Froome eyes rare Tour-Vuelta double

Briton next steps to bid for Oly gold

LONDON, July 26, (AFP): Three-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome could attempt again to become the first rider since Carlos Sastre in 2008 to achieve a Tour and Vuelta a Espana double, his Team Sky said Tuesday.

The 31-year-old Kenyan-born Briton, who cruised to a third Tour de France crown in Paris on Sunday, broke a bone in his foot in last year’s Vuelta attempting to repeat Sastre’s feat.

However, even with his next steps being to bid for Olympic gold in Rio in both the road race and the time-trial, Sky chief Dave Brailsford says the Vuelta is still on the schedule for Froome, who has twice finished runner-up in the event.

“That’s the plan at the minute. The season-long plan was Tour, on to the