Cycling-Froome expecting rivals to get creative against him (Reuters)
By Julien Pretot LA PIERRE St MARTIN, France, July 14 (Reuters) – Having left the opposition floundering after the first big climb of the Tour de France, Chris Froome now expects his rivals to get creative to prevent him from securing a second title. The Briton crushed the other favourites to win the 10th stage and extend his lead over American Tejay van Garderen to two minutes 52 seconds with Colombian Nairo Quintana third, 3:09 off the pace. Spain’s Alberto Contador is further down the rankings in sixth, 4:04 behind, while defending champion Vincenzo Nibali is in free fall in 10th place, 6:57 off the pace.