Chris Froome (Team Sky) is in a ‘dream scenario’ as he leads the Tour de France with the race going into its first rest day.
The 2013 race winner has navigated through the first nine stages without a hitch, even gaining time on all his main rivals during a series of stages where most would have expected the Team Sky leader to suffer.
After a mediocre time trial Froome has asserted his dominance on the race and is enjoying his second spell in the yellow jersey. His closest rival is Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) is at twelve seconds, while Giro d’Italia champion Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) is fifth overall at 1:03. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) has lost time on several stages and is 1:59 in arrears but defending champion Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) finds himself outside the top ten, 2:22 off Froome’s yellow jersey.
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At Team Sky’s rest-day press conference Froome met the media and the British rider was delighted with his start to the race.
“Really, coming into this race, a lot of last year was still on the back of my mind, and this first week, the big thing was not to lose any time. So to gain quite substantial amounts of time, that is the dream scenario. I have my team to thank for that. They have been there every step of the way, after all these one-day Classics I couldn’t be in a better position.”
Team Sky have measured their approach throughout the open stages of the race and came into the Tour with a strong contingent of riders suited to the spring Classics as they sought to cover up any perceived weaknesses in Froome’s armory.
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