Froome targeting Tour de France over Olympics

Froome is expected to be Team Sky's leader at Le Tour in July, where he will defend the title he won last summer, before heading to Rio to compete in the time trial at the Olympic Games a fortnight later.

The 30-year-old already has two overall Tour de France victories – 2013 and 2015 – on his CV and also won a time trial bronze at London 2012.

That year saw fellow Brit Sir Bradley Wiggins complete the Tour de France-Olympic time trial double and while Froome would love to emulate that, he concedes Le Tour must be his number one cycling priority.

"My dream year would be to win the Tour [de France] again, that's my bread and butter," Froome told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"I've got to choose the Tour over Olympic gold at this point because in our sport the Tour is the holy grail.

"I feel as if I'm in a fantastic place both professionally and personally. I've just re-signed a deal with the team going on to 2018 and my wife and I have just had our first little boy.

"It's exciting – I feel as if I have got everything to race for at this point."

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