Chris Froome has spent some of his time this offseason looking at the course for both the road race and time trial for the Rio Olympics.

The hilly courses for both will allow riders like Froome and Nibali to contest the road race, while the time trial is 59.6km and a rolling course, which should also suit Froome.

“It's going to be an exciting year, that's for sure. The main focus for me is going to be the Tour de France again, but just on the back of the Tour de France, we have got the Olympic road race over in Rio, and a few days following that, potentially the Olympic time trial is also on the cards,” Froome told Sky Sports in a recent interview.

"Both the road race and the time trial do suit me very well. The time trial has over 1,000m of climbing in it, so it's going to be a tough time trial. I think it's over 50km, so for an individual time trial, that is a long event. Given the road race is over 250km, I think, with close to 5,000m of climbing, that's a tough race - really tough race - and if the form is still good come the end of the Tour de France, hopefully I'll be up for a shot at the road race.”

Froome’s ability to medal in either should come down to how he comes out of the Tour de France, his other big goal for 2016.