Tour de France winner and Team Sky rider Christopher Froome of Great Britain heads for the Paris Champs-Elysees in Sunday's 21st and final stage of the 104th edition of the race, from Montgeron. Froome is now one title behind Belgian Eddy Merckx, Spain's Miguel Indurain and French duo Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault. Froome suffered two mechanical problems at key points in the race but his rivals failed to take full advantage of the failures. He was beaten in a brutal uphill finish in Peyragudes as the 26-year-old Bardet won the stage, showing he has the potential to win the Tour. Froome was well aware of that and he took few risks, knowing he would settle the score on the penultimate day in Marseille.

Source: Bangkok Post July 23, 2017 17:26 UTC