In the wake of his third Critérium du Dauphiné victory, Team Sky’s Chris went on a reconnaissance trip to explore the terrain ahead of next month’s Tour de France. However, he found that the road to Morzine was under construction and un-ridable on a reconnaissance mission ahead of the French grand tour. 

On the recce tour, Froome was joined by several of his teammates for the Tour, and they were all forced to carry their bikes through the construction site instead of climbing the Col de Joux Plane, which is expected to play a decisive role in establishing the general classification in the Tour. Froome has been training with Mikel Nieve, Wout Poels and Mikel Landa. That trio looks likely to join Froome in his quest to defend his Tour de France win from last year. 

New tarmac is being laid in time for the penultimate stage of the 2016 Tour from Megève to Morzine after heavy rains in May lead to a mudslide that damaged the road.