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Chris Froome

Chris Froome

Kenyan-British professional road racing cyclist

Jul 29, 2026

9:39
Could be victories, but something that really meant something-
9:42
Yeah.
9:42
[clears throat] I think the three that really stand out to me as, uh, I mean, yeah, I think, I think v- the victories naturally stand out more than others.
9:51
But, um, at least the first one I'd say would be, um, the Piña de Cabarga stage of the 2011, uh, Vuelta a España.
10:00
That was the first time the team basically said to me, "Listen, Chris, this is, uh, you've got the green light to race today in the mountains." I had been there f- uh, as, as Bradley Wiggins's, uh, domestique in the climb.
10:13
So until that point, um, I hadn't really had the opportunity to kind of race for myself and really just try and, try and go for a win.
10:21
Um, Piña de Cabarga was the first day the team said, "Right.

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25:05
Um, perhaps you can just tell us a little bit about that.
43:37
Yeah.
43:37
Um, I, I knew over, over five years ago when I signed my last contract that that would be the last, the last contract.
43:44
Um, but then obviously I, I had that big crash in, at the end of August last year, and that had me, uh, recovering for the best part of four, five months-
44:33
Um, how are you doing on that?
44:34
I mean, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm doing fine now, but it was, uh...
44:37
it was, it was... th- this was... it's very nasty.
44:41
Ver- a very nasty crash.
44:42
I'm very lucky to be here today.

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