Froome: A fitting champion for an age of uncertainty

One banner on the roadside on the stage to Alpe d'Huez summed up the general mood better than any other at this Tour de France. It was handiwork of an onlooker who had come neither to bury nor to praise the yellow jersey, but simply to wonder. "Froome?" it asked.

Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.