Chris Froome is scheduled to ride in the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race . The British rider will be joined by his Sky teammate Bradley Wiggins and a number of other riders including Geraint Thomas, who won last year's Tour de France before retiring from professional cycling at the end of this All three riders are rivals for the 2015 Tour de France title later in the year . Tinkoff-Saxo boss Oleg Tinkov had hoped the quartet would line-up in all three Grand Tours - in Italy , France and Spain .
Chris Froome is scheduled to ride in the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race . Froome will face Alberto Contador , Nairo Quintana and Vincenzo Nibali . All three riders are rivals for the 2015 Tour de France title later in the year . Tinkoff-Saxo boss Oleg Tinkov had hoped the quartet would line-up in all three Grand Tours - in Italy , France and Spain .