TOUR DE FRANCE:
Chris Froome edges closer to the greats of cycling
Chris Froome put on a near-perfect performance to claim his fourth Tour de France and move within one title of cycling’s greatest on Sunday as Team Sky tightened their grip on the race. The Briton suffered a few hiccups but was always in control over the three-week race thanks to his excellent teammates, who sheltered him when it mattered, leaving the lanky rider to make the difference in the time trials. Sky, who have the biggest budget of the peloton, have now snatched five of the past six titles and came within a whisker of placing two riders on the podium as Spain’s Mikel Landa missed out on the top three by one second, according to provisional timings. Froome is now one title behind Belgian Eddy Merckx, Spain’s Miguel Indurain and French duo Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault. He is the first to win three consecutive titles since Indurain, who prevailed from 1991-95. The disgraced Lance Armstrong’s seven titles since then have been erased from the record book. "I’m speechless...
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