Roche: ‘Are you joking?’; Vuelta opening stage causes concern

Team Sky’s Chris Froome and team-mate Nicholas Roche are among those to question the route of the opening team time-trial of the Vuelta a Espana.

Team Sky’s Chris Froome and team-mate Nicholas Roche are among those to question the Costa del Sol route of Saturday’s opening team time-trial of the Vuelta a Espana.

Two-time Tour de France champion Froome posted pictures of a boardwalk and a sand-covered section of the 7.4 kilometre test from Porto Banus to Marbella which opens the Tour of Spain, the year’s third and final Grand Tour.