{"id":163023,"date":"2018-01-10T13:17:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T13:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=163023"},"modified":"2018-01-10T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T14:52:33","slug":"froome-back-strava-hes-absolutely-crushing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/01\/10\/froome-back-strava-hes-absolutely-crushing\/","title":{"rendered":"Froome Is Back on Strava and He\u2019s Absolutely Crushing It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many pros have taken to Strava over the years to share their rides with us mere mortals, but one big name was missing for a long time. Luckily it looks like Froome has made it his New Year\u2019s resolution to please us with his efforts. And as you would probably expect, they are quite spectacular.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There was a lot of speculation over the Brit joining Strava back in 2016, when a mysterious account of \u201cLuke Skywalker\u201d appeared on the social network. The rider in question, who was using a photo of Anakin Skywalker as a profile picture, accompanied Team Sky\u2019s Ian Boswell during training rides in South Africa, securing pretty much all the KOM\u2019s available in the process. There is absolutely no doubt about the identity now, as Chris joined Strava under his real name. You can check out his profile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/pros\/7491815\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-158705 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-health-and-training tag-eat-to-ride tag-nutrition tag-tdf tag-world-class-cyclists-special-diets\" data-postid=\"158705\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"158705\" data-word-count=\"483\" data-headline-length=\"58\" data-category=\"Health &amp; Training\" data-author=\"Jiri Kaloc\" data-published=\"2017-07-04T08:44:05+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Tuesday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/07\/04\/world-class-cyclists-special-diets-chris-froome\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-1024x682.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700.webp 1178w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/07\/0340097700-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"world-class-cyclists-special-diets-chris-froome\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/health-and-training\/\" title=\"Health &amp; Training\">Health &amp; Training<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/07\/04\/world-class-cyclists-special-diets-chris-froome\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>World Class Cyclists &#038; Special Diets \u2013 Chris Froome<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just yesterday, Froome rode almost 200 kilometres with an elevation of 2,840 metres in 6 hours 1 minute and 50 seconds. That Giro d\u2019Italia training must really hurt. The biggest ride he\u2019s done so far came last Sunday when he set out at 5AM for a 224.5-kilometre ride with an average speed of 37.9kmh. Wow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163026\" style=\"width: 869px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/48747848.JPG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-163026 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/01\/48747848.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"869\" height=\"678\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">38985 followers and counting&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We certainly hope Froome keeps uploading his rides to Strava throughout the whole season, giving us something to chase in the future!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many pros have taken to Strava over the years to share their rides with us mere mortals, but one big [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":160953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[425,1585],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-163023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-chris-froome","tag-strava"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Froome Is Back on Strava and He\u2019s Absolutely Crushing It - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many pros have taken to Strava over the years to share their rides with us mere mortals, but one big name was missing for a long time. 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