Tag: 2016 Tour

“I just couldn’t let the yellow jersey slip away from me”: Chris Froome Looks Back on His Tour de France Career

July 8, 2026 at 3:36 pm2 min reading

Road cycling

Chris Froome won the Tour de France four times, the Vuelta España twice, and the Giro d’Italia once. Between 2013 and 2018, he and his Team Sky dominated the sport perhaps to an even greater extent than UAE Team Emirates–XRG does today. But ask almost…
The Story of Chris Froome And His Legendary Mont Ventoux Push

July 25, 2023 at 5:37 am5 min reading

Road cycling

There is only a handful of moments in the history of the Tour de France where you could see a rider’s determination and fan’s support work like a well-oiled machine. In 2016, the then-leader of the Tour, Chris Froome, experienced that first hand during the…