ENLARGEMORZINE, France—Halfway down an Alpine hill, Tour de France leader Chris Froome picked himself off the tarmac with a torn yellow jersey and a broken bicycle. And wherever the yellow jersey has gone, there has been a black Team Sky jersey at Froome’s side. “That’s what we’ve done.”Froome’s eight Team Sky lieutenants are set to deliver him to Paris on Sunday for his third victory in four years and Sky’s fourth since 2012. At a three-week stage race, teams pick leaders to build around and then select eight teammates to keep him safe. The sheer power of the Team Sky riders has raised the usual doping questions that have plagued cycling for two decades.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 23, 2016 17:24 UTC