Intro:

Chris Froome talks about the excitement building within his Team Sky, ahead of the start of this year's Tour de France in Yorkshire.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English): Chris Froome, 2013 Tour de France winner:

"With the Tour (de France) starting up in Yorkshire, for us, I mean, it could not get much better. To be able to take the Tour de France right to a home audience, and for us to go in as defending champions, it is going to be massive, absolutely massive."

SOUNDBITE (English): Chris Froome, 2013 Tour de France winner:

"If I am able to keep that Tour de France title, to win a second consecutive Tour de France, that would mean the world to me. I mean, it has been one thing winning the Tour de France, I think very few people have been able to go back and defend that title and do it a second time."