That's a massive climb in just three months.
There remain five massive mountains to climb before Saturday afternoon's finish at l'Alpe d'Huez, at which point Froome can truly consider his second Tour in the bag, but on the evidence of the Col du Glandon, the first of the six massive climbs which pepper these three stages, Sky have the race under their thumb.
Check out photos of his massive climb below, as well as video footage of the acrobatic endeavor.
So when you think of the Tour de France, you think of being exhausted from the sheer number of kilometers or from climbing massive mountains, but what sets the Tour apart from other races is the stress.
What is clear is that Froome increased his power to weight ratio by around 10%, enough to make a massive difference while climbing the Tour's mountains, and to give a smaller but still significant improvement while racing on the flat, due to the reduced weight he would be shifting each time he accelerated.
While I didn't spend any significant amount of time in these spectacular places of worship, I did lose my breath several times climbing massive church towers and appreciate the peaceful silence during a few Our Fathers.
While climbing the massive, ancient, Inca site, I realized that cancer no longer controls my life.
My wife and I had, just that week, finally decided for-certain to plunk down a $100 non-refundable deposit for a two-hour birthday party package at a local family fun center, one of those massive indoor digs with climbing things, laser things, things that spit out tickets, other things.
We had a massive mountain to climb.
Suddenly it felt like a massive mountain to climb.
