Froome pleased with 2017 Tour de France route as organisers try to inspire attacking racing

Mark Cavendish also gave his seal of approval on the Tour de France route for next year, which features fewer climbs than the last edition

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Concerned about the lack of set-piece contests between the favourites at this year’s Tour de France, race director Christian Prudhomme on Tuesday unveiled a 2017 Tour de France route that he hopes will ensure there is more action involving the GC favourites.

‘Our primary aim has been to unlock the fight for the yellow jersey, to encourage the favourites to attack each other from early on the race and right through until its finale,’ Prudhomme explained at the race launch in Paris’s Palais des Congrés.

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