Cycling - Tour de France cycling race - Training session ahead of the weekend's start - Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, France - 30/06/2016 - Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain during a training session - REUTERS/Juan Medina
MONT ST MICHEL, France (Reuters) - Defending champion Chris Froome looks set for a rocky ride with an army of hungry rivals trying to prevent the Briton becoming the first rider for over 20 years to retain the Tour de France.
"This is the toughest challenge I've faced in my career, to target a third Tour de France," Froome, who prevailed on the French roads in 2013 and 2015, said.
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