Chris Froome optimistic about completing historic Giro/Tour double despite 'brutal' Giro d'Italia

Team Sky star confident of returning to top form for the Tour

Chris Froome descents on stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

With the pink curtain drawing closed on Chris Froome's Giro d'Italia win in Rome on Sunday, thoughts are already turning to the Tour de France, which in Vendée on July 7.

Froome will be racing for a fifth Tour title and a fourth consecutive Grand Tour win on the heels of a Giro d'Italia title taken after a hard campaign through Italy.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.