File photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFPTwo-time defending Tour de France champion Chris Froome will test his form ahead of his bid for a fourth title in July at this week's Tour de Romandie. Froome won the Swiss race in 2013 and 2014 going on to win the Tour de France in 2013, 2015 and 2016. This year's race brings together the 18 World Tour teams plus one invitation for Belgian outfit Wanty. Unluckily for the riders, the start of the Tour coincides with the beginning of a rainy, cold spell after many weeks of sunshine. That day the Tour route takes riders from Aigle in the Rhône valley up to Champéry at 1,033m.

Source: The Local April 25, 2017 06:32 UTC