LeMond: Quintana will be Froome's biggest Tour de France rival

Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is backing Chris Froome to win the Tour de France, but insists Nairo Quintana will give him a run for his money

Chris Froome and Greg LeMond on stage fifteen of the 2013 Tour de France

(Image credit: Watson)

Chris Froome will have his work cut out to win the Tour de France, according to Greg LeMond, but the American says Froome will still go into the race as the favourite.

LeMond, who became the first non-European winner of the Tour in 1986, told the Telegraph’s Oliver Pickup that Colombian Nairo Quintana will be Froome’s main challenger on a route which contains 11 mountain stages.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.