Chris Froome admits Tour de France will be less stressful without Sir Bradley Wiggins Asked if he had sympathy for Wiggins being unable to defend his title, Froome said: "Definitely. Well, I wouldn't necessarily think that he would be defending his title, as such, the course is so different this year. But we are missing the strength he could have brought to the team, to the team time trial. He could have been with us in the mountains to play that support role for me. I wouldn't say it was stressful but it was a bit of a pain in the neck to have to keep repeating myself. At one point after Wiggins had talked of his desire to defend his title, Froome had even felt obliged to put out a public statement that he was Sky's number one for the Tour. So in that respect, it's made both our lives a lot simpler. We've definitely got clarity in the team. Wiggins has been training in Majorca as he recovers from his knee problem. "He'll bounce back and be targeting other races for later in the season," Froome said. We're not just talking about some neo-pro. He's the guy who won the Tour de France last year. He knows what he's doing. Tim Kerrison, Sky's head of performance support and coach to both riders, said the team would announce details of Wiggins's comeback in the next few days. The speculation is that the Olympic champion's main focus will be the time trial at the World Championships in Florence in September. "Brad was disappointed not to be able to finish the Giro, and he's very disappointed to not be able to compete in the special 100th edition of the Tour as defending champion," Kerrison said. But he's quite upbeat and positive about turning things around.