Chris Froome

"Purito" takes the stage in Oman and Chris Froome inherits red from Peter Sagan

Sky's Chris Froome arrived to the Tour of Oman primed for 2013 after his ‘best winter ever’

Chris Froome says he is trying to avoid the added expectations and pressure of leading Sky into the Tour in 2013

Sky's Tour champion Bradley Wiggins says that Sky will rally behind whomever is the team's Tour leader, and that a back-up plan is key

Chris Froome tells The Times that he expects to go to France in July with Sky's full backing, despite Bradley Wiggins' comments last week

Sky principal Dave Brailsford confirms the likely scenario that defending Tour champ Bradley Wiggins will target the Giro

Sky stalwart explains difficulty with seeking tougher sanctions against cheaters, team's anti-doping stance and how cycling has changed

Alberto Contador says Chris Froome is his main rival for the 2013 Tour, which has less time trialing and more climbing for the 100th edition

Tejay van Garderen says the team never held him back in July when he rode to a goal-busting fifth in the Tour de France

Chris Froome has withdrawn from the time trial to focus on the road race, leaving Alex Dowsett as the sole British rider

Froome's first taste of Contador's kick motivates Sky star for the future

Rodríguez distances Contador, but the Vuelta GC race is still too close for comfort with two uphill finishes remaining

Valverde proves the big winner on the day while Froome slips off the podium and perhaps out of the hunt

The Sky rider is finding the Vuelta a tough slog, but he's not waving the white flag just yet

Three straight summit finales should clarify GC picture at the Vuelta

Rodríguez wins again to put scare into rivals, but can he hold on at the Vuelta as the big mountains approach

Only one minute divides the leading four and Contador is the man to beat after Wednesday’s test against the clock

Danny Pate says Chris Froome can deliver the goods in Wednesday's time trial and in the decisive second week

The big four face a tactics-changing test against the clock in Spain on Wednesday

The 67th Tour of Spain is nine days old and one thing is for certain: Nothing is for certain

Froome, Contador still favored to win Vuelta

Rodriguez beats rival Froome to the line in stage 6 as both put time on Contador

“It was a race in the crosswinds. Crashes happen in the crosswinds. That’s just part of bike racing,” says Froome

Alejandro Valverde takes the stage and the jersey, but Alberto Contador shows he's out for blood

Racing as undisputed leader of Team Sky "is an opportunity of a lifetime,” says Froome

Contador heads the list of contenders for the Spanish tour, but it's a long list, with a number of subplots

One is ascending into the sport's spotlight, the other is its dethroned king. The Vuelta showdown could be the battle of the season

Urán, Porte, Swift also head to Spain for Tour de France-winning British squad

Bradley Wiggins is the top favorite for Wednesday's Olympic time trial, but a young American is looking to spoil

Tour champ is chasing the record for medals by a British Olympian in Wednesday's time trial

The race leader and top domestique Chris Froome go one-two in the final race against the clock

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Despite saying he could win the race if he were not on Team Sky, Froome says his job is to keep the boss in yellow

Tour leader says it's not all about him and he'll help his countryman into yellow in the future

VeloNews editors say that Sky is comfortable with the relationship between Froome and Wiggins and that the only thing likely to mix up the GC would be if Froome chased an attack and gained time

Africa-born Brit has fought an obscure, waterborne disease for years and nearly didn't make the 2012 Tour roster for Sky

Who’d have known the only team that could beat Sky was Sky itself?

Chris Froome may appear to be the stronger of the two, but team bosses say he must support Bradley Wiggins

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Sky management shows nerves after top domestique drops yellow jersey

Wiggins and the Brits have put their rivals in a position to attack and attack they will

Fabian Cancellara and Tony Martin did their best, but it wasn't enough against Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome

Monday's stage to Besancon is the first of two major tests against the clock in this Tour. Which GC contenders will tell the boldest truth?

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Chris Froome showed amazing strength on Saturday, but says it's all at Bradley Wiggins' disposal

Andrew Hood contributes a daily notebook from the 2012 Tour de France

Chris Froome hopes to ride his runner-up finish at the 2011 Vuelta a España into bigger things in 2012.

Even with the unexpected overall Vuelta victory of Juan José Cobo, Chris Froome’s second overall caught most – if not all – observers completely off-guard. Among the most surprised was Fromme himself.

Team Sky officials said they had no regrets as the team rode to an historic second and third at the Vuelta a España with Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins sharing the podium with surprise winner Juanjo Cobo.

"It's not over yet," said Sky sport director Servais Knaven. "We still have three stages to try to take it to Cobo. It won't be easy, but we're motivated to keep fighting. It's a grand tour. We are going to fight right to the end."

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PENA CABARGA, Spain (VN) — There was a very tense moment about 500 meters from the finish line in Wednesday's 17th stage when it appeared Juanjo Cobo's dream Vuelta a España was turning into a nightmare.

Dreams of overall victory at the Vuelta a España came crashing down for Team Sky under a lethal onslaught from Juanjo Cobo (Geox-TMC), who tore away from the tandem of Wiggins and Froome with 5km to go on the Angliru and turned a 55-second deficit into a 20-second lead.

On paper, Angliru favors Christopher Froome over Bradley Wiggins. It will be interesting to see how Sky plays it out once the race is under way. Will Team Sky put the brakes on Froome if he's flying again and Wiggins is just barely hanging on?

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GRINDELWALD, Switzerland (AFP) - Britain's Chris Froome admitted he experienced one of his toughest days as a bike racer as the Tour of Switzerland peloton fought rain, cold and poor visibility on stage 3 Monday.