Why is Chris Froome not riding the Tour de France 2020? 

The four-time winner is absent from this year’s race for the second year running

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The 2020 Tour de France is underway, but there is one very notable omission from this year’s start list - Chris Froome.

British cycling star Froome is a four-time Tour de France winner, and is the only Brit to have ever won more than one yellow jersey.

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