Chris Froome
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Ruta del Sol: Winners and records
Door Martijn Ophorst Each year in February, the Ruta del Sol is held in the deep south of Spain. After a first edition in 1925 it lasted until 1955 for the race - also called the Vuelta a Andalucía - to really take off. Cyclingstage.com brings you recent winners and records.
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Tour de France: Winners and records
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour de France is the holy grail of cycling. Winning a stage or even wearing the yellow jersey for a day can make a career. Wearing a jersey into Paris can make a life. Cyclingstage.com presents La Grande Boucle's recent winners and record holders.
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Giro d'Italia: Winners and records
Door Martijn Ophorst The Giro d’Italia began in 1909 in a bid to increase sales for La Gazzetta dello Sport. Italian riders dominated the early decades of the race but that changed from the 60's onward. Cyclingstage.com presents the recent winners and record holders…
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Vuelta a España: Winners and records
Door Martijn Ophorst Out of all 3 Grand Tours the Vuelta a España is really the one requiring climbers legs. Without them you don't even have to go there, unless you are looking for some lost sprinter stages. Cyclingstage.com presents the recent winners.
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Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026: Winners and records
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 is a stage race, formerly known as the Critérium du Dauphiné. It serves as a perfect preparation for the Tour de France, which follows shortly afterward. Cyclingstage.com brings you the recent winners and records.
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Tour de Romandie: Winners and records
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour de Romandie is a mountainous stage race in the French speaking part of Switzerland, usually on the calendar just before the Giro d'Italia. Cyclingstage.com brings you the recent winners and records from the Swiss race.
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Giro 2018 Stage 21: Bennett sprints to victory in Rome, Froome pockets overall
Door Martijn Ophorst The Giro d'Italia's final showdown is a parade stage in Rome. Ten 11.5 kilometres laps before an inevitable bunch sprint with Sam Bennett powering to his third win in Italy. Chris Froome wins the overall classification ahead of Tom Dumoulin and…
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Giro 2018 Stage 19: Froome rides into pink with long-range solo attack
Door Martijn Ophorst The Queen Stage of the Giro d'Italia travels over three intermediate climbs, including the partly unpaved Colle delle Finestre, to finish with a final haul up the steep Jafferau. Maglia rosa Simon Yates is dropped on the Finestre just before Chris…
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Vuelta 2017: Trentin sprints to 4th victory in last stage, Froome wins overall
Door Martijn Ophorst La Vuelta a España concludes with a criterium in Madrid. Matte Trentin wins the inevitable bunch sprint. It's not enough for the points jersey as that one goes to Chris Froome, who also wins the overall and combination classification. Vincenzo…
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Vuelta 2017: Froome cements overall lead by winning ITT
Door Martijn Ophorst The 16th stage of La Vuelta is an individual time trial on rolling roads. Chris Froome powers to the win ahead of Wilco Kelderman, thus expanding his lead over runner-up Vincenzo Nibali. Kelderman nows sits in third, while Alberto Contador…
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Vuelta 2017: Froome wins in Cumbre del Sol to extend lead
Door Martijn Ophorst In the 9th stage of La Vuelta the riders travel to a steep closing climb of 4.1 kilometres in Cumbre del Sol. Chris Froome attacks with 500 metres left to climb and he holds off Esteban Chaves and Michael Woods to cement his overall lead.
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Tour de France 2017: Groenewegen sprints to victory in Paris, Froome takes fourth
Door Martijn Ophorst The last stage of the Tour de France amounts to 103 kilometres. At the end of eight laps on the Champs-Élysées in Paris Dylan Groenewegen powers to victory ahead of Andre Greipel and Edvald Boasson Hagen. Chris Froome finishes safely in the…
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Tour of Oman: Winners and records
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour of Oman has a short history but impressive list of race winners. It's the most hilly of the three February races in the Gulf region so in order to win here riders need to be strong on the climbs.
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Vuelta 2016 Stage 19: Froome wins ITT, Quintana still in the lead
Door Martijn Ophorst Chris Froome takes the 37 kilometres ITT with a 2 minutes lead over Nairo Quintana. The Colombian holds on to his red jersey with a comfortable lead at 1.21. Yet, it will be a thrilling finale tomorrow!
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Vuelta 2016 Stage 11: Froome bests red jersey Quintana
Door Martijn Ophorst The 11th stage in the 2016 Vuelta is played out on flat roads, yet the finale is not. At the super-steep Peña Cabarga the race boils down to the two best riders this Vuelta. Chris Froome outperforms Nairo Quintana, yet the Colombian retains in…
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Tour de France 2016 Stage 18: Froome takes win in mountain ITT and cements lead
Door Martijn Ophorst At 17 kilometres, stage 18 in the Tour de France is an ITT on climbers territory. En route Côte de Domancy is toughest, a 2.5 kilometres toil at 9.4%. Chris Froome bests specialist Tom Dumoulin to take his second stage win, thus cementing his…
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Tour de France 2016 Stage 8: Froome attacks in descent of Peyresourde to solo to yellow jersey
Door Martijn Ophorst After a race over four passes, including the Tourmalet and the Peyresourde, the finish of stage 8 in the descent. Froome attacks just before cresting and solos to victory in a downhill. Always a poor descender, things have changed and Froome takes…
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Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 Stage 7: Cummings solos to mountain victory, Froome wins overall
Door Martijn Ophorst The last stage of the 2016 Critérium du Dauphiné features six climbs. The final 50 kilometres are marked by two 1st categorie ascents, and it's there Stephen Cummings attacks from the front group to solo to victory. Dan Martin finishes in…
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Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 Stage 5: Stage win and leader's jersey Froome, Porte in second
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 5 in the Critérium du Dauphiné serves a hearty meal with seven climbs and a summit finish. Chris Froome powers to the win on the closing climb with Richie Porte close behind. The former teammates are now one and two in the GC, while…
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Tour de Romandie 2016: Stage 4 - Froome solos to victory, Quintana still in the lead
Door Martijn Ophorst The 4th stage of the Tour of Romandie features five climbs. At the penultimate climb Chris Froome attacks with Tejay van Garderen to leave the American alone with 7 kilometres left on the last climb. Sweet revenge after his off-day two days ago.…
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Tour de France 2015 Stage 10: Majestic victory Chris Froome
Door Martijn Ophorst No time for excuses. The first mountain stage in the 2015 de Tour de France heads for a hors catégorie finish. It's there Chris Froome proves there is only one top-favourite in the 2015 Tour. He puts minutes into his oponents with Porte finishing…
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Critérium du Dauphiné 2015 Stage 8: Brilliant Froome takes stage and overall
Door Martijn Ophorst The last stage of the Dauphiné is 161kilometres long. At the steepest section of the finish climb Froome attacks and tortures Van Garderen. The Englishman wins both the stage and the overall.
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Critérium du Dauphiné 2015 Stage 7: Outstanding Froome wins Queen Stage - Van Garderen new leader
Door Martijn Ophorst The 7th stage in the Dauphiné is a master-piece. Five cols in the 1st category and the finale is fingerlicking good. Chris Froome and a brilliant Sky squad were in a class of their own, but Tejay van Garderen is the new GC leader. Nibali finishes…
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Critérium du Dauphiné 2014: Stage 2 - Froome beats Contador on the line
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 2 leads the riders straight into the mountains. In the ride from Tarare to Col du Béal they face 6 cols and finish atop of the last one after a horse catégory climb. Froome is as strong as yesterday and beats Contador. The Spaniard is the…
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Critérium du Dauphiné 2014: Stage 1 - Froome wins opening time-trial
Door Martijn Ophorst Chris Froome won the opening TT of the Criterium du Dauphine, beating Tour rival Contador by 8 seconds. Other Tour favourites van Garderen and Nibali also finished in the top 10, both at 13 seconds down.
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Tour de Romandie 2014 Froome wins time trial and GC
Door Martijn Ophorst Chris Froome won the overall at the Tour of Romandie, powering his way to victory in the final time-trial ahead of world time-trial champion Tony Martin.
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Tour de Romandie 2014 Kwiatkowski wins prologue
Door Harmen Lustig Michal Kwiatkowski won the prologure in the Tour of Romandie today with all other GC favourites conceding precious seconds.
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Critérium International: Recent winners
Door Martijn Ophorst Critérium International is a 2 day stage race, held on Corsica in recent years. The race contains a short flat stage and a time trial on the first day, and a mountain stage on the last. Up until 1978 only French riders were allowed to…
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Tour of Oman 2014 Results 5th stage Froome: stage win + GC lead
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 5 was the queen stage of this year's Tour of Oman, starting in BidBid and finishing atop Green Mountain at an altitude of 1,235 metres. Just like last year, Chris Froome proved to be the King of Green Mountain, attacking late in the stage…
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Tour of Oman 2014 Results 3rd stage: Froome attacks, Greipel wins
Door Martijn Ophorst A rolling 145 kilometres today led to talk of possible attacks in the GC battle and Chris Froome didn't disappoint, attacking in the last 5 kilometres. But the move was shut out in the last kilometre and Andre Greipel sprinted to his second stage…