Chris Froome’s mom couldn’t afford to buy him a bicycle.
🚴 Chris Froome | Cycling | 4× Tour de France champion
His first bike wasn’t new. It was a hand-me-down that was so big he could barely reach the pedals.
That didn’t stop his mother, Jane Froome.
She kept finding ways to support her son’s dream from a physiotherapist’s salary while raising her family from the servant’s quarters behind someone else’s house.
She drove behind him on long training rides.
Waited ahead on climbs in case he wanted to stop. He never did but she kept showing up anyway.
Jane passed away just weeks before Chris rode his first Tour de France.
She never saw him win one.
Years later, Chris said that without her encouragement, he would probably have been sitting at home watching the Tour on television instead of racing it.
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