Froome: I may steer clear of Le Tour 2015
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.
Froome was not in Paris for the presentation of the 3,344-kilometre route yesterday, the decisive moments of which will come on the penultimate stage at Alpe-d’Huez.
He hinted he will not bid for the fabled maillot jaune next summer.
“The team and I will have to give it some careful consideration before we make any commitments to which of the grand tours I will compete in,” he said.
“If I did the Giro I may also be able to get myself to top shape for the Vuelta and go there with a realistic chance of aiming for the win. It’s still early days though and we’ll have to sit down together as a team to work out what 2015 is going to look like.”
