It may well have lost its splendor on the roads of the Tour de France, Chris Froome is still a star of the Grande Boucle peloton.
But the popularity of the Briton has obviously not crossed all the doors of the editorial services of
France Televisions
, yet historical broadcaster of the event.
Wednesday noon, with the newspaper of
France 2
, a team of journalists carried out a report in the south of France. To illustrate the traffic bans in certain high-risk areas, the team filmed on site the mission of a man responsible for ensuring proper compliance with instructions on closed roads.
"
And no, alas I am going to stop you
", launches the individual to a cyclist presented as "
a hiker by bicycle
" and who complies immediately.
"
Ok
" then answers the runner who dismounts.
This is none other than Chris Froome in the middle of a training session on roads he knows well.
The "Kenyan White", who dominated the Tour de France in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017, was not recognized by public service journalists who, let us specify, are not part of the sports editorial staff.
Froome trains regularly in the south of France
The Israel Start-Up Nation runner trains regularly in this region after moving to Monaco a few years ago. With a little luck, it is therefore not impossible to cross the road of the 36-year-old champion on the reliefs of the hinterland. Froome, who is particularly fond of this terrain, has a painful memory of one of his sessions on the coast. He had been hit by a driver but escaped unscathed. Unlike his very seriously damaged bike.
