Tour-Vuelta double places Chris Froome among the true greats of cycling

Froome has paralleled the feats of many of the past greats of cycling with an historic Tour de France, Vuelta a España double win

Chris Froome at the 2018 Vuelta a España (Sunada)

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

At the Vuelta’s pre-race press conference for the race favourites, held very fittingly in the arena at the spectacular Roman amphitheatre in Nîmes, Chris Froome was asked to draw a comparison between himself and Eddy Merckx.

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