Team Sky put Chris Froome in cruise control

Chris Froome has admitted it must be demoralising for rival teams at the Tour de France to try and come up with a plan to unseat the Team Sky rider as leader of the race.

The Kenyan-born Briton has been immense so far and, with a buffer of 1:47 over his nearest challenger, Bauke Molleme (Trek Segafredo), the two-time winner knows he’s very much in pole position.

Of course, an untimely mechanical or a crash could turn the general classification on its head, but Froome and his loyal band of lieutenants have looked unshakeable thus far.