Froome beaten in Australia but lays groundwork for Tour de France defence

Team Sky won three stages, the team classification and finished on the podium with Kenny Elissonde at the Herald Sun Tour. However, for Chris Froome it was a disappointing race on a personal level after he failed to defend his title and finished sixth overall.

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