Tuesday cover: Focus is on Chris Froome who targets third Tour de France title

Team Sky cyclist Chris Froome, who is the overall leader at Tour de France after eight stages, is featured on The National Sport front page on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.

The Briton is looking comfortable as he targets a third title and in this photo, he faces questions during a news conference at Andorra la Vella, Andorra.

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The Team Sky rider led at this point in 2013 and 2015 on his way to glory at Paris and is there again as he leads by 16 seconds from fellow Brit Adam Yates of Orica-BikeExchange.

Carrying yellow brings its own pressures and obligations, but the 31 year old appeared entirely comfortable as the riders enjoyed an easier day of it at Andorra.

“I think it really is a good place to be at the moment,” Froome said.

“I’m really happy to have the yellow on my shoulders. For morale and for the team, but also tactically, it puts the shoe on the other foot because the other teams have to go out and have to gain back time they’ve lost already.”

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