Tour de France: Still have the hunger to win, says Chris Froome

Chris Froome insists he still has the hunger and desire to keep on dominating the Tour de France for years to come

Hilterfinger (Switzerland): Chris Froome insists he still has the hunger and desire to keep on dominating the Tour de France for years to come.

Chris Froome

The Briton claimed he is as determined as ever to succeed.

"If anything, I feel this year has demonstrated how much I still have that hunger and that desire to win this race," he said.

"From the first two weeks I feel I've really taken every opportunity possible. I've attacked on a descent, I've attacked in crosswinds, I time-trialed as hard as I can to be in this position. It feels like I'm giving this race my all and it means so much to me."

Froome's daring descent on Stage 7 gave him his only stage win of the Tour so far and earned 23 seconds over most of his rivals.

'Better prepared'
"Coming into this last week, myself personally I feel more ready for this third week than in previous editions.

"Starting this season later helped that, having a quieter run-in to the Tour helped that. My personal ambition is to be at my best in the third week of this race and I think I'm on track for that."

This year's Tour has failed to spark into life so far and Froome believes one reason for that is the effect of "fatigue" on riders due to hard racing throughout the first two weeks.

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