Team Sky's Chris Froome has recognised that his form for the upcoming Vuelta a España is not as strong as it was in the Tour de France, but insists that he has "unfinished business" with a Spanish Grand Tour in which he has finished second twice.
"It's no secret my condition is not the same as it was in the Tour de France, but if I have the view of trying to get that good condition back by the second half of the Vuelta then let's see how it goes," Froome told reporters in a small-scale press conference the afternoon before the Vuelta team presentation.
"My focus for the season was the Tour de France, then I went on to the Olympics and I'm here on the back of that so I haven't trained specifically for the Vuelta. But I'm here, I'm motivated, I'm happy to be here, I've got a great team around me and I look forward to doing the best race possible."
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However, the million dollar question, and one which only the Vuelta itself will resolve, is what ‘the best race possible' really is for Froome at this point in a long season. For now, he clearly isn't ruling anything out. When asked what he meant by "unfinished business" in the Vuelta - an expression he used in Monday's press release confirming his participatinon - Froome said, "I've twice finished second, and I still haven't won it, and in that sense I've definitely got unfinished business here."
In terms of Froome's build-up to the Vuelta a España, though, his 2012 preparation is by far the most similar in that four years ago, Froome rode the Tour, then did the Olympic road race and time trial and went on to the Spanish Grand Tour where he finished fourth overall.
Asked about that combination of races, Froome argued, "It's tough for sure, but let's see, I'm motivated, let's see how it goes."
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