Chris Froome

Chris Froome OBE

Froome in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Clive Froome
Nickname	Froomey
Born	(1985-05-20) 20 May 1985 (age 31) Nairobi, Kenya
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	67.5 kg (149 lb; 10 st 9 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Sky
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
–	Super C Academy
–	Hi-Q Super Academy
Professional team(s)
2007	Team Konica Minolta
2008–2009	Barloworld
2010–	Team Sky
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (2013, 2015, 2016) Mountains classification (2015) 7 individual stages (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016) Vuelta a España 3 individual stages (2011, 2016) 1 TTT stage (2016) Stage races Critérium du Dauphiné (2013, 2015, 2016) Tour de Romandie (2013, 2014) Critérium International (2013) Tour of Oman (2013, 2014) Vuelta a Andalucía (2015)
Medal record Road bicycle racing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2012 London Time trial 2016 Rio de Janeiro Time trial Representing  Kenya All-Africa Games 2007 Algiers Road race Representing Team Sky World Championships 2013 Tuscany Team time trial

Grand Tours

Stage races

Christopher Clive Froome, OBE (born 20 May 1985) is a British professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Team Sky, who competed for Kenya until 2008. A three-time winner of the Tour de France, and three-time runner-up in the Vuelta a España, he is seen as one of the most successful stage-racing riders of the recent era. Froome, who was brought up in Kenya and South Africa, has ridden under a British licence since 2008 on the basis that both his parents are British.

In 2007, at the age of 22, Froome turned professional with Team Konica Minolta. He moved to Europe to further his career, joining team Barloworld. In 2010, he moved to Team Sky and has become one of the team's key cyclists. Froome made his breakthrough as a Grand Tour contender during the 2011 Vuelta a España where he finished second overall.

At the 2012 Tour de France, riding as a super-domestique for Bradley Wiggins, Froome won stage seven and finished second overall, behind only Wiggins in the same race as the best British performance in the race's history. In the same year, he also won the bronze medal in the time trial event at the Olympic Games and finished fourth in the Vuelta a España. His first multi-stage race win came in 2013, in the Tour of Oman, followed by wins in the Critérium International, the Tour de Romandie, the Critérium du Dauphiné, and the Tour de France.

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