Chris Froome was the host of the WebSummit in Dublin, Ireland and used the opportunity to talk about the fight against doping and a bit about himself, his preparation and the memory of the Tour de France which he won by a small margin.

Froome spoke at length of the combined work of WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) and the UCI (International Cycling Union) in the fight against doping and is convinced that cycling has never been cleaner than it is now. The Brit believes that the dark time of the previous decade, marked by high-profile cases and the story of Lance Armstrong, is now over.

"The anti-doping fight was a key part of the evolution of the sport in the last 10 years,” said the winner of the 2013 and 2015 Tours, “especially to escape the Armstrong era. We all know what happened. I believe that the anti-doping agencies have really made great strides and applied increasingly rigorous tests. Cycling has become a role model for all other sports. "

The 30-year-old commends the efforts of the key organizations:

"WADA has imposed strict rules and the development of the biological passport has made it possible to clean up cycling consistently. The UCI has introduced more regulations and measures of action. We are the only sport with availability 24 hours a day. We can be woken up at 2 am, 365 days a year. "

Froome reflected on his life as an athlete at the Team Sky, the most technically advanced team. Everything is organized and nothing is left to chance. There are even hand gels everywhere.

"They are on the bus, on the tables, in the rooms to make sure everything is clean. It may sound silly, but we're really on the limit. We push our bodies to the maximum possible, every day. And so our immune system is on the limit, is very sensitive and may collapse at any moment. It just takes so little to get sick, for example during a three-week race, and then it's a disaster. You are rarely able to recover. "

Rest is also important and so the team tries to make the same conditions for a regular sleep, such as bringing their own pillows and mattresses to the hotels.

“It's always the same to have a rest, every night of the Tour. It's not that you win Tour by always having the same pillows and mattresses. That would be ridiculous, but these things that many consider tiny, all add up and make sure that your ate able to give your best to win the Tour. "

Froome didn’t win the 2015 Tour with a huge advantage.

"To be honest, I left France with the thought of not having done enough. I won only one uphill finish, I would have to win more. Cycling is moving fast, we must always look ahead and never slow down, and so I always try to find new ideas. For ten months of the year you have to pay attention to everything you eat, to rest well and keep notice of how long you spend on your feet. There is a formula for perfect preparation: if it works, then you try to repeat it and to improve it. "

Froome never cares about his rivals.

"I remember that in the 2011 Tour we started to warm down after the stages with 10 minutes on the rollers, even after 200km of ups and downs in the mountains. Other riders who passed our bus, thought 'What the hell are those idiots doing?'. But slowly, one after the other, it was interesting to note that everybody noticed that it works and it is now common practice.”