Defending 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome remains the man to beat in 2017, but the Team Sky rider will need to get the better of several high calibre rivals. Ahead of the 104th Tour, Cyclingnews takes a look at the top-10 contenders for the yell💧ow jersey.

With a team 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:stacked full of general classifiꦗcation riders t✅o support Froome, Team Sky's defence is looking formidable ahead of July. Although F🐭roome is yet to win a race in 2017, he has consistently proved himself in July.

BMC's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Richie Porte knows Froome almost better than anyone in the peloton after his time at Sky and the Australian comes into the race in winning form. The Tour Down Under and Tour de Romandie winner receives full backing🌃 in 2017 and will be confident of beating his fifth place of 2016.

Colombian Nairo Quintana has finished on the podium in his three Tours but is yet to wear the yellow jersey. With the second place Giro finish still in receꦇnt memory, Quintana will be keen to turn the pedals over in anger and ride to a debut Tour victory. He already has wins at the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana and victory would see him join the exclusive club of riders to win all three Grand Tours.

Frenchman Romain Bardet joined Froome and Quintana on the podiuꩵm last year, and the AG2R-La Mondiale rider will again be a protagonist at the race as his palmares proves. Criterium du Dauphine Jakob Fuglsang had a coming out party at the Tour dress rehearsal and can't be discounted for another strong GC showing on French soil.

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