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Chris Froome (Israel-Premier Tech) admits his preparations for La Vuelta were derailed by «quite bad» Covid symptoms. After his third place on Alpe d’Huez at the Tour de France in July, optimism had soared for Froome after his long road back from a horror and career-threatening crash at the 2019 Dauphine. Ad But one week after his starring role on the iconic climb, Froome was forced out of the Tour with Covid.
Chris Froome (Israel-Premier Tech) is a “definite contender” to win a stage at La Vuelta after his starring role on Alpe d’Huez at the Tour de France in July, according to Eurosport expert Robbie McEwen. Froome produced his best performance since his horror crash in 2019 as he finished third behind Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) and Louis Meintjes (Intermarche–Wanty–Gobert Materiaux) on Stage 12 at the Tour. Ad He was tipped to push on and contend for a stage victory in France, but Covid saw him leave the race early with his focus shifting to the Vuelta.
“I’m here, I’m ready.” That is the defiant message from Primoz Roglic as he prepares to take on the Vuelta a Espana in a bid to win his fourth successive red jersey. The 32-year-old has been out of action since sustaining a dislocated shoulder and back injury during Stage 5 of this year’s Tour de France, leading to him retiring nine stages later.
Two previous winners, a Giro champion, a podium finisher, five debutants and two Spanish sophomores make up the 11-strong British contingent at the Vuelta a Espana, which gets under way on Friday with a team time trial around the Dutch city of Utrecht. After a comprehensive stage guide, a focus on the red jersey contenders, and a team guide, the fourth of our previews for the 77th edition of La Vuelta takes a closer look at the form and prospects of all 11 British riders taking to the start of the third and final Grand Tour of the season.
A month after withdrawing from the Tour de France with a fractured vertebrae, Primoz Roglic will return to action at the Vuelta a Espana in his bid to win a fourth successive red jersey. A course that features fewer steep climbs than usual, an opening team time trial plus a 30km flat individual race against the clock, should suit the 32-year-old Slovenian and his Jumbo-Visma team – provided Roglic has fully recovered from the knock that forced him out of the Tour for a second year running.
Ethan Hayter has signed a new deal with Ineos Grenadiers until the end of the 2024 season. The 23-year-old claimed his first overall stage race victory at the Tour of Poland last week. Ad He is the sixth active British rider to have won a WorldTour race, alongside Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas, Tao Geoghan Hart, Adam Yates and Simon Yates.
Chris Froome could have lived with Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar in his prime, says Ineos Grenadiers' Luke Rowe. Rowe had a front-row seat for Froome's Tour de France domination, acting as a domestique as Froome racked up his four yellow jerseys between 2013 and 2017. Ad/> With Froome, 37, approaching the twilight of his career and still recovering from a serious crash in 2019, the days of his leadership of the peloton seem to be over with his hotseat taken over firstly by Pogacar — champion in 2020 and 2021 — and now Vingegaard, who took the 2022 Tour title.
Chris Froome had to conquer demons in his mind when winning a second Tour de France title on this day in 2015.