Cadel Evans has subsidized Chris Froome to come to be the first guy due to the fact Miguel Indurain to say lower back-to-back victories on the excursion de France.
Froome received his 2d yellow jersey in July as he cruised to victory with the aid of one minute and 12 seconds from Movistar’s Nairo Quintana, the crew Sky rider leading from stage seven all the manner to Paris.
The 30-yr-old struggled when seeking to shield his 2013 victory the subsequent yr, Froome suffering early crashes after which being forced to abandon the race because of damage in degree five.
He changed into back to his nice in the modern version of the Grand excursion event and Evans – who received the tour in 2011 believes Froome is nicely set to challenge again in 2016.
“For him I think it’s viable,” Evans advised Fox sports. “He’ll be the handiest rider in this period who’ll be capable of cross back-to-again, barring contamination and harm.”
should Froome entire successive victories he will be the first rider to legitimately do on the grounds that Indurain in 1995, with Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador having had their lower back-to-returned successes erased from the document books.
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