What’s better than interviewing a Tour de France winner? Two Tour de France winners interviewing each other!
For a feature in the January 2017 edition of Procycling magazine, guest-edited by Chris Froome, Froome and Cadel Evans chatted about life after cycling, the modern Tour and the sport’s changing culture. In this extract, the two Tour winners talk race design, retirement and the 2008 Tour. To read the full piece, buy Procycling January 2017, which is in shops on Friday, January 6.
Cadel Evans: So I assume you are a few weeks into training for next year...
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Chris Froome: I’ve just started. I’m two weeks in, and still finding the legs again. I’ll be in Europe for Christmas and New Year, then come over here [Australia] again to start training before the races start. What have you been up to since you hung up your wheels? How have you been finding life?
CE: I hung up my wheels but I see it as the next chapter in life. I still ride as often as I can. When your life isn’t all about training like it is when you’re a rider, you don’t have to ride as much. I’m also busy with my race, of course, and my role as ambassador for BMC and being pretty heavily involved with the cycling industry. Between those things, I’ve got everything you don’t see as a rider. As a race organiser, being on the industry side, as opposed to being a pro, it’s been a really interesting experience. You’d be amazed how many ex-colleagues are in the industry – they’re all my ex-competitors from years gone by who I work with.
CF: Having been a rider for so long and still being in the industry – does that help give you perspective on things you’re doing now? For example with your race, you wouldn’t go and put a 90-degree corner 100 metres from the finish, right?
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