Chris Froome is expecting a very strong British influence in the Team Sky team for the Tour De France.
Froome, is expecting Geraint Thomas, Ian Stannard, Luke Rowe, Peter Kennaugh who are all in form to be named along with Irishman Nicholas Roche in the team on Monday for the race which starts on Saturday and speaking to Tom Cary of The Telegraph, the 2013 Tour De France winner said: "I think one thing that is a bit different this year is that it definitely feels that the core of the team is British," Froome said. "There's a lot more of a British core in the team and it feels a lot more like everyone's on the same page in terms of communication between us."
"It feels like all my team-mates are in a good place themselves," he said. "Everyone's been working extremely hard towards the Tour this year, but everyone in their own personal lives is in a great place. It feels as if everyone is thriving off this good, positive energy.
"We're in an incredibly strong position to have such a strong team, such a strong pool of riders to select from. If I just look around the other names on the potential long list: guys like Geraint, who came close to winning the Tour de Suisse last week. Richie, who's a GC [general classification] contender in his own right. Leo Konig, who was top 10 in the Giro [d'Italia] and is also a GC rider. We've got the classics guys, who've performed so well this year: Ian Stannard, Geraint again, Luke Rowe. It's certainly going to be a tough, tough decision to make."
Source: DSG
