Team Sky’s Chris Froome says his second place at the Vuelta a Espana gives him confidence a Grand Tour double is possible to achieve.
Tour de France champion Froome ultimately could not overhaul Nairo Quintana’s overall advantage on the final mountain stage and rode into Madrid on Sunday (September 11) to claim second place overall.
It is the seventh time Froome has been on a Grand Tour podium, having now finished as Vuelta a Espana runner-up three times, with the 31-year-old admitting he paid the price for missing Quintana’s attack on stage 15.