The wife of Chris Froome, the former Team GB cyclist, said that there were “no innocent Gazans” and called Muslims a “drain on society” in an outburst on social media on Monday.

Michelle Froome, who has been married to the four-time Tour de France winner since 2014, asked her nearly 15,000 followers on Twitter/X to stop “pandering to the political correctness” in 13 tweets branded Islamophobic by users of the social media platform.

They were Froome’s first tweets since 2020, when her husband joined Israel-Premier Tech, a cycling team not directly affiliated with the state of Israel but strongly connected through its billionaire owners.

The posts followed calls from pro-Palestinian activists to confront the team with “more protests than ever” during the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France this year, Cycling Weekly reported.

Froome wrote: “First they’ll come for Israel, then the rest of the world. Be warned.. it doesn’t end here. Enough is enough! The sillent [sic] majority needs to stand up and be heard. We don’t want your religion, we don’t want your beliefs. It is not compatible with modern civilization.

“Women’s rights matter! Gay rights matter! Trans rights matter! Hamas doesn’t support any of those. Take the blindfolds off and see the reality of the hatred they are spreading. There are no innocent Gazans. Muslims are no longer the minority they claim to be. They are here to take over. The UK, France, they are happy to claim the benefits but will not integrate into those communities. They will continue to TAKE what suits them. They are a drain on modern society.

“It’s time people stop pandering to the political correctness. It’s all a facade. They burned babies alive. They deserve no remorse what so ever. This is just the beginning. WAKE UP”.

Froome added that she was a Welsh-born Catholic but would always support her close Jewish friends. A spokesman for Israel-Premier Tech told Cycling Weekly: “Any comments or beliefs made public by third parties associated with the team’s riders or staff do not represent Israel–Premier Tech, its team members, or its partners.”

The publication also reached out to Froome, who did not deny that she had written the posts.

The cycling team removed the name “Israel” from its team vehicles as “precautionary measures” ahead of the 2024 season, replacing it with the squad’s stylised Star of David and “PT” for Premier Tech. The team’s full name still appears on the squad’s racing kit.