Chris Froome
- January 5, 2024
- Cyclist
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Chris Froome Biography
| Name | Chris Froome |
| Birthday | May 20 |
| Birth Year | 1985 |
| Place Of Birth | Nairobi |
| Birth Country | Kenya |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Spouse | Michelle Cound |
Chris Froome is one of the most popular and richest Cyclist who was born on May 20, 1985 in Nairobi, Kenya. Born in Kenya, this is a British cyclist who won the title in the 2013 Tour de France, riding for UCI ProTeam Team Sky.
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Christopher Clive Froome, OBE (born 20 May 1985) is a British road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Ineos. He has won several stage races, including four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017), the Giro d’Italia in 2018 and the Vuelta a España twice (2011 and 2017). Froome has also won two Olympic bronze medals in road time trials, in 2012 and 2016, and also took bronze in the 2017 World Championships.
After finishing primary school at the Banda School in Nairobi, Froome moved to South Africa as a 14-year-old to attend St. Andrew’s School, a publicly funded school in Bloemfontein and St John’s College, a boarding independent school in Johannesburg. Whilst in South Africa he was the school’s cycling captain and kept in contact with Kinjah. He then studied economics for two years at the University of Johannesburg. In South Africa Froome started to participate in road cycling. On one of his school holidays, his home club gifted him with a second-hand yellow jersey. Being unaware of the Tour de France, he failed to see the significance. It was not until he was 22 that he turned professional. Froome started road racing in South Africa, specialising as a climber. Froome competed for Kenya in the road time trial and the road race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he finished 17th and 25th respectively, catching the attention of future Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford: “The performance he did, on the equipment he was on, that takes some doing… We always thought he was a bit of a diamond in the rough, who had a huge potential.” While representing Kenya at the 2006 Road World Championships in the under-23 category in Salzburg, Austria, Froome crashed into an official just after the start of the time trial, causing both men to fall; although neither was injured, he finished in 36th place. Froome’s appearance at the Worlds came about after he impersonated Kenyan cycling federation president Julius Mwangi by using Mwangi’s email account to enter himself into the Championships, in order to add some European racing experience to his CV and boost his chances of obtaining a contract with a professional team.
He was committed with Michelle Cound in 2013 and they were married in 2014.
Chris Froome Net Worth
| Net Worth | $12 Million |
| Source Of Income | Cyclist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Chris Froome is one of the richest Cyclist from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chris Froome 's net worth $12 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a student at his University of Johannesburg, but quit for a position with Konica Minolta, a South African cycling team.
His Tour de France win to his mother, Jane, who had been diagnosed with cancer and passed away five years before.
Froome was born on 20 May 1985 in Nairobi, Kenya, the youngest of three boys to mother Jane and English father Clive, a former field hockey player who represented England at under-19 level. His mother’s parents had emigrated from Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England to Kenya to run a crop farm. Whilst living abroad his parents maintained British customs with Sunday roast dinners and Beatles songs which contributed to his desire to represent Great Britain in cycling. In Kenya he would sell avocados and discarded bike parts. Froome’s two older brothers, Jonathan and Jeremy, went to Rugby School in Warwickshire, England. When Froome was 13, his mother took him to his first organised bike race, a charity race that he won despite being knocked from his bike by his mother. There he met professional cyclist David Kinjah, who became Froome’s mentor and training partner. Initially Kinjah misjudged Froome’s attitude, fearing he lacked the “work ethic to keep pace with more experienced riders of the group” His mother was upset with his cycling, often driving out ahead, attempting to drive him back home.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 6 ft 1 in |
| Weight | 66 kg |
Chris Froome height 6 ft 1 in Chris weight 66 kg & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Chris Froome Dating?
According to our records, Chris Froome married to Michelle Cound. As of December 1, 2023, Chris Froome’s is not dating anyone.
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Froome rode the 2010 Giro d’Italia. On stage nineteen, he was suffering with a knee injury and on the Mortirolo Pass he was seen holding on to a police motorbike. He had been dropped by the gruppetto, and intended to reach the feed zone and retire from the race. For holding on to the motorbike he was disqualified from the race. During his first season with Sky, his best result was at the Tour du Haut Var, where he finished ninth in the overall standings. He also finished second at the 2010 national time trial championships. In October he represented England at the Commonwealth Games, in Delhi, coming fifth in the 40-kilometre-long (25 mi) time trial, two minutes and twenty seconds behind the winner, Scotland’s David Millar.
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Froome was born in Kenya to British parents and grew up there and in South Africa. Since 2011 he’s been a resident in Monaco. At the age of 22, Froome turned professional with Team Konica Minolta. In 2008, he joined the team Barloworld. The same year he moved to Italy and started to ride under a British licence. In 2010, he moved to Team Sky and has since become one of the team’s key cyclists. Froome made his breakthrough as a Grand Tour contender during the 2011 Vuelta a España where he finished second overall, later promoted to first. At the 2012 Tour de France, riding as a super-domestique for Bradley Wiggins, Froome won stage seven and finished second overall, behind Wiggins.
Is Chris Froome riding the Tour de France 2022?
Chris Froome is out of the 2022 Tour de France after testing positive for Covid-19. The four-time winner of the yellow jersey will not start stage 18 from Lourdes to Hautacam, the final mountain stage of this year’s race.
What is Chris Froome FTP?
This is an extremely important figure, as no matter what your VO2max is, your threshold (or FTP) will determine how much power you can deliver in a race scenario. Froome’s figure was 419 watts.
What is Chris Froome's salary?
Chris Froome (Israel Start-Up Nation): €5.5 million.
Is Chris Froome cycling again?
Chris Froome has been backed to return to the Tour de France after having to abandon the race following a positive Covid-19 test. The four-time Tour winner said he was disappointed by the outcome, but Adam Blythe and Robbie McEwen have backed him to return again next year.
What has happened to Chris Froome?
In 2019 a serious training crash before the Critérium du Dauphiné halted Froome’s career, after he broke numerous bones including his pelvis, femur and four ribs. Although he managed to recover following surgery to return to the peloton in 2020, he struggled to regain his former form.