Chris Froome closes in on Tour de France win
BRITAIN’S Chris Froome admitted he could not believe he has all but secured victory in the 100th Tour de France, finishing yesterday’s stage with a lead of more than five minutes.
It briefly appeared that Froome might go for what would have been a fourth stage win, but when he kicked out against Nairo Quintana and Joaquim Rodriguez a little over a kilometre from the summit, it proved a short-lived move.
Instead it was Colombia’s Quintana who won from Spain’s Rodriguez by 17 seconds, with Froome 29 seconds back.
Froome said: “I can’t quite believe I’m sitting here in this position. This really is amazing. We still have to roll into Paris but this is the general classification side of it pretty much sorted out,and to finish it off like this is really special.”
With only today’s processional stage into Paris to go, Froome will be the second British winner in as many years following on from Team Sky team-mate Sir Bradley Wiggins.