Sky’s the limit for fantastic Froome

When Chris Froome crossed the finish line in Paris last night he ticked off the final kilometre of a remarkable journey from the mountains of Kenya to Tour de France glory on the Champs-Elysees.

British victories in the Tour suddenly resemble buses – you wait 99 Tours for the first one and then two come along at once – but the significance of Froome’s win will reach much further around the globe than that of Bradley Wiggins 12 months ago. Froome made sure of his victory with third place on Saturday’s stage 20 to Annecy-Semnoz, emerging with a lead still north of five minutes heading into today’s processional stage under the lights in Paris.

But the Tour had already looked won in the days before, with Froome a clear cut above his rivals throughout.