Froome has the drive for more Tour victories

Team Sky rider one shy of equalling record as he sets sights on Vuelta

Chris Froome still feels “quite young in cycling years” and will keep on pushing for a record number of Tour de France titles until his body finally fails him.

Froome i s now one shy of the all-time record of five Tour wins – jointly held by Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain – after beating his closest rival Rigoberto Uran to the Paris finish line by 54 seconds on Sunday.

He is already targeting a second Grand Tour of the season, with the Vuelta a Espana starting in less than four weeks, and glory there would bring another piece of history, even if Froome is not especially interested in breaking records.

No rider has won the Tour-Vuelta double since Hinault in 1978, when the Spanish race was still raced in the first half of the season.

Beyond that challenge lies the opportunity to draw level with the handful of cyclists who have claimed five Tour crowns, or even surpassing their achievements.

Froome told Sky Sports News HQ: “I’m 32 at the moment and riders have gone into their late thirties still winning the Tour de France. I came into the sport fairly late so I do feel quite young in cycling years.

“Cycling’s one of those sports in which experience is so valuable, so I’d like to think I’m still learning and improving as a bike rider.

“Certainly for the next three or four years I’d like to come back to the Tour de France and, whatever number it is, I just want to lay it all on the line for as long I can until my body can’t do it anymore or until I say ‘OK, that’s it now’.”

On his upcoming attempt at the Vuelta, Froome added: “I’m not out there to make history or set records but