Chris Froome confirms bid for wins at Tour de France and Olympic Games

Chris Froome has confirmed he will attempt to win the Tour de France, Olympic road race and Olympic time trial in 2016, but the Team Sky rider has played down claims he is the favourite for two of them.

Froome revealed in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports News HQ in October that he may bid to become the first man to win all three in a single season and has now settled on targeting the treble after a reconnaissance of Rio's Olympic courses in November.

Just 17 days separate the last stage of the Tour on July 24, the Olympic road race on August 6 and Olympic time trial on August 10, but Froome believes the routes suit him well enough to make the historic feat is possible.

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