It’s not just sporting achievement which marks out candidates for the prize, but, as the title suggests, it is their nature too, and the down-to-earth Froome fits the billing perfectly. His passion for the sport and for his team are easily reflected whenever he faces the press, and crossing the line on the Champs-Elysees arm-in-arm with the team mates who had worked so hard for him, showed the measure of the man.
While he took all the main accolades, he was quick to praise the unwavering loyalty of his chief lieutenant Richie Porte and credit the injury-defying bravery shown by Geraint Thomas. Constantly asked to give a reaction to the slurs of anonymous critics, Froome held his composure where those before him had cracked.
A ferocious competitor on the bike, and a gentleman off it, Chris Froome would make a worthy winner of the Sports Personality of the Year Award.
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