Delay boost for Froome

Cycling: Chris Froome says the twomonth delay to the Tour de France has helped him make up the training time he lost while recovering from a horrific crash last year and he is now on track to compete for a recordequalling fifth title.

The Tour de France had been scheduled to start on June 27 but was pushed back to August 29 because of the Covid19 pandemic.

Englishman Froome (35), who spent more than three weeks in hospital after breaking his neck, femur, elbow, hip and ribs in a highspeed crash last year, returned to action in February but was nowhere near peak condition and there were doubts that he had enough time to get in shape for the gruelling race. — Reuters