CHRIS FROOME HAS targeted the Vuelta a Espana to take away the disappointment of crashing out of the Tour de France.
Having gone into the Tour as defending champion, the Team Sky rider was forced to withdraw from the race during stage five having suffered a number of crashes.
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His exit meant Sky’s chances of wearing the yellow jersey in Paris were significantly reduced and eventually it was Astana’s Vincenzo Nibali who took the title.
Froome is now focusing on the final Grand Tour of the year in Spain and says the disappointment in France will spur him on over the 21-stage race.
“It’s not necessarily a bad thing what happened this year,” he told Sky Sports News. “Obviously it’s devastating for us as team havening won it for last few years we put a lot of expectation on this year’s Tour.
“In a way it’s been a good readjustment for us and to revaluate things and to look at where we are and how better to improve looking forward to next year’s Tour.
“In cycling when you come to the end of something and it doesn’t work out, you are very quickly onto next thing already, and for me the Vuelta has become another opportunity, another challenge to be able to get my teeth stuck into and work hard towards that.”
Froome was named as one of the riders to have been pre-registered for the Vuelta last week alongside the likes of Peter Sagan (Cannondale), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha).
Froome targets Vuelta after Tour disappointment
CHRIS FROOME HAS targeted the Vuelta a Espana to take away the disappointment of crashing out of the Tour de France.
Having gone into the Tour as defending champion, the Team Sky rider was forced to withdraw from the race during stage five having suffered a number of crashes.
His exit meant Sky’s chances of wearing the yellow jersey in Paris were significantly reduced and eventually it was Astana’s Vincenzo Nibali who took the title.
Froome is now focusing on the final Grand Tour of the year in Spain and says the disappointment in France will spur him on over the 21-stage race.
“It’s not necessarily a bad thing what happened this year,” he told Sky Sports News. “Obviously it’s devastating for us as team havening won it for last few years we put a lot of expectation on this year’s Tour.
“In a way it’s been a good readjustment for us and to revaluate things and to look at where we are and how better to improve looking forward to next year’s Tour.
“In cycling when you come to the end of something and it doesn’t work out, you are very quickly onto next thing already, and for me the Vuelta has become another opportunity, another challenge to be able to get my teeth stuck into and work hard towards that.”
Froome was named as one of the riders to have been pre-registered for the Vuelta last week alongside the likes of Peter Sagan (Cannondale), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha).
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