Froome: I may steer clear of Le Tour 2015

CYCLING: Chris Froome may opt out of the 2015 Tour de France and target a Giro d’Italia-Vuelta a Espana double instead.

The 29-year-old Kenya-born Briton won the 2013 Tour and crashed out of this year’s race, which was won by Vincenzo Nibali.

Rather than chase a second yellow jersey from Utrecht on July 4 to Paris on July 26, 2015 in the 102nd edition of the race, Froome may instead focus on May’s Giro and August’s Vuelta.