Froome aims to add Vuelta to Tour title (The Associated Press)

Chris Froome will be racing both for and against history when the Spanish Vuelta starts Saturday. The Tour de France champion is aiming to become the third cyclist to win both the Tour and the Vuelta in the same season, after Jacques Anquetil (1963) and Bernard Hinault (1978). The 30-year-old Froome established himself as a rising talent in 2011 when he finished second behind winner Juanjo Cobo as a teammate of Bradley Wiggins, the Sky team’s then leader.