Cycling-Dominant Froome to peak for Tour de France final week (Reuters)
By Julien Pretot BERN, July 19 (Reuters) – Nairo Quintana is expected to be at his best for the final week of the Tour de France, which feature four stages in the Alps, but Chris Froome says he has never been better going into a grand tour decider. “I feel more ready for the third week than I have been in previous editions,” Froome said on the second rest day of the Tour on Tuesday. Wednesday’s 17th stage takes the peloton to a summit finish in Finhaut-Emosson, Switzerland, before an uphill time trial on Thursday, another mountaintop finish in Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc on Friday and a grueling mountain stage to Morzine on Saturday, ahead of Sunday’s parade to the Champs Elysees.