Cycling - The 104th Tour de France cycling race – Rest day, Le Puy en Velay, France - July 17, 2017 - Yellow jersey leader Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain during a media conference during a rest day. REUTERS/Robert Pratta
LE-PUY-EN-VELAY, France (Reuters) - After narrowly averting disaster in the Massif Central, Chris Froome believes he is ready for the final stretch of the Tour de France with a handful of rivals breathing down his neck.
The Tour will hit its last mountain range, the Alps, with a couple of gruelling stages on Wednesday and Thursday, and the defending champion still has the yellow jersey on his shoulders. He also has a virtual extra advantage in the form of Saturday's final time trial in Marseille, a strong event for the British rider.
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