We have already written about how his attacking style has ignited the race and killed off talk of Team Sky’s so-called boring approach to racing ruining the Tour, but it is also champion’s material.

In the last six stages, Froome has won one, finished second twice, led the GC men up a huge summit finish in Andorra and would have been placed higher than 25^th on Mont Ventoux were it not for the crash which left him running part-way up the mountain on foot.

He has impressed across all terrains, stayed safe on the windy days, been aggressive, made the racing and appears to have no chinks in his armour at all.

Descending was supposed to be his chief weakness, but he stunned his rivals with his attack on the descent of the Col de Peyresourde, which granted him the yellow jersey in the first place.

His attentiveness, and ability to stick at the front of the race when crosswinds battered the peloton, meant he was perfectly placed to join Peter Sagan’s attack on stage 11, meanwhile, and committed fully to the move too.

He fully merits his place in the yellow jersey. Now for more of the same, and for good fortune in the final eight stages.