A solid but not stand-out ride by Chris Froome saw the Briton take 10th in his first time trial of year in the Vuelta a Andalucia on Wednesday. The 2013 Tour de France champion finished eight seconds slower than arch-rival Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and 14 seconds down on stage winner Javi Moreno (Movistar) in a technical time trial at Coria del Rio.
“That was a good way to blow out the cobwebs, a pretty technical, pretty fast time trial,” Froome said after warming down outside the Sky team bus following his ride.
“It’s nice to have a time trial in the first race of the season and given the kind of training I’ve been doing, I’m happy with what I achieved.
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“I know I lost time to Alberto, he’s the most notable guy ahead of me but we’re still in February and still building up, so I’m happy with that.
“I didn’t take any risks, I used the straights to open up the legs and they felt good, now we’ll have to see how it goes in the mountains.”
Froome hinted that his preparation could be geared to a slower build-up to the season, given that he is looking towards the Tour. However, in previous years that has not stopped him from hitting the ground running with back-to-back wins in the Tour of Oman in 2013 – defeating, amongst others, Contador – and 2014.
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