Chris Froome should go for Grand Tour treble next year, says Bernard Hinault
Last Updated: 11/09/17 11:20am
Chris Froome should attempt to win all three Grand Tours next year, according to the last man before the Sky rider to win the Vuelta a Espana and the Tour de France in the same year.
Froome became the first Briton to win the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday, six weeks after winning his fourth Tour de France title.
And 62-year-old Bernard Hinault, one of only six riders in history to win the Vuelta, the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, sees no reason why Froome cannot attempt to win all three Tours in the same year.
"He should try that," said five-time Tour de France winner Hinault.
"He has proved that you can win the Tour and the Vuelta in the same year, so why not the Giro?
"What he has managed in Spain is a great thing because the general view was that it was not possible to win either the Giro and Tour or the Tour and Vuelta in the modern era.
"He wasn't as dominant as usual in the Tour but he's really rediscovered his true capacity at the Vuelta, in spite of having one or two difficult days."
