Froome set to compete in RideLondon as he prepares for Rio Olympics

Soon-to-be three-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome is set to compete on home soil next week after revealing that he will line up for Prudential RideLondon to prepare for Rio 2016.

Froome will today wrap up his third Tour title in Paris as he enters the final, ceremonial stage more than four minutes clear of second-placed Romain Bardet.

That will be a third title in four years for Froome, and his attention will now turn to improving on his efforts from four years ago in London when he won bronze in the time trial, as he competes in both the road race and the time trial.

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And having not had much opportunity to race in the UK in recent times, Froome is relishing the chance to compete in next Sunday's race, which will be his first race on home soil since the 2014 Tour.

"I'm looking for recovery after this race," he said.

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"I think I'll ride RideLondon next Sunday as a one-day race before we fly to Rio, and then we'll be there for a week before [the road race], to look at the roads and start training again.

"The last few years, I haven't done much racing in the UK. Time wise it didn't work out. The Tour of Britain conflicted with the Vuelta, national championships conflicted with my tapering and training for the Tour.

"This seems like the perfect opportunity to go over to London. It will be a massive honour to engage with the British fans, which I haven't been able to do."

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