Sunday 17 July 2016 17:23, UK
Chris Froome has admitted he will ride on the defensive on the Tour de France's five remaining mountain stages.
The 31-year-old Briton leads second-placed Bauke Mollema by 1min 47sec in the general classification and is 2min 59sec ahead of the pre-race second favourite for victory, Nairo Quintana.
The battle for the yellow jersey resumes on Sunday with a mountainous 15th stage and will then conclude with four back-to-back days in the Alps from stages 17-20.
Speaking after stage 14, Froome said: "Tomorrow we are heading back to the mountains. There are a lot of people looking to make up time, so we will look at things a bit more defensively now.
"The GC [general classification] is far from over at the moment. Yes, I've got a minute and 45 seconds, but we've seen in this race how quickly things can change. One bad day in the mountains and that advantage can disappear very quickly.
"I'm expecting a very testing week, probably tougher than any of the stages we've had up until now, and if Nairo's history is anything to go by in the third week, he was very strong last year and really put me under a lot of pressure. I think we can expect the same again."
Stage 15 travels 160km from Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz and contains six categorised climbs, including an ascent of the hors-categorie Grand Colombier.
Froome added: "This is probably a stage that has been a bit underestimated because it's a not a summit finish.
"If someone is not ready for it, they could get caught out and from our side we're looking at it as quite a key stage in this race."
Find out more about stage 15 in our race guide and follow the stage with our live blog from 12pm BST.
