HERALD SUN TOUR
Chris Froome braces for tough race
The three-time Tour de France winner says he faces a field in peak condition
Sydney — Three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome expects 2017’s Herald Sun Tour to be "even more competitive" and a tough battle. The defending champion, who is launching his 2017 season in Australia, said on Tuesday 2016’s Giro d’Italia runner-up Esteban Chaves (Orica-Scott) and other participants were in "great shape". "This year’s going to be even more competitive with the likes of Chaves here," Froome (Team Sky) said ahead of the tour prologue on Wednesday. "Last year, I saw that the level of racing here in Australia is really high for the local level and there are more and more guys who wouldn’t necessarily be on our radars who we’re racing against here," the 31-year-old Briton added. Local star Simon Gerrans (ORS), who was second in Sunday’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and has won the Herald Sun twice, said his major objective was to win the overall tour for the team. "There are a couple of stages, possibly the one after Falls Creek that I think I can be a real con...
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