'It's not for me to attack,' says Chris Froome as Tour heads for mountains

2013 champion says his team has what it takes to defend the yellow jersey, and names BMC's Tejay van Garderen as his principal rival heading into to the Tour's first rest day

Chris Froome celebrates another yellow jersey after a successful team time trial in the Tour de France (Sunada)

(Image credit: Sunada)

Chris Froome says he was never afraid, but he is still hugely relieved to emerge in a strong position from today's team time trial in the Tour de France. He lost one second to BMC's Tejay van Garderen, but put time into the rest of his rivals in Plumelec.

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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.