I think this is relevant, but I'll leave it to others to decide. In many ways Froome's transformation occurred around the time he joined forces with Michelle. It's been mentioned that Froome's mother-in-law was/is a masters bike racer, but I hadn't come across anything specific about this until now. I had read that she was a track rider but I haven't found any evidence of that. There has also been some Twitter noise about her having been a competitive bodybuilder at some point, but I hate to further that rumor as I've found zero evidence of that either.
But I did come across this, from 2013, and it seems a bit surprising to me that more hasn't been made of this from the Froome/Cound hysteria machine of self-hype. It's All in The Family.
Amazing Cound Out to Win PMB MTB World Cup
I tried to search for some results, but ended up with a few dead links, and I really can't be bothered to search more extensively at the moment. But I do wonder how much influence Team Cound may have had on Christopher's development, as he clearly dismisses his own coaches advice.
Also, for those in-the-know: How much of this side of the family has been shared on the pages of those scholarly treatise devoted to all things Froome?
But I did come across this, from 2013, and it seems a bit surprising to me that more hasn't been made of this from the Froome/Cound hysteria machine of self-hype. It's All in The Family.
Amazing Cound Out to Win PMB MTB World Cup
The current UWCT women’s 50-55 year old Road Cycling World Champion Pauline Cound will be looking to her future son-in-law and Tour de France champion Chris Froome for inspiration, as she squares up to the huge challenge ahead of her at the UCI Masters Mountain Bike World Championships that get under way at the Cascades MTB Park on 21 August.
Cound, an international athlete in six different disciplines is eyeing what could be one of the greatest achievements in South African cycling as she attempts to become a world champion in three different cycling disciplines inside three years.
Last year she clinched the UCI Rainbow Stripes by winning her age group at the UCI World Cycling Tour Final road race in Pietermaritzburg, and next week she will aim to add the UCI MTB Mountain Biking Masters World Championship title to her list of achievements and then, hopefully, next year include the UCI World Marathon Championships, also in Pietermaritzburg.
Cound has represented South Africa in a number of different sporting disciplines including cycling, hockey, duathlon and triathlon, and the challenge of taking on an event like this was too enticing for the 54 year old to pass.
I tried to search for some results, but ended up with a few dead links, and I really can't be bothered to search more extensively at the moment. But I do wonder how much influence Team Cound may have had on Christopher's development, as he clearly dismisses his own coaches advice.
Also, for those in-the-know: How much of this side of the family has been shared on the pages of those scholarly treatise devoted to all things Froome?