Not so marginal losses: Chris Froome reveals recent bike set-up was “centimetres” apart from Team Sky days due to “oversight”

Chris Froome reveals bike set-up discrepancies

“I took my old bike and found very big discrepancies between my positions… We’re not talking millimetres,” the Israel-Premier Tech rider saidFor a rider whose greatest successes came while leading a team that prides itself on – and bases most of its PR around – meticulous attention to detail, it may come as a surprise to learn that Chris Froome has spent the last three seasons riding a bike with the wrong set-up, including a saddle height and reach that were “centimetres” apart from his Tour de...

“I took my old bike and went to a specialist and found very big discrepancies between my positions. But now we’ve made some big changes, more than centimetres in terms of saddle height, in terms of the reach, it’s really a lot, we’re not talking millimetres.” Froome also reiterated his desire to return to the Tour de France next year, after criticising Israel-Premier Tech’s decision to leave him out of the 2023 race.

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