Lessons learnt for Team Sky after Tour de France visits Pyrenees

Chris Froome, Tour de France 2013, stage nine

Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford has admitted that the team "learnt a lot" from an eventful two days in the Pyrenees that saw team leader Chris Froome take the yellow jersey in dominant fashion before being put on the back foot a day later by his rivals.

Froome currently sits one minute 25 seconds ahead of his nearest rival Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in the general classification after the Tour's first mountain test.

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