![]() The centre, which is the first of its kind in the region, was broken in by the Israel-Premier Tech squad, who took part in a race against a local women's cycling team, who had been supported by the WorldTour team over the past two years. "Witnessing the joy on the kids' faces while they rode felt like a great victory," Froome said at the inauguration last week. The project is the end result of a campaign launched at last year's Tour de France with a special edition kit and fundraising aimed at building the centre, pump track, and 1.2km race track in Bugesera. My big target will be in July for the Tour de France so now starts my preparation for July."Īs well as building up for future races alongside the team's development riders Roi Weinberg, Nadav Raisberg and Cole Kessler, Froome and the Israel-Premier Tech team have been in the country to inaugurate the 'Field of Dreams' bike centre (opens in new tab) in the country. I'm realistic – I'm not going to be winning this Tour of Rwanda because I'm not in the top shape to win the races yet. "Even just to be here, to be racing and pushing is good for the next races, for the preparation "I'm going to keep fighting every day," Froome told local reporters before the stage. Glory on the stage would eventually be claimed by Callum Ormiston (Global 6 Cycling), who powered to victory with a solo attack late on.Įarlier in the race, Froome said that he was happy to be in Rwanda and making his debut at the eight-day event, though he emphasised that he wasn't aiming for the GC, instead looking to build form for later goals. So, I scratched myself up a bit but thankfully, there doesn’t seem to be any damage." "So I came around the corner on the limit and there was the car in the road so I had to abandon and get off into the ditch. "I was chasing with a couple of guys to try and get back on, on the descent, but I came around the corner and the QuickStep car had stopped as one of their riders had crashed," Froome said. Then the peloton caught me and surged over the top of the climb and that’s where the lights went out for me."įroome's day only deteriorated from there as he hit the deck avoiding a car in the road, thankfully avoiding any major injuries in the process. I managed to get another wheel from neutral service but it wasn’t really compatible with the bike so I had to stop again and change it with my team car. "I got a front wheel puncture and I didn’t have a team car behind me as they had already pulled the team car out. I think I had a 30-40 second lead on the Euskaltel guy behind me and about a minute and a half on the peloton. "The goal was to get over that last climb on my own and see if I could make it down to the finish. "You could see the whole peloton was just pegged about halfway through so I thought I would go for it and get stuck in and see what I had in the legs. I felt like I wanted to have a crack at it," Froome said later. Things then got worse, as Froome was dropped by the lead group and then crashed in the closing kilometres, remounting to finish a few minutes down. ![]()
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