Flying pigs, Ineos tactics and unwavering belief: Chris Froome reflects on 2021 Tour de France

The four-time winner will make it to Paris despite his stage one crash

Chris Froome
(Image credit: Getty)

Chris Froome will roll into Paris to complete the Tour de France on Sunday in the ninth slowest time, more than four hours behind winner Tadej Pogačar.

It's a long, long way from the heights of winning the same race four times, but given that just over two years previously he was unable to walk after a career-threatening crash at the Critérium du Dauphiné, it's an enormous achievement that the Briton has even returned to the biggest bike race of them all.

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