On the bike, Chris Froome (Team Sky) only had to repel attacks from his rivals rather than any roadside fans during stage 16 to Gap, and was able to put another day behind him in the yellow jersey. Off the bike, it was the Tour de France leader who went on the offensive against the journalists who have stirred up questions surrounding his performance, and is now ready to release his power data to back up his assertions that he races clean.
Late after Sunday's stage Froome had thanked British television channel ITV for questioning Laurent Jalabert about his innuendo and speculation about Froome's performances in this year's Tour de France. He posted a link to the video interview of Jalabert shirking away from questions and wrote: “If you're going to deny making statements about me maybe you should remember that you're being recorded on Live TV/Radio.”
He reiterated his thoughts on Jalabert and former dopers working as television pundits during questions with the written media at the Tour de France.
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“Personally I'm not a fan of that. I've made that very clear,” Froome said. “I don't believe these are best role models and spokesman for the sport in this day and age. Of course, that's my personal opinion.”
When asked, Froome also revealed his racing weight during the Tour de France and said he was in favour of other data being published after Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford had said at the start of the stage he was willing to reveal some of Froome's numbers.
"My weight fluctuates on a daily basis and on the fuelling strategy for the day and also on the fluids I take in. It varies on a daily basis from 67 to 68kg,” Froome said.
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