British teammates give Chris Froome confidence in the Tour de France crosswinds

Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford says that the powerful Classics style riders like Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard and Geraint Thomas gives Froome the confidence to go on the offensive in unlikely stages

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Dave Brailsford says that having powerful Classics style riders like Ian Stannard, Luke Rowe and Geraint Thomas in the Team Sky squad has rubbed off on Chris Froome, allowing him to go on the offensive at the Tour de France when his GC rivals might not.

Froome took six seconds on his rivals in the crosswinds of the 11th stage of the Tour to Montpellier on Wednesday, after Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) attacked with his teammate Maciej Bodnar with around 10km to go.

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Richard Windsor