[ad_1]
The British Chris Froome estimated that he still has “several years of cycling” ahead, in an interview published this Tuesday in the Gazzetta dello Sport on the occasion of the Tirreno-Adriatico race.
Look here: Tour de France director tests positive for Covid-19
“If I hadn’t thought about being able to return to 100% after the 2019 injury (several fractures in a fall in the Dauphiné), I would never have launched into a long-term project “, assured the quadruple winner of the ‘Big loop’, 35 years old, who will race next season for the Israel Start-Up Nation team.
Froome assured “understand 100%” the decision of his current team, Ineos, of not summoning him to contest the Tour de France this year.
“I am the first to recognize that I was not yet at the level where I should be”, added who will be the leader of the Ineos in the Tour of Spain.
In the Tyrrhenian-Adriatic, eight-stage race that ends on September 14, “The priority will be working for Geraint Thomas (his teammate at Ineos, also ruled out for the Tour de France), who may have a chance of winning. ”
Far from thinking about the moment of farewell to Ineos, he showed “still very focused on trying to do my best in this strange season after the stoppage due to the coronavirus “.
You can see: Members of Ineos, Mitchelton, Cofidis and AG2R tested positive for Covid-19
“And if I succeed, that will give me the impetus to start next year well. It will surely be a very different challenge, but really very motivating, because I have the feeling of still have several years of cycling ahead of me “, concluded the rider, who will not compete in the cycling World Cups in Italy at the end of September, but does not rule out participating in the Liege-Bastoña-Liège (October 4) before the Vuelta (October 20 – November 8).
