Only a disaster can deny Chris Froome a third Tour de France crown
British rider comfortably holds onto his overall lead of more than four minutes with the final stage on Sunday little more than a procession to the Champs-Elysees in Paris
Chris Froome all but wrapped up the Tour de France title as Spaniard Ion Izaguirre won the 20th and penultimate stage on Saturday.
With Sunday’s 21st and final stage little more than a procession to the Champs-Elysees in Paris, only a disaster can deny Froome a third Tour title now.
Tradition dictates that the man in the race leader’s yellow jersey is not challenged during the final stage.
Despite crashing on Friday, Froome comfortably held onto his lead of more than four minutes over Frenchman Romain Bardet on the rainy 146.5km stage from Megeve to Morzine in the Alps.
Nairo Quintana of Colombia, runner-up in 2013 and last year, is third overall, 4:21 off the pace, while another Briton, Adam Yates, is fourth at 4:42 and will don the white jersey for the best under-25 rider in Paris.
