CHRIS FROOME'S OLYMPIC DREAMS IN JEOPARDY

Chris Froome 2008

Chris Froome?s hopes of riding for Great Britain in this summer?s Olympic Games have taken a knock.

The 23-year-old Barloworld rider had been racing with a Kenyan licence until he applied for a British licence earlier in the spring.

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.