It is the theme of winter that everyone thinks, but that nobody who knows it knows exactly. Chris Froome, in the process of repairing his shattered body when hitting a wall at 60 km per hour on June 12, will turn 35 in May and has not surrendered to the logic that would take him away from a secondary position in the pyramid of world cycling that has dominated since 2013. Search hard and pain the glory of a fifth Tour .

Those who know him, who have guided him these years in the Sky today Team Ineos, do not present a conclusive verdict. Each of them thinks of their internal jurisdiction that it will be impossible to see the same Froome dominator of four 'Boucles', two Laps and a Turn. " But it is Froome and one of the things that have made it special is its mental strength and resilience." The first words of the manager of the Ineos, Dave Brailsford , on the same day of the event navigate in the minds of all its directors. Some days see it more difficult than others ... "But it's Froome."

And Froome is training as every year on this date at the altitude of Teide and yesterday he posted a small video in which he was seen pedaling in style [something that was never his forte] on his time trial Pinarello. A few weeks ago he left a concentration in Mallorca before his teammates and was given less than finished , with the collaboration of statements by the Italian director of the Ineos, Dario Cioni .

In the British team, in general, there is more confidence in Egan Bernal , the current regent of the Tour de France and, predictably, that of the coming years. One of those who have lived with him in recent times as coordinator of coaches of that team, Rod Ellinworth - this year at the Bahrain McLaren of Mikel Landa - sees the Colombian closer to repeating than to his admired Chris linking the Indurain poker , Hinault, Merckx and Anquetil. "But I can imagine it resurfacing," he clarifies.

The most brave rival that has had the English of Nairobi has been Alberto Contador , who has also opined boldly: "He will be the same as before," said the Madrid, who Froome seems "one of the strangest runners" that has known.

Although Chris Froome trains and makes pain the heritage that has led him to the best wins in recent years, he still has no competition program. There is no set date for his reappearance, which will surely be delayed until late spring. Then it will give us safer clues about which cyclist leaves this dark tunnel . If it will conjugate the verb 'to Froome' or it will not reach as much.

HOSKING, FIRST LADY

The Australian Chloé Hosking has imposed on the sprint in the first stage of the women's version of the Tour Down Under. The Rally team runner has passed Lotta Henttala (Trek-Segafredo) and Matilda Raynolds (Specialized) after 116km between Hahndorf and Cacclesfield.

ANDRONI, BARDIANI AND ZABÚ AL GIRO

The organization of the first major of the season has unveiled the three teams, all Italian, that will accompany the 19 sets of the maximum division forced to run the Giro d'Italia: Androni Giocatoli Sidermec, Vini Zabú KTM and Bardiani CSF Faizané have been the lucky ones.

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