The Latest: BMC favorites of Tour de France team time trial (The Associated Press)

Tejay van Garderen has a good chance of taking the yellow jersey from Chris Froome in Sunday’s team time trial. Van Garderen is trailing leader Chris Froome by 13 seconds but his BMC team has been the dominant force in races against the clock in recent months, winning gold at the world championships and finishing first at the Criterium du Dauphine, the Tour’s dress rehearsal. At the Criterium in June, BMC was 35 seconds faster than Froome’s Team Sky over a similar distance but on a less challenging course.