Chris Froome feeling better than ever in the Alps as new Tour de France preparation pays off

Froome avoids losing time in the final week as he has in previous Tours

Chris Froome celebrates another day in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France

(Image credit: ASO/Pauline Ballet)

Chris Froome (Team Sky) has weakened in the final week of past editions of the Tour de France, but a re-tuned approach appears to have paid off for 2017.

Froome leads by 23 seconds from Romain Bardet (Ag2r La Mondiale) in seconds and 29 seconds on Rigoberto Urán (Cannondale-Drapac) in third, with just one final testing stage, a time trial in Marseille, to come.

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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.