He won a third Tour de France in 2016 and became the first man since Miguel Induráin in 1995 to successfully defend his title. In 2015, he won his second Critérium du Dauphiné and his second Tour de France. In the 2014 Tour de France, he retired after multiple crashes. His first recognised multi-stage race win came in 2013, in the Tour of Oman, followed by wins in the Critérium International, the Tour de Romandie, the Critérium du Dauphiné, and the Tour de France. At the 2012 Tour de France, riding as a super-domestique for Bradley Wiggins, Froome won stage seven and finished second overall, behind Wiggins.
Froome made his breakthrough as a Grand Tour contender during the 2011 Vuelta a España where he finished second overall, later promoted to first, retrospectively becoming the first British cyclist to win a Grand Tour cycling event. In 2010, he moved to Team Sky and quickly became one of the team's key cyclists. The same year he moved to Italy and started to ride under a British licence. At the age of 22, Froome turned professional with Team Konica Minolta. Since 2011 he has been a resident of Monaco. Froome has also won two Olympic bronze medals in road time trials, in 20, and took bronze in the 2017 World Championships.įroome was born in Kenya to British parents and grew up there and in South Africa. He has also won several other stage races, and the Velo d'Or three times. He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013, 2015, 20), one Giro d'Italia ( 2018) and the Vuelta a España twice ( 20). Christopher Clive Froome, OBE (born ) is a Kenyan/British road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Israel–Premier Tech.
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