The five who will fight for Tour de France honours

Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo)

The Spaniard will start as the pre-race favourite but it’ll be most interesting to see how he has recovered from his exploits in the Giro d’Italia where he blew the field away. Recovery is something he’s damn good at mind, because after breaking his leg at the Tour last year he came back and won the Vuelta A Espana two months later. He won the Route du Sud last month in his final tune-up so looks in peak condition.

Chris Froome (Team Sky)