General Chat • Chris Froome - Vuelta and Tour Double
What an achievement, only the third man in the history of cycling to complete this historic double (others were Hinault and Anquetil) out of the three Grand Tours of the season. Also the first Britain ever to win the Vuelta.
Both the Vuelta and the Tour are 3 weeks of mountains, heat, suffering and mental effort on a daily basis. You need to be fit, fearless and immune to pain to get anywhere near the podium in just one of these events - to win two in one year is a supreme sporting effort.
For all those of you who complain about the new breed of softee footballers these guys need to be dragged off their bikes when injured and there is a real pride in finishing what you started no matter what.
Froome seems a genuine down to earth bloke and I hope he gets the recognition he deserves - certainly gets my vote in SPOTY.
Both the Vuelta and the Tour are 3 weeks of mountains, heat, suffering and mental effort on a daily basis. You need to be fit, fearless and immune to pain to get anywhere near the podium in just one of these events - to win two in one year is a supreme sporting effort.
For all those of you who complain about the new breed of softee footballers these guys need to be dragged off their bikes when injured and there is a real pride in finishing what you started no matter what.
Froome seems a genuine down to earth bloke and I hope he gets the recognition he deserves - certainly gets my vote in SPOTY.