Chris Froome will not race the Tour de France this year after he missed out on selection by his team Israel-Premier Tech.
The four-time champion, now 39 years old, was also absent from the race in 2023, and last competed in the 2022 edition.
It was thought that Froome would be part of the team this year after he competed at the recent Critérium du Dauphiné, one of the key precursors to the Tour de France.
Instead, Israel-Premier Tech will go to the Grand Tour with Pascal Ackermann, Guillaume Boivin, Jakob Fuglsang, Derek Gee, Hugo Houle, Krists Neilands, Jake Stewart and Stevie Williams.
“It was one of the toughest team selections we ever had to make, which speaks of the depth of out rider roster,” said team owner Sylvan Adams in a statement.
“Ultimately, our performance team was unanimous in making these selections, knowing we wanted a team geared towards hunting for individual stages, rather than a high placing on GC.”
More to come.