Fresh Tour de France winner Chris Froome has decided to take part in the Vuelta a Espana, the third and last Grand Tour of the season. The competition starts later this month. In July Froome became the first British rider to win the Tour de France twice. If he wins the Vuelta he would become only the 10th cyclist in history to win two Grand Tours in one season.
Nairo Quintana of Colombia and Italian Vincenzo Nibali will also take part in what could be one of the most competitive fields at the Vuelta in recent years. Quintana was second in the overall classification at the Tour de France while Nibali was the winner in 2014. Tejay van Garderen will also take part after having pulled out of the Tour de France.
The race will start in Puerto Banus on Saturday 22 August and will end three weeks later in Madrid on 13 September. The last rider to complete a Grand Tour double was Alberto Contador, who won the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta in 2008. Only two riders have managed to win the Tour and the Vuelta in one season: Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault.
Chris Froome is 3.25 at Bet365 to win the Vuelta, Nairo Quintana has the same odds while Alejandro Valverde is 5.00 to win it.
Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
This is good news for all fans of cycling.I will be very happy to see Chris Froome at Vuelta.It wont be easy for him.His ambitions are always as high as possible,but it is always hard to win in two consecutive hard competitions.He will be in top 3 ,for sue,but I dont think he will win it.Quintana is my favourite for this...
This is good news for all fans of cycling.I will be very happy to see Chris Froome at Vuelta.It wont be easy for him.His ambitions are always as high as possible,but it is always hard to win in two consecutive hard competitions.He will be in top 3 ,for sue,but I dont think he will win it.Quintana is my favourite for this years Vuelta.
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sharpe
8 years ago
This is a big one. I've been waiting for that news lately and I'm very happy that Chris decided to take a part in the Vuelta. Although I'm not familiar with this years road it will be extremely hard for Froome to win this race because usually the Vuelta has a lot of mountain stages and Quintana will be looking for revenge...
This is a big one. I've been waiting for that news lately and I'm very happy that Chris decided to take a part in the Vuelta. Although I'm not familiar with this years road it will be extremely hard for Froome to win this race because usually the Vuelta has a lot of mountain stages and Quintana will be looking for revenge after Tour de France second place. Chris Froome was very tired in the last stages there and I hope that he will be able to be at his best again. The race could only win that such a great rider will participate.
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