{"id":184007,"date":"2021-06-16T10:53:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T10:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=184007"},"modified":"2021-06-16T10:53:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T10:53:46","slug":"chris-froome-will-ride-the-2021-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/06\/16\/chris-froome-will-ride-the-2021-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Froome Will Ride the 2021 Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Israel Start-Up Nation have confirmed that Chris Froome will ride the 2021 Tour de France. The 36-year-old will return to the greatest cycling race in the world after two years of absence. The four-time winner of the Tour will support Michael Woods as his captain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In a team press release, Froome said: &#8220;After two years away from the Tour de France, I can&#8217;t wait to get back. It has been an arduous journey since my crash at the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 in 2019, but this has been one of my biggest motivations.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisfroome\/status\/1404786364248432640<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve been working tirelessly to get where I am, and although my ambitions this year won&#8217;t be as a leader, I hope to add my experience and support to the team as best I can as road captain. We have a strong contender in Michael Woods, and I look forward to giving my all for him and the team in the battle to Paris.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Froome\u2019s best results in 2021 have been two 47<sup>th<\/sup> places in general classifications at the Dauphin\u00e9 and UAE Tour. At the Tour of Alps, he was notably featured in one stage\u2019s breakaway. What the Briton may currently lack in form, he will surely make up in experience.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184011\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/06\/Chris-Froome-profimedia-0600069458.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184011\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/06\/Chris-Froome-profimedia-0600069458.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Froome\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the 2021 Volta a Catalunya. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The team&#8217;s sports manager Rik Verbrugghe said: &#8220;As a four-time winner of the Tour, the value of his experience cannot be underestimated. It will be extremely useful for the team during the race. 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