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Chris Froome Southampton ride (image by Team Sky)Hundreds turn up for impromptu ride with Chris Froome
Two hundred people turned up for a bike ride with Chris Froome – that was only announced hours before.
The double Tour de France champion expressed surprise to see so many people on an impromptu ride from Southampton University to Winchester, which set off just after 3pm yesterday.
However, only 30 people apparently managed to keep up with Froome on the 72.5km route, which headed into the South Downs – this was no leisure ride for him.
Froome told the Daily Echo: “We were down here doing some wind tunnel testing and I need to get a ride in today.
“Participation in cycling has exploded recently and I thought it would be a really good thing to get people on their bikes.
“I didn’t think many would turn up, I was expecting about 20 people and seeing this many people is just incredible.
“This is really exciting and it is a good way to interact with fans.”
Froome, who was awarded his OBE for services to cycling on Friday at Buckingham Palace, posed for selfies and signed autographs after the ride. He also stopped to chat to Southampton University Road Cycling Club
Thank you to everyone who came out to ride with me in Southampton today, great day out! #RideWithFroomey pic.twitter.com/BzuhbCdzxG
— Chris Froome (@chrisfroome) May 14, 2016
Wow! So many people came out to #RideWithFroomey this afternoon. Thank you Southampton! #LoveCycling pic.twitter.com/VUCri3YEjd
— Team Sky (@TeamSky) 14 May 2016
Laura Laker is a freelance journalist with more than a decade’s experience covering cycling, walking and wheeling (and other means of transport). Beginning her career with road.cc, Laura has also written for national and specialist titles of all stripes. One part of the popular Streets Ahead podcast, she sometimes appears as a talking head on TV and radio, and in real life at conferences and festivals. She is also the author of Potholes and Pavements: a Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network.
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Looks like the linked route is wrong - think it was this one https://www.strava.com/activities/575917696
Pure class, would have loved that!
Interestingly it was the biggest turn up the Uni's cycling club has had to a club ride. But then it was Chris bloody Froome!
I did some of that route a couple of weeks ago and it really is a lovely part of Hants.
Doctor, how many of your 171 posts are on Chris Froome threads? Are you really going to spend all summer looking out for Froome threads to troll? Pathetic.