One of Chris Froome's lieutenants during the high mountains of the Tour de France will be his Team Sky teammate Leopold König. The 27-year-old Czech rider has proven himself in the Grand Tours, finishing in the top 10 at all three.
Two years ago he won a mountaintop finish and placed ninth overall in the Vuelta a España while riding for the Netapp-Endura team. Last year, he finished seventh in the Tour de France, before signing with Team Sky. In May, he placed sixth in the Giro d’Italia.
On Thursday evening he lined up alongside his Sky teammates at the team presentation in front of a huge crowd in Utrecht, unsure whether riding two Grand Tours back to back would be possible for him.
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“It [the double] was always on my program," he said. "You never know in such a strong team like Team Sky. There’s so many riders in form. You never know if you’re going to make the list. I’m really happy that this can be like a next step in my career to do the double Giro-Tour. Personally, I’m really curious how I’m going to handle it.”
When asked about how he recovered from the Giro d'Italia, he said that it wasn’t easy. “To be honest, the first three weeks were just really tough. Not even physically but also mentally tough because when you consider it you’ve got five weeks time to recover and that’s not a long time.
"The first week you just take time off and then you slowly start training. Then we went to Switzerland for one week of intensive training, which was the only week of real training. Then there was some rest, Nationals and now I’m here. Today, for the first time since the Giro, I felt some freshness in the legs so I think it’s on the good way.”
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