Tadej Pogacar set to be rider to beat again as he looks to join elite Tour club
Tadej Pogacar will start the Tour de France as the overwhelming favourite to wear yellow in Paris once again.
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Bradley Wiggins says Mark Cavendish deserves Tour de France spot and backs Chris Froome to ‘surprise us all’
Bradley Wiggins believes former teammate Mark Cavendish deserves a shot at defending his green jersey and breaking the Tour de France stage record this year. Cavendish is set to miss out on being selected by QuickStep-Alpha Vinyl for the upcoming Tour, which starts on July 1, with team manager Patrick Lefevere stating Fabio Jakobsen is the preferred sprinter.
UAE Team Emirates and Tadej Pogacar prepare for hat-trick at Tour de France 2022
UAE Team Emirates and their champion rider Tadej Pogacar will be looking to reinforce their position at the pinnacle of cycling when they begin defence of the Tour de France title on July 1.
‘It’s awesome’ – Chris Froome named in Tour de France squad by Israel Premier-Tech as 10th appearance looms
Chris Froome will race in a 10th Tour de France after being named in Israel-Premier Tech’s eight-strong team. The four-time champion is enjoying his best season since his horror crash at the 2019 Criterium du Dauphine, which left him with a fractured neck, femur, hip, elbow and ribs.
Former champion Froome gets nod for Tour de France
Four-times champion Chris Froome is set to make his 10th appearance at the Tour de France next month after being named in the Israel Premier Tech squad on Wednesday.
On this day in 2019: Chris Froome out of Tour de France after high-speed crash
Chris Froome sustained multiple fractures in a high-speed crash that ruled him out of the Tour de France, on this day in 2019.
Chris Froome abandons last two stages of Criterium du Dauphine, raising more doubts over Tour de France participation
Chris Froome has abandoned the last two stages of the Criterium du Dauphine due to illness. «I was looking forward to the final two stages of the Dauphine, but I haven’t been feeling 100 per cent,» the British cyclist said on Saturday morning. Ad/> «It’s disappointing to leave the race unfinished, but I’ve been progressing well, and I don’t want to set myself back at this important stage of the season.» Tour de France'No guarantees' – Froome knows that his Tour de France spot is up in the airYESTERDAY AT 11:00 Israel-Premier Tech simply stated Froome was «feeling unwell the past two days.» The 37-year-old finished 11th at the Mercan Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes earlier this month which was his best result since a career-threatening crash three years ago.
'No guarantees' - Chris Froome says he knows that his Tour de France spot is up in the air as he seeks top form
Chris Froome acknowledges that he might not be selected by Israel Premier Tech for the Tour de France as he continues to look for top form following his life-threatening crash in 2019. The seven-time Grand Tour winner suffered a fractured right femur, a fractured elbow, and fractured ribs after a high-speed crash into a wall when he was training for the 4th stage of the Criterium du Dauphine.