Dave Brailsford says that Chris Froome wont ride the Giro and that leadership in that race is for Mikel Landa, while the Brit will try and defend his Tour de France crown.

"For his first season with us I think Mikel will focus on the Giro in the first part. The Tour and the Giro, it's not an A squad and a B squad. We're going to go at both races at full gas this year," he said to Cyclingnews at the Tour’s route presentation.

As for the Tour route, Brailsford says it is really well balanced and the inclusion of two hard time trials spices the race up.

"I think that it looks really good and quite exciting. I think that they've got quite a good mix of mountain stages, hill-top finishes, and I think the two individual time trials will make it really interesting," Brailsford said.