second to Wiggins on stage nine, an individual time trial, and moved up to third overall.

Christopher Froome subsequently received the order from his team manager to hold back and wait for yellow jersey Wiggins.

On stage nineteen, a time trial, Christopher Froome finished second to Wiggins, mirroring the overall standings.

Wiggins went on to win the tour with Christopher Froome second, becoming the first two British riders to make the podium of the Tour de France in its 109-year history.

Christopher Froome won bronze in the time trial, with teammate Wiggins taking gold.

Christopher Froome was selected as Team Sky's leader for the Vuelta a Espana, where he aimed to go one better than 2011 and win his first Grand Tour.

Christopher Froome lay third after the first mountain finish on stage three, and moved up to second on stage four after leader Alejandro Valverde crashed, losing 55 seconds to the chasing group.

Christopher Froome moved down to third during the stage-eleven time trial sixteen seconds off leader Rodriguez.

Christopher Froome lost another twenty-three seconds on stage twelve, putting him 51 seconds down.

Christopher Froome struggled through the rest of the second half of the race.

Christopher Froome ended up fourth overall, finishing over ten minutes behind the race winner, Alberto Contador.

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Christopher Froome then won the following stage to extend his lead, out-sprinting Contador and Rodriguez.

Christopher Froome finished the race taking the overall classification, his first stage race win of his career, 27 seconds ahead of Contador, with Cadel Evans twelve seconds further back.

Christopher Froome lost time on eventual winner Nibali on the penultimate stage, finishing the race in second place.

Christopher Froome returned to action, and to the top step of the rostrum, in the Criterium International.

Christopher Froome remained in the yellow leader's jersey throughout the entire race, increasing his advantage over his rivals to almost a minute with a strong performance in the penultimate queen stage.

Christopher Froome sat second overall behind Garmin–Sharp's Rohan Dennis after coming third in the time trial on stage four.

Christopher Froome won stage five after countering a late attack by Contador, to take the race lead by 52 seconds over teammate Porte.

Christopher Froome helped Porte solidify his second place on stage seven, and on stage eight the pair rode away from their rivals on the final climb, with only Talansky able to follow.

Christopher Froome's winning margin on the stage was 51 seconds over Porte, and 85 seconds to Valverde in third.

Christopher Froome then finished second in the individual time trial on the twelfth stage, twelve seconds behind Tony Martin, to put further time into all of his rivals.

Christopher Froome defended his lead during the Alpine stages, extending his overall lead as Mollema and Contador dropped back.

Christopher Froome was King of the Mountains for six stages; however, he ultimately finished second to Quintana in that classification.

Christopher Froome insisted that he and his team were clean and stated that the questioning saddened him.

Christopher Froome was drug tested during the Tour and Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford offered the World Anti-Doping Agency all performance data they had on Christopher Froome as evidence.

Christopher Froome crashed out on the fifth stage of the Tour de France after falling three times over two days, putting an end to his defence of his Tour de France crown.

Christopher Froome came back in time to duel with Alberto Contador on the Vuelta a Espana.

Christopher Froome was joined there by Contador, both riders competing in this race for the first time.

Christopher Froome won the stage and was able to open a 29-second gap on second-place Contador by the finish line, enough to overcome his deficit and take the overall race lead by two seconds.

The final fifth stage was relatively flat, with no likely chance for Contador to make up his deficit, allowing Christopher Froome to collect his first stage race victory since May 2014.

Second year in a row, Christopher Froome did not start Tirreno–Adriatico, due to a chest infection.

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Christopher Froome participated in the La Fleche Wallonne but crashed badly, remounted and finished 123rd, at 12:19.

Christopher Froome later participated in the Tour de Romandie in hopes of winning it for the third year in a row, but had to settle for third place in the general classification after winner Ilnur Zakarin and second-place Simon Spilak, both of Team Katusha.

Christopher Froome won stage seven, the queen stage, thanks to two consecutive attacks on the last climb of the day, one to shed the leading group and another one to get rid of Tejay van Garderen, who had resisted the first one.

Christopher Froome entered the Tour de France as one of the favourites for the overall win.

Christopher Froome maintained his lead during the final week's Alpine mountain stages, although he lost 32 seconds to Quintana, who had emerged as his principal rival, on the penultimate mountain stage to La Toussuire, and another 86 seconds on the final summit finish on Alpe d'Huez, giving him a lead of 72 seconds over Quintana in the general classification.

Christopher Froome lost time on his rivals on the first summit finishes, though he gained back some time on the summit finish of stage nine.

Stage eleven was a mountainous stage in Andorra that Christopher Froome had described as "the toughest Grand Tour stage I've ever done".

Christopher Froome crashed into a wooden barrier on the approach to the first climb of the day; he continued to the end of the stage, though he lost significant time on all his rivals.

Christopher Froome was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to cycling.

Christopher Froome started the season early, competing in the 2016 Herald Sun Tour in Australia.

Christopher Froome subsequently competed at the Tour de Romandie, which brought mixed results.

On Stage 8 of the 2016 Tour de France, Christopher Froome attacked on the descent of the Col de Peyresourde and held off the leading group of GC contenders to take a solo victory in Bagneres-de-Luchon.

On Stage 12, on the ascent up Mont Ventoux, Christopher Froome collided with Richie Porte and Bauke Mollema and a motorbike after spectators on the road forced the motorbike to stop.

Porte and Mollema continued riding, while Christopher Froome ditched his bike and continued on foot until receiving a replacement bike from his team car.

Christopher Froome finished the race 1 minute and 40 seconds behind Mollema, but was awarded the same time as Mollema after a jury decision, and retained the yellow jersey.

Christopher Froome followed with good results in both of the individual time trials with a second-place finish on stage 13 and winning stage 18.

Christopher Froome went on to claim his third Tour de France victory on 24 July 2016 and became Britain's first-ever three-time winner of the race.

Christopher Froome followed his Tour win with a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, during the Men's Time Trial event, repeating his bronze medal success from London 2012.

Christopher Froome lost over 2 and a half minutes on stage 15 when rivals Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador attacked together from kilometre 10 and blew the race apart, isolating him from his teammates.

However, Christopher Froome gained back time lost in a victory on the stage 19 individual time trial to Calp.

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Christopher Froome finished the Vuelta in second overall, 1:23 back of race winner Quintana.

Christopher Froome won his fourth Tour de France title on 23 July 2017.

On stage 3 Christopher Froome attacked up the final climb with only Esteban Chaves able to follow him.

Christopher Froome finished 3rd and the bonus seconds at the line plus those he picked up at the intermediate sprint were enough to see him take the red jersey for the first time since 2011.

Christopher Froome went on to win stage 9 at Cumbre del Sol, taking the lead in the points classification in the process.

Christopher Froome then competed at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Bergen only about a week after his Vuelta victory and won two bronze medals: one in the men's team time trial with Team Sky, the other in the men's individual time trial for Great Britain.

On 13 December 2017, the UCI announced that Christopher Froome had returned an "Adverse Analytical Finding" for almost twice his allowed dose of salbutamol, an asthma medication.

Subsequently, Christopher Froome took much of the off-season contacting experts and reading reports on the situation.

Christopher Froome's case has been widely criticised by fellow cyclists and in January 2018 UCI president David Lappartient recommended that he was suspended by Team Sky until his case was resolved.

On 2 July 2018, the UCI officially closed the investigation into Christopher Froome, stating that the rider had supplied sufficient evidence to suggest that "Mr Christopher Froome's sample results do not constitute an AAF".

On 29 November 2017, Christopher Froome announced that he intended to participate in the 2018 Giro d'Italia in an attempt to complete the Giro-Tour double, marking his first start in the race since 2010.

On 5 February 2018, Christopher Froome announced he would start his season with an entry into the Vuelta a Andalucia, despite calls for him not to race until his case was resolved.

Christopher Froome entered the 2018 Giro d'Italia as one of the favourites to take the overall victory in Rome at the end of May Once at the start of the Giro d'Italia, he was he would be cleared of his offences.

However, before the race could even begin Christopher Froome crashed whilst performing a recon of the opening time trial in Jerusalem.

Christopher Froome finished the time trial in 21st place, ceding 35 seconds to overall rival Tom Dumoulin.

On stage 8, Christopher Froome fell on his injured side when his rear wheel slid on a wet climb.

However, on the final climb of the following stage to Sappada Christopher Froome cracked, yielding more than a minute to the other main general classification contenders.

Christopher Froome's advantage grew throughout the second half of the stage, culminating in him taking the stage honours.

Importantly, a stage victory of more than three minutes which included picking up three bonus seconds at the second intermediate sprint in Pragelato resulted in Christopher Froome taking the overall race lead, 40 seconds ahead of the 2017 Giro d'Italia victor, Tom Dumoulin.

Christopher Froome held on to the maglia rosa on the final 'true' day of racing for the GC, neutralizing several attacks by Dumoulin in the final kilometers before launching a counter-attack of his own, putting an additional 6 seconds into his rival at the finish line at Breuil-Cervinia.

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Christopher Froome took victory in the 2018 Giro d'Italia making him the first British rider to win the overall title, the first rider since 1983 to hold all three Grand Tour titles simultaneously, as well as becoming the seventh man to have completed the career Grand Tour grand slam.

Christopher Froome then went into the 2018 Tour de France as one of the main favorites for victory despite the mostly negative reactions from some fans.

On 1 January 2019, Christopher Froome announced that he would not be defending his title at the Giro d'Italia, instead focusing on the 2019 Tour de France with the aim of winning the race for the fifth time.

Christopher Froome completed the Tour of the Alps and the Tour de Yorkshire prior to returning to the Criterium du Dauphine.

On 12 June 2019, Christopher Froome was hospitalised with a fractured right femur, a fractured elbow, and fractured ribs, after a high-speed crash into a wall while training for the 4th stage of the Criterium du Dauphine.

Christopher Froome spoke for the first time on 3 August 2019 in an interview about the incident and the recovery process.

On 10 September 2019, almost 3 months into his recovery, Christopher Froome was confirmed to participate in the 7th edition of the Saitama Criterium, and on 29 September 2019 posted to social media that he was back training on the road.

Later that day, Christopher Froome signed a "long-term" contract with Israel Start-Up Nation from the 2021 season.

Christopher Froome had been training and working on further rehabilitation in southern California in preparation for the 2021 season.

Christopher Froome was selected for the Tour de France, his first appearance at the race since 2018, but Israel Start-Up Nation named Michael Woods as team leader.

Christopher Froome sustained injuries on the opening stage but continued on, eventually completing the race in 133rd overall.

Christopher Froome made his 2022 debut at the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali after a knee tendon inflammation.

Christopher Froome signed in at the podium on stage 18, but did not start because a second Covid test came back positive.

Christopher Froome met Michelle Cound, a South African of Welsh origin, through South African rider Daryl Impey in 2009.

Christopher Froome dedicated his 2013 Tour de France win to his mother, who died of cancer five weeks before his Tour debut in 2008.

Christopher Froome's second child, a daughter named Katie, was born on 1 August 2018.

Christopher Froome was appointed officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to cycling.

Since winning his first Tour de France title in 2013, doubts over Christopher Froome's performances were raised by various experts, including former Festina coach Antoine Vayer.

The test, arranged by Christopher Froome himself, took place shortly before the start of the Vuelta, on 17 August 2015, in the GlaxoSmithKline Human Performance lab in London.

Christopher Froome released results from a previous test, carried out in 2007 while being part of the UCI development programme.

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