{"id":21362,"date":"2013-07-24T12:13:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T10:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/froome-hopes-to-inspire-young-africans\/"},"modified":"2013-07-24T12:13:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T10:13:44","slug":"froome-hopes-to-inspire-young-africans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/froome-hopes-to-inspire-young-africans\/","title":{"rendered":"Froome hopes to inspire young Africans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chris Froome was born in Kenya and schooled in South Africa. Photo: Sky Sports<\/p>\n

Chris Froome is hoping that his Tour de France win<\/a> will inspire young Africans to take up cycling and help promote the sport on the continent.<\/p>\n

The Team Sky<\/a> leader, who first began riding <\/a>on dirt roads in Kenya, completed a remarkable rise up cycling\u2019s ranks by securing a maiden yellow jersey in Paris on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Only six years earlier, the 28-year-old Briton had been studying for an economics degree at the University of Johannesburg<\/a> and was still an amateur.<\/p>\n

An offer to ride in Europe led to a contract with Team Sky, the biggest team in the professional peloton, and he has since gone on to become the number one stage-race rider in the world.<\/p>\n

His dominant triumph in the 100th edition of the Tour also followed on from South Africa\u2019s Daryl Impey becoming the first African<\/a> to wear the maillot jaune, and Kenyan-born Froome is keen for their combined achievements to aid the development of cycling in impoverished nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is still early days, but there are things I would like to do to promote cycling in Africa, in under-developed countries,\u201d Froome said. \u2013 Sky Sports<\/a><\/p>\n

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