At the end of the year he closed his adventure with Israel Premier Tech, for many months he made no announcement about his intentions or possible comebacks, and now at the beginning of July Chris Froome has finally made his decision.

Mind you, no official announcement or farewell, but interviewed in Barcelona by friends at Sporza, Froome admitted: "Yes, my career is over. Unfortunately there was that crash last summer; that's not how I wanted it to end. But as soon as it happened I knew it was over". Having collided with a car while training on the roads of the French Riviera, Froome suffered a pneumothorax, broken ribs and a fractured spine that forced him into a long period of inactivity.

Chris Froome is 41 years old and his last victory dates back to 2018 and it's no ordinary victory but the feat on the Colle delle Finestre that allowed him to win the Giro d'Italia. Between 2013 and 2017, he won the Grande Boucle four times and the Vuelta twice, on the road in 2017 and on the desk that of 2011, taken away from Cobo for doping matters.

The final phase of his career was unfortunately marked, beyond the inevitable decline, by a series of very serious injuries, the most serious of which at the Dauphiné in 2019, during the time trial reconnaissance: he crashed into a wall suffering serious fractures to the femur, elbow, ribs and hip, as well as some internal injuries and various abrasions.