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British cycling great Chris Froome said he has high hopes for the future of the sport in Africa as he returned to the continent of his birth to participate in Tour du Rwanda, which runs till February 26. The four-time Tour de France winner, who was born in Kenya, is the star attraction at the Tour du Rwanda.
British cycling great Chris Froome said he has high hopes for the future of the sport in Africa as he returned to the continent of his birth to participate in Tour du Rwanda, which runs till February 26. The four-time Tour de France winner, who was born in Kenya, is the star attraction at the Tour du Rwanda.
Froome said that he loves to do more racing in Africa and I think Africa is definitely going to be the continent where we see the biggest profiles in cycling in the next decade. He was speaking at the opening of a training centre in Bugesera in eastern Rwanda developed by his Israel-Premier Tech team under their “Racing for Change” campaign. Projects like this will go a long way in helping to bring the next generation of professional cyclists to Europe.
Froom highlighted the success of the 22-year-old Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay, the first African to win a stage on any of cycling’s three grand tours. Having role models is hugely important. So, Africans who have managed to get to Europe and get to the highest level of racing, demonstrate that it is possible for Africans to reach that level.
Rwanda, known as the land of a thousand hills, will be hosting cycling’s Road World Championships in 2025, a first for Africa.
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Asked about his own prospects for success this year, Froome said hopes to get the Tour de France in as good a shape as possible. Froome’s Israeli team Israel-Premier Tech secured a wild card for this year’s Tour de France, the world’s biggest bike race. He had to drop out of last year’s event after testing positive for Covid-19. Froome is fighting back after suffering career-threatening injuries in a 2019 high-speed crash.
