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Froome guarantees to work for the leader Carapaz after losing 11 minutes in the Tour of Spain.
Briton Chris Froome (INEOS), who lost more than 11 minutes today in the opening stage of the Vuelta a España by bicycle, “will help as much as possible” the team leader, Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz.
“It was a great day for us with second place for Richard Carapaz, on stage and in the general classification. He is the leader of our team here and we will help him as much as possible in the race to try to win the final,” he shot .
The Briton, who suffered to the end on Mount Arrate, where Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) won, admitted being “trapped at the back of the pack” after taking off on the penultimate climb, but said he was “very happy to participate “.
“I’m happy to be racing on a great Tour again, after two years [de fora]. I will take the Vuelta every day and try to do everything I can, “he guaranteed.
Despite the lost time, “the sensations were good”, and the recovery from the serious injuries that have kept him off the track is added to the lack of rhythm, for “not having done much this year”, which takes away “a little way “”.
At 35, the Kenyan-born Brit is completing his final year at INEOS, for which he won the Tour de France four times, once the Tour of Italy and twice the Vuelta, in 2011 and 2017, having suffered a serious accident in 2019 in June, which left him with multiple fractures and a long ‘ordeal’ to recover.
Froomey was left out of the British team’s selection for the Tour, a surprise that INEOS easily justified with the need to bring riders in better shape to the French race.
At the time, the team indicated that Froome would be in the Vuelta as the leader, but the future Israel Start-Up Nation rider continues to show signs that he may not be the dominant rider of the past.
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