Former Tour de France winner Christopher Froome posted a video on social networks in which he presents his bike in a rather original parody…
Christopher Froome is far from being unknown in France and in the world of sport. The Briton is one of the legends of cycling and is still active within the UCI World Tour team, Israel-Premier Tech. Winner of the Tour de France four times (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017), Chris Froome was often contested and was not necessarily a popular rider during his reign. Victim of nicknames, whistles during his passage through the passes, or even jets of “piss” as he denounced at the time, the runner born in Kenya chomped at the bit and is now a popular and particularly popular cyclist. applauded.
Surprisingly, this turnaround came when Chris Froome abandoned the podiums, after his terrible fall during the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2019. While he was launched at 54 km/h on a descent according to his speedometer, a sudden wind rushed him against a wall, causing him to have an open fracture of the femur, a fracture of the elbow, a fracture of the hip, a fracture of a vertebra, a fracture of the sternum, several broken ribs… He suffered a hemorrhage. will cause loss of 2 liters of blood. If everything could have stopped, he fought to return to the highest level and even if he no longer wins, his bet has been won.
This turnaround is also due to the mentality of Chris Froome, much more relaxed at the end of his career and capable of great self-mockery. The Briton proved it again recently in a video where he presents his bike in the style of a TikTok influencer presenting a major brand car. Radius, sound of the “engine”, mark, Chris Froome plays the scene to the fullest with a certain success as you will see below.
This is not the first time that the former Sky rider has created buzz through a video. A few months ago, Chris Froome was accidentally featured in a report on the 1 p.m. news, on France 2, about forest fires in the South of France. Living in Monaco, he was stopped by a journalist who obviously did not recognize him and described him as a simple “hiker on a bike”.
The one who handles the second degree very well had shared his outing the day before, 180 kilometers long, on the Strava application the next day! Not bad for a hiker.
Chris Froome’s last major victory on the circuit dates back to the Tour of Italy five years ago. The sign of a runner on the decline is already 38 years old. The four-time winner of the Grand Boucle was also deprived of the Tour de France in 2023. “I had worked so hard to get there. It was a very big disappointment not to have been retained in the team for the Tour. I really felt like I had gotten back on track. I felt that physically I was ready. I had achieved my goals at my racing weight. I hadn’t lost any muscle”, he then commented, a little bitter this time.