Froome grateful for bronze at end of brilliant season


  • Cycling
  • Thursday, 21 Sep 2017

Cycling - UCI Road World Championships - Men Elite Individual Time Trial - Bergen, Norway - September 20, 2017 - Bronze medalist Chris Froome of Britain reacts on the podium. NTB Scanpix/Cornelius Poppe via REUTERS

BERGEN, Norway (Reuters) - Chris Froome was comprehensively beaten in the individual time trial at the world championships on Wednesday, but the Briton was in grateful mood at the end of a demanding season during which he achieved a rare Tour de France/Vuelta double.

Froome, who claimed the Vuelta title 10 days ago, lacked freshness on the 31km course and settled for bronze a massive one minute 21.25 seconds behind winner Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands, who won the team time trial with Sunweb on Sunday.

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