(Reuters) - Chris Froome will lead Team Sky's lineup for the Tour de France, the team announced on Tuesday, a day after cycling's world governing body cleared him in a doping case.
Defending champion Froome will be seeking a fourth straight Grand Tour win when he starts the grueling race on Saturday.
On Monday, the UCI cleared him of any wrongdoing over his positive test for an asthma drug at last September's Vuelta a Espana which he won. Froome, 33, was also victorious in the Giro d'Italia in May while the investigation was continuing.
However, he said he had learnt a lot from riding the Spanish event straight after the Tour de France last year.
Froome is looking to emulate Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain as a five-time Tour de France winner.
He will be supported by team-mates Egan Bernal, Jonathan Castroviejo, Michal Kwiatkowski, Gianni Moscon, Wout Poels, Luke Rowe and Geraint Thomas.