Chris Froome: High altitude will be a significant factor at 2019 Tour de France

Chris Froome says that the high altitude of many of the climbs in the 2019 Tour de France could play a defining role in deciding the overall winner. Froome singled out Nairo Quintana, who was born at well over 2,000 metres and won the only summit finish above that marker at this year's race, as one who the course would suit.

Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.