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Chris Froome has owned the Tour de France’s yellow jersey so thoroughly in recent years that he’d be forgiven for stitching his name into it.
Since the 2015 race began, he has worn it in precisely half of the 54 stages, the same amount of time as every other cyclist in the world combined. And once he gets the jersey, awarded to the Tour’s overall leader, Froome tends to keep it. In 2015 and 2016, he took over the Tour’s overall lead…