- Chris Froome wasn’t nomintaed to the title.
- Geraint Thomas was nomintaed for the title.
- The British public voted that Geraint Thomas deserved the title the most.
Undoubtledly Chris Froome is the greatest stage racer of his generation, but he is not popular with the british public. He will never win that award as it is the public who decide.
Froome knew that he was never going to achieve his potential with a Kenyan racing license, and was very open that he needed a European one. He used his decsendecy to enable him to gain a British license. Chris Froome hasn’t inpsired lots of British kids to ride their bikes. Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas, Chris Hoy, Laura Trott, Katie Archibald, Jason Kenny etc, etc, etc have.