The EPIC Rise & Fall of Chris Froome
In this video, we explore the incredible journey of Chris Froome, one of the greatest cyclists of all time, and his remarkable rise to the top of the sport. From his early days as a young cyclist in Kenya to his rise to fame as a Grand Tour champion, we delve into the highs and lows of Froome's career.
We examine the key moments that defined his career, from his breakthrough performance in the 2011 Vuelta a España to his incredible domination of the Tour de France in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017. We also take a look at the injuries and setbacks that threatened to derail his career, including a horrific crash in 2019 that left him with serious injuries.
But despite all of his success, we also explore the controversies that followed Froome throughout his career, including allegations of doping and questions surrounding his performance during the 2018 Giro d'Italia.
Join us as we take a deep dive into the epic rise and fall of one of the most talented and polarizing cyclists of our time, and examine the legacy that Chris Froome leaves behind in the world of cycling.
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we want a story about MERCKX Eddy, he's #1 in procyclingstats best of all time list, I guess he deserves a video 😃.
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@@TrueSportsLore yep i'll be waiting
Legendary doping lovers 🙄
This is a really poorly researched and executed video by yourself. You have pedalled conspiracy theories from a couple people on twitter instead of researching the science behind any of the bullshit you claimed to be suspicious. For example endurance athletes take significantly longer to reach there prime than other sports and so the common age for an endurance athlete to enter their prime is mid to late 20s which is when froome started to improve. Further he grew up in Africa where billharzia is not uncommon, on top of that post exercise enduced asthma is extremely common in endurance athletes due to the strain on the lungs. Salbutomol is the normal asthma medication and does not give performance enhancing benefits to people without asthma as it only opens the airways to the normal level so is not used as a performance enhancing drug. The idea that froome faked the crash is really stupid, considering the time trial was occurring later in the day there obviously is going to be paramedics on the course considering that high speed crashes can inflict serious injuries, then given that it was a warmup run for the time trial why would you expect someone to have videod the crash when the stage hadn't even begun so that isn't suspicious. Whats more he crashed into a wall at 60 kph, he so it was a hard sudden impact that caused the damage hence the injuries are to be expected, since it was a collision with a wall you would not expect road rash since that would imply they slid on the road and would probably not receive the same severity of injuries, so no significant road rash is consistent with hitting a wall hard hence not suspicious for a fake crash. All you did in this video is state poorly constructed conspiracy theories which either means that you are intellectually limited and so have no ability to consider even basic logical floors in twitter conspiracy theories, or you don't care and have a personal opinion of dislike which you'd like to convey against the use of factual information, again this would also imply you were intellectually limited. Have some shame and don't be so sloppy with your videos in the future.
For a lot of us there is no fall and will be no fall. A genuine rider and lovely guy who won the best grand tour of the century by a fantastic solo ride. True legend
on drugs...
@Ambient Blue-eyedMonkey Yes of course, I forgot there's absolutely no evidence of that whatsoever, but failed to make the idle troll allegation.
@@gesp5151 lol, evidence is allover the internet and no one denies it including froome himself, you clown.
@@ambientblue-eyedmonkey8849 Everyone is on drugs If you think not, then you dont know anything about the sport.
@@XxxxTxTxxxX make up your mind, either he is on drugs or not on drugs, make up your mind clowns, lol.
Very simplistic interpretation - nobody recovers completely from a midshaft femur fracture; this is a life changing injury that impairs function for life - Froome has done incredibly well to return to professional cycling; there are pro cyclists who continue into their early 40s but they are never going to complete at the highest levels; Froome is a total legend who continues in pro cycling but age, injury, bicycle and team are against him - he is no longer on his Dogma which gave him the edge, he no longer has team sky behind him. It is great to see footage of the legend that Froome is - the greatest cyclist of the last 2 decades, a true African legend.
the Dogma is a truly awesome bike (one of my favorites), but you're bluntly overstating the advantage it provides. that being said, it's still the bike I'd choose over any other as a race bike.
@@seanmccuen6970yeh that was a weird comment. There’s no real advantage to one road bike over another in the peloton. They’re all on super bikes and the differences will be tiny and down time personal preference. In no way will a riders performance go down significantly moving from one brand to another. There is a little more of a difference in the TT bikes with the specific ancillary aero kit.
@@HkFinn83 calm down, I just like the bike because it's a solid all-rounder and I like the way it looks.
@@seanmccuen6970 yeh hence i said it has nothing to do with his performance? Wtf are you telling me to calm down about?
@@HkFinn83 'wtf'? 'cause I din't never fkn' say it was the bike that gave him the wins in the first place, now I did I...
For my money Froome is one of the all time greats, and possibly the greatest TDF GC rider of them all. So dominant
That's more than a bit of hyperbole there.
He only won because he had a super team, Contador and Quintana were better riders even without an e-bike💀
2018 Giro, stage 19 will go down as one of the best stages in any Grand Tour.
Right alongside Floyd's at the TDF.
@@isitrachelorj3953Pretty sad that you're spamming every comment with PED jokes, whether its true or not.
@@surreal7963 not "sad" at all. I will call out PED use every chance I get. To let an athlete, businessman, politician or parent get away with illegal, immoral or unethical behavior is in essence condoning that behavior. Cheats deserve our scorn! Stop being a fanboy!
@@isitrachelorj3953 I'm not being a "fanboy" when all I'm stating is that you're annoying.
@@surreal7963 my comment was directed at the original poster. Anybody who believes that stage was anything other than a "floyd" is a delusional fanboy. Anyone who is irritated or annoyed by my calling out a cheat is likely a fanboy also. Why does it bother you to hear or read the truth? If you are offended by criticism of Froome (or any other doper) you should refrain from reading such threads - there will always be critics like me, and rightfully so.
Wiggins was so arrogant and up his own A, it made it hard to support his talent, Chris came around and was humble with just as much talent, this is why people jumped on board
Chris has provided us with some fabulous results and entertaining sport...those days are gone. The come back athlete is a rarity.
This is the natural Arc of any great athlete. They get better & better, they reach their peak, & then there's the downside of their career. It's called Mother Nature. His period on top was longer than most champions. 🏆
Exactly grand tour win in 2011, podium 2012 and winning mostly till 2017 makes his peak longer than most.
They clickbaited like it was some dramatic fall from grace. It was almost 10 years since he peaked. No one keeps on top for that long
At the 2018 Giro, stage 19, not mentioned but there was one of the craziest and most legendary moments in cycling with Froome as main character. It seemed to see a race of other times, like those of Merckx and others.
How could that not be mentioned? It was a defining ride by a man who had had defining rides.
the greatest display on a bike since marco pantani on the alp duez
Watched it live. Totally baller move. Had his whole team blow the field apart and then took on the last 80km solo. 3 x climbs incl the highest summit of the race. Genuine wtf moment.
@@markrushton1516 So did I. Totally unexpected from the escape to the finish line with the doubt that they could reach he but it didn't happen.
looked a bit too much like Floyd Landis' amazing stage in the Tour
As soon as the results of his crash were known I told all my mates he would never be the same rider. Remember Beloki back in the day when Armstrong cut across the field. Pretty similar injuries and he just never recovered. I hope Bernal has better fortune being a lot younger!
I was living under a rock, so I didn't follow these stories. What injuries are you talking about?
@@musclelessfitness2045 It’s all available on the internet.
After his crash he became the same rider again, just the rider he was from 20 to 27 year old.
@@simonrano8072 Beloki or Froome ?
@@marcdaniels9079 Froome, I admit the confusion is possible, they came from nowhere at 26, where in very suspicious teams, were involved in a doping trial, used asthma drugs and suffered a big crash. Froome was a nobody and since the 2011 Vuelta up to his crash is finished at least 2nd of every GT he finished, and back to nobody after hist crash. I wonder where Team Sky found that swith to turn UK citizen into GT winner...
Apparently he was lucky not to lose his leg or even walk properly again never mind ride a bike at pro level. The fact he finished third on the alpe d huez stage makes him a hero in my book.
Froomey, Team Sky, was like the Real Madrid ... lots potential riders... and the brand Pinarello and Rapha were on their peak Froomey was considered lucky he had GT as his wingman.. a truly selfless, humble, very reliable rider
plenty of doping in spanish football aswell, now you mention it.
I broke my femur in 2019 as well in a motorcycle crash. It is healed by now but no comparision to the unaffected leg. The stability and feeling may never come back, and I think even with the best medical care on the planet, you will never be able to recover from this type of injury fully.
Yep, did mine 15 years ago. I'd say it's at 80-85%, but as you say, it'll never get back to the full 100%.
same here, neck of femur break, fixated with cannular hip screws, was a top club rider, never the same afterwards, unfortunately.
so as all Tour de France winners, and multiple Tour winners like Chris Froome is a Legend of cycling, just like Lance Armstrong, cycling is the best sport on land.
You just embarrassed yourself by using that American psychopaths name in relation to the sport. Shame on you.
Froomey forever!!! The man is lucky to up and walking after what his body has gone through much less actually riding a bike. He gets a pass.
The Modern Racing cyclists are like machines with great genetics recovery rates and immune systems, couple that with sport science and wow. Suppose that band of perfection won’t last as long due to higher standard. Some of the those from the past were straight up hard men. Froome is still amazing given all he’s been through.
Correct, to make it into pro cycling, you need specific physiology and you need to have been an avid cyclist right through childhood and teens to develop the muscle groups
@@FortunaCzNam True. I have raced and trained with some of the best, whom I knew from a young age, so I understand what you say.
The guy almost died in that crash and hes back in the tour at a much older age. Give him a break man.
Hey Great Channel! But How has the KZhead channel TrueSportsLore dealt with copyright issues regarding the use of footage from other creators?
Listen fella it’s none of your business. This channel is this man’s income. So keep your nose out! In fact I want you to start sharing this man’s videos and not another word from you 👊
His crash was horrific. Everything else after that says nothing about his ability or drugs or anything else. It's all about the crash.
Feel like you skipped over Froome holding all 3 Grand Tour GC titles at the same time, only the third man in the history of cycling to do so.
That is why I called him a total legend -amazing sportsman and thoroughly lovely character.
Boring,hardly note worthy.
I do remember him running up a hill in the tour XD. But he was for awhile the best rider on a stacked Sky roster
This man is equal best of the modern grand tour riders in modern times, and you have the audacity to call it a fall?
Why do butt hurt? It’s just a cyclist.
That stage in 2018 giro when Chris went it alone is one of the greatest rides ever. Stage 18 hi think ?. Respect to Chris....
The day Froome 'did a Landis'... ...it certainly was memorable, but it wasn't feelings of joy to those of us who remember Landis and Armstrong.
It makes me sad thinking about Chris Froome because he was such an cycling icon for me because I start cycling in 2013 and I was always inspired by him, so it just makes me sad to see him go away😢
Chris was a cycling legend, if it hadn’t been for that accident he would still be a contender
It's amazing that he's even cycling after that crash. Very few people are capable of coming back from something like that.
You do very interesting content!
Glad you think so!
He had a high peak, the 2012-18 he was 2nd and won 4 tours missing the 2014 tour. His bike handling was always a bit suspect, I seem to remember him crashing on the white lines in the tour. The accident he had was bizarre, It was on a reconnaissance of a stage of the Dauphine. One elbow, ribs and a broken leg, 37mph impact into a wall.
I love Chris Froome! But..why does the picture of him in the thumbnail look more like Primoz Roglic?
Hi audiobook is amazing, it's really ashame about his recent years, I hope that he goes on to make cycling in Africa something big
Ghirmay has done more than Froome has ever done for African cycling.
@@sean7098 fact!
True grit! For someone with every illness on offer, even died once, come back and achieve everything , on nothing but bread and water, i salute you
He's just doing an Andy Schleck...we already know how this ends Having said that I really enjoyed watching him
Some just don't seem to know when it's over.
That first bit between Froome and Wiggins has got parallels with Vinnie and Kuss
The crash was a terrible tragedy. I got into cycling due to Chris Froome. The excitement of watching him duke it out with Contador, Nibali, Quitana, etc. was the best. Cycling has been boring since then...
You’re joking right? The sky years were incredibly boring all the “marginal gains” and e-bikes kept them ahead, at least now there are a handful of riders that can win
A thoughtful and thought provoking video.
VO2 Max of 75? How was he winning climbs? Greg LeMond's is 92.
Please keep this up, preferably with a bias on cycling
Thank you. Who else would you like to see videos on?
Thanks for telling it like it is.
Froome was in fantastic shape at the time of his crash.
I started laughing so much when you used Chris Pritchard as a source LOL
Your voice is so familiar, like Failured that used to do Pro Cycling Manager videos
That's me! Hi :)
@@TrueSportsLore Omgg, I'm so happy to hear you man, It's been like 10 years, This new channel is awesome keep it up!
Froome is a beast . His humble attitude always made him likeable. I remember him running up Ventoux after his bike got ruined .
A beast on an e-bike I can agree with
@@jeremyclarkson9025 you ride an e-bike? What a looser
I am impressed how Wiggins and Froome overcame their medical issues and became Tour de France winners nevertheless.
Medical improvements…
lol that was a critic they medical issues that they used to boost their performance they were both doped to the bone
Let's be honest, Wiggins and Froome had little to do with it. The "team doctor" and his "meds" deserves most of the credit.
@@MICHAEL_MAY8ironically the doctor has been handed a ban from cycling as of today.
Wiggins a fraud 🤥🤥🤡🤡
Last time I watched cycling, Pedro Delgado was winning tings
Froome will stay a legend of the sport. Mega crash during training ends his prime. But the “fall” isnt the right name.
I doubt we have seen the last of Froome - even if he doesn't rise to be the TDF superstar he previously was I reckon he will around pro cycling for another 5 to 7 years - into his early to mid forties.
This video should have the irish voice of Cycling Stories channel on it. And here we have Christopher Froome, the most doped up british rider in TDF history...
Brailsford only hired druggies.
Yeah, and him quoting Lanterne Rouge while showing footage of Froome racing for Barloworld: "This is Chris Froome in 2009, whose asthma hasn't been diagnosed yet."
I miss irish...
Well I see Chris F as having cycling in his blood, giving him square wheels will not stop him. My picture of his accident is, it was genuine and he has had to fight to recover. Because of his tenacity he will continue to fight. Good luck Chris,.
Chris Froom's down fall (literally) is really really unfortunate, I was hoping to see him in the grand tours for a few more years.
Froome vs Cobo, Froome dropping Wiggins, Froome on the Ventoux, Froome running on Ventoux, Froome's Giro miracle... are the biggest laughs we had during this past decade.
I'm buying the Froome goes clean hypothesis.
Chris Froome . . . bloody legend . . . thank you Chris !!
Bloody doper
@@angus4463bellend.
Watching this makes you wonder how many GT trophies Vincenzo Nibali would have at home if not for various people who later either were caught doping or otherwise managed to get away with it, despite all the details that only came out later?
Did not even watch this as he is not down yet, still more to come, now if it had been the rise and fall of Bradley Wiggins then I would of been interested to watch.
I think he's enjoying it as long as he's still improving. Once he stops improving anymore he'll probably call time
Chris Froome bike was doped.
That’s classified! Where have you got that from?
What is missing here is the huge salary he was making despite being in very poor form. He almost certainly doesn't need the money but it might keep him turning the pedals a while longer.
I know this video is about Chris Froome but who the hell is that in the thumbnail?
are there any other riders that you can draw a parallel with Froome?
Bob Jungels
Froome was also 34 when he had his crash , it was always unlikely he could get back to his level at the age of 35 next year Even Bernal at his young age is struggling to get back to where he was pre 2021
Bit unfair to call 2018 an alright season, completed the collection of Grand Tours and still made the podium off the back of the Giro which is rarely seen
The rise was epic. The fall was tragic
Pls come back
We will don't worry!
Who remember Richard Virenque got caught cheating got banned came back clean and still won TDF stage
Viva la Froome 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🇪🇺💪💪💪👍
What was his "therapeutic use exception" count per day? Surely it didn't top 100, did it? There were lots, I know. There was so many masking agents in there - who could tell how many?
why the thumbnail got a pic of man who isnt froome?
I remember seeing him puffing on an asthma inhaler on the way up a climb of the TdF. That’s doping. I guess it’s OK since he had a doctor’s note.
Winning the TDF four times. I’d call that one hell of a career! Winner!!
If not as supporting Wiggins in 2011-2012, he could have won TDF by 6X!
Armstrong won it 7 times yeah
@@tennispassionate386Armstrong lost all his wins due to drug use if you didn't know
Wish Froomee the best..
So if not as support in 2011-2012, he could have won TDF by 6X!
Was that picture of him in the hospital bed taken 6 months after his crash?
It was released same week as his crash
@@TrueSportsLoredidn't look that serious Perfect cover story for his rapid downfall from getting off the juice.
What? He won all of the 3 grand tours, what the hell do you want him to do still?
Chris had a life-altering crash and not when he was young. I think he just ran out of room to recover. Look at Bernal, it's taken him a couple years already to get back in form and he's a lot younger than Froome was when he crashed.
The theory that Froome faked his crash is completly ridiculous. WADA would not cover up a positive doping test as a crash. I know Armstrong had a few positive tests, but there where a lot of evidence building up over the years. The sport is way cleaner now. Teams do ofc abuse TUE's, and continues to do, which is problematic. But there are no evidence of systematic doping from Froome.
It’s not a fall to get injured or old in the most competitive sport in the world, ridiculous title . Most riders most sport men will never get anywhere near him, the guy is a legend and the sad little haters who don’t like him will still be sad little haters who will achieve nothing in their sad little lives.
thats not Chris Froome on the thumbnail
Going clean is a victory all its own. Thank you, Chris! 🚵🏽♀️
Inhaler
It’s good he has decided to race clean. With a sport where all the top people play with the limits of performance enhancing drugs…
wait, cyclist does well when hes young and then doesnt hit the heights after injury and getting old? what a downfall.
Team sky/ineos were just Team Discovery all over again!
We're all sure Froome raced clean?
No juice , no victory
90% of Tour riders dope. What is your point?
@@nathancook2852 My first point was about Froome . The second is that you are right , I am convinced that a lot of winners are doped . I think that is not just a problem of this sport , for esample bodybulding is absurd , but they have a full dope categorie and a clean one like natural. They should be more honest about what they take and when and not try to sale a false idea . I think for esample that Vindegaart is full of juice.
No longer taking medicine for asthma (that no one prescibes for asthma) at 500 times the recommended daily dose probably had as much to do with Froomey's poor performance as the crash (as questionable as that was).
Let's be honest with ourselves here. Sure Froome did provide some awesome entertainment and he is a cyclist with natural talent but there are just too many coincidences (or questions) behind this. The way he use to just spin his way up a climb just making everybody else look stupid reminded me of Lance (my hero btw). And then BOOM, after almost getting caught it all goes pearshaped, almost like a man threading lightly because he is being watched? Cycling has always, and will always be a sport we love because these athletes put their bodies on the line to be the best and provide a spectacular show, and they do it in different ways such as using extreme means to cheat the system. We will probably never know will we ;)
Yes, exactly. Since he s been watched, his performance went down.
Agree 100%
To say pro cyclists don't take PED's is like calling the Pope a pornstar
FROOMIE is Super Special . 👌 Heck of a Nice Chap .
How come he doesn't use the asthma inhaler anymore. If he was a true asthmatic he would be using it all the time. It just shows he isn't an asthmatic, and he used the inhaler to recover quicker . A cheater. Sky were using the inhalers all the time, look at all the other team members, when they left sky , they weren't at the same level of racing.
90 % of tour riders dope. And, it could have exercised induced asthma, so he doesn't need the inhaler as much anymore. Sure, he doped, but they all do.
I am a true asthmatic and TT rider. from about 8 years old Asthma developed. For some reason along with hay fever, allergies to loads of different things including, dogs, cats, rabbits, sulphur Dioxide, smoke fumes etc. and Asthma that I had to take two puffs of salbutamol before i rode my bike, particularly in cold weather, to stop my tubes closing - at 46 years old, it all stopped and I am 65 now and have never suffered with any atopic type ailment ever since. I don't know why but you can just reach a point in you life when it all stops completely.
hi to suggest he faked his accident is ridiculous stick to the facts it would be imposible for him to fake a crash as bad and as serious you have ruined a otherwise mediocre but interesting video
yeah and how would that cover up a uci ban? they would publish the ban and sentence anyways lmao
I can't help it, but Chris Froome always looks to me like a potato with sticks for hands and legs. He looks just so awkward on a bike. Great video though!
😂 thank you
Always disliked him as a rider and a lot had to do with Sky. Being able to produce/overlap four "consecutive" winners of the tour should be near impossible to achieve regardless of how professional and advanced the training and tactic was like. It was not just the winners but even mediocre time-trialists could be in top 20 on the hardest stages of the tour a year after joining the team, them carry on while candidates to challenge for the overall drop of in the beginning of the climb still make no sense to me. Seeing how they fell so far from grace and never able to replicate a fraction of a decade of success after the sponsor change and Brailsford investigation while having the same same people with the same template at their disposal....
Bradley Wiggins got some British Invasion mutton chops
Why Armstrong is even allowed to speak about cycling in pubblic?
With Hincapie, no less! I saw they have a podcast on KZhead and damn near threw up lmao
Yup!
Sky robbed him of his first red. Thy clearly didn't expect him to be so strong
He was at at team that abused the TUE system and may have done worse (the mystery package, connected to huge order of testosterone patches...). Froome benefitted from TUEs to take very powerful products in the run up to big races. He went from being barely an also-ran to being by far the best climber and stage racer in the world in an incredibly short space of time. He tested well over the limit for salbutamol but got away with it in circumstances that are still unclear to this day. It is, however, pretty clear what was going on with Froome and how he rose to the top in the way he did, we all know it really but some people are, and seemingly will always remain, in denial.
even if all of your allegations are true, you conclusions are wrong, his rose to the top because he was the strongest.
@@rena-mq2bg You've just proven the point I was making there. Everything I wrote up to my last sentence is 100% factual, not allegations. You are in denial.
@@mattcast44 in order for your conclusions to be true, you must demonstrate that he had an unfair advantage over the other racers... Can you?
@@rena-mq2bg Well, Team Sky riders certainly had an unfair advantage over teams that were members of the MPCC, a body that imposed more stringent doping restrictions on pro teams. Oddly Team Sky, while speaking a good anti-doping game, never joined this group that still proactively seeks to combat doping. Do you not wonder why? In 2014, Froome was allowed to take a powerful steroid-based drug prior to the Tour de Romandie. He had a TUE, but the TUE should have been approved by a group of experts. In Froome's case, however, it was waved through by one person, the UCI medical director. Sounds like an unfair advantage to me. The UCI president at the time used to work for British Cycling and his son was on the staff at Team Sky; that does seem relevant. Cookson himself later stated that Team Sky may have pushed the rules to "the very limit" on TUEs. Other teams did not do so - indeed the MPCC teams would not have been able to do so. So that's another unfair advantage. A UK parliamentary report concluded that Team Sky used TUEs "to enhance the performance of riders, and not just to treat medical need" and that "an ethical line" was crossed. Other teams were not doing the same and remained on the right side of that ethical line. Froome was at that team and benefitted from TUEs, so that's an unfair advantage. I look forward to your continuing denial and I'm expecting you to move the goalposts...
Spot on Matt. I totally agree with you on everything you set out here. 100%
The biggest trick the devil ever played was convincing everyone he didn't exist.
Another ninkampoop
Someday the UCI will get serious about doping with no excuses off season testing and no granting of exceptions to banned substances- no asthma meds, no testosterone boosters, etc.
Greatest e-bike racer of all time It's either him or Cancellara
Yeah, the way he attacked on ventoux in 2013 seemed unreal to me at the time, then a few years later I got an ebike & knew exactly how he did it 😔
ABSOLUTE CRAP The bikes are routinely checked - What makes you think a legendary sportsman would risk everything everything for a single stage ? This is just plain STUPID
Saying a 4 time TdF winner "fell" is a bit much. Nobody stays on top forever. Getting there multiple times is more than enough