Asked whether he felt the race was over already, Froome said there was still a long way to go until Paris a week on Sunday. "I certainly wouldn't want to be in the position that some of my rivals are in right now," he said. "I wouldn't want to be trying to make up those kind of time gaps. But the Tour is not over. We've only done one mountain. It's a long way to go. Anything: a mechanical at the wrong point, a puncture at the wrong point could be pretty damaging. Obviously we can expect other teams taking on the racing anywhere else: descents, crosswinds, even teams to go quite early from the start. We've got to be on our guards now."