Chris Froome has revealed he will try to achieve in 2016 something that no other rider has ever accomplished in a single season: win the Tour de France, Olympic road race and Olympic time trial. The British rider has revealed his goals in a Sky Sports interview, adding that the hilly courses at the 2016 Rio Olympics would suit his style and strengths.
The main difficulty would be recovering after the Tour de France as the Olympic road race comes just 17 days after the end of the Grande Boucle, with the time trial coming four days later. Froome said: "It's going to be an exciting year, that's for sure. The main focus for me is going to be the Tour de France again, but just on the back of the Tour de France, we have got the Olympic road race over in Rio, and a few days following that, potentially the Olympic time trial is also on the cards."
Froome added: "Both the road race and the time trial do suit me very well. The time trial has over 1,000m of climbing in it, so it's going to be a tough time trial. I think it's over 50km, so for an individual time trial, that is a long event. Given the road race is over 250km, I think, with close to 5,000m of climbing, that's a tough race - really tough race - and if the form is still good come the end of the Tour de France, hopefully I'll be up for a shot at the road race. That's a massive goal to set and I think I'm just going to have to take each event as it comes, but it's exciting. It's really exciting."
Chris Froome is the big favourite for the 2016 Tour de France, he is 2.25 at Bet365 to successfully defend his title next year.
Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
Chris Froome is great ride,and there is no any doubt about that.He will be big favorite at Tour de France,but it wont be easy,that is sure! To achieve all this successes ,he will need a lot of work,good health and of course,little bit of luck.He must handle the pressure of great expectations and that is probably hardest...
Chris Froome is great ride,and there is no any doubt about that.He will be big favorite at Tour de France,but it wont be easy,that is sure! To achieve all this successes ,he will need a lot of work,good health and of course,little bit of luck.He must handle the pressure of great expectations and that is probably hardest task of all.
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sharpe
8 years ago
Chris is an incredible rider and my favourite one but I believe this is too ambitious even for him. Will be glad if he proved that I'm wrong but it looks almost impossible. We all saw that he was not fit enough for this years Vuelta although the race was about 5 weeks after the tour. Still there are just two stages that...
Chris is an incredible rider and my favourite one but I believe this is too ambitious even for him. Will be glad if he proved that I'm wrong but it looks almost impossible. We all saw that he was not fit enough for this years Vuelta although the race was about 5 weeks after the tour. Still there are just two stages that he'll have to participate at the Olympics so it's not impossible, it's just almost impossible : )
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