Four-time champion Chris Froome has been selected by cycling team Israel Start-Up Nation to race the 2021 Tour de France, where he will act as road captain for team leader Michael Woods.
The 36-year-old Froome vowed to claw his way back to the top and targeted a fifth Tour win after suffering multiple injuries when crashing into a wall at high speed in May 2019.
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He showed astonishing determination and professional focus on his long struggle back, leaving Ineos and joining ISN and constantly ignored the doubters.
Froome won the Tour in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017.