Team Sky general manager Dave Brailsford has confirmed that Chris Froome plans to race the Vuelta a Espana next month. The British rider will aim for the red jersey to  become the 3rd rider in history to win the Tour and Vuelta in the same year.

"As we go through the next phase with the Olympics, we will assess it as we go along. All being well, that's what we will be doing", Brailsford told Sky Sports. "The season-long plan was Tour, on to the Olympics and on to the Vuelta, and that's still the outline at the minute."

Mikel Landa is also in the pre-secltion. But the general manager does not know if  he will support Froome or be a joint leader. "The plan is for Mikel to do it and we will assess where he is at. I think he needs another race before the Vuelta, so we will see where we are at. It's his home race and a lot of the race is around his home town and up in the north of Spain, and we have big ambitions for him as well."

Th 2016 Vuelta a Espana will include 21 stages, beginning with a team time trial that will start in Balneario Laias, and will include 10 summit finishes.