But anyway. Enough about how we’ve never thought about Chris Froome naked before.

We’re thinking about Chris Froome naked now. And, as it were, we don’t have to ‘imagine’.

It’s part of a series from photographer Marc Aspland called ‘My Sporting Body’, in which athletes lay it bare besides a chat about exactly what they think of their current physical state, not unlike the famous, if controversial annual Body Issue from ESPN, which action sports stars such as Courtney Conlogue, Travis Pastrana, Laird Hamilton, Coco Ho and whole hosts more have stripped down for before.

It’s a fascinating premise, and Froome’s conversation, which you can read in full on The Times website, really is interesting stuff as well.

“I can recognise the proportions are ridiculous,” he tells the newspaper. “Skinny upper body, massive thighs — I do feel a bit ridiculous looking in the mirror. That’s what it takes, but I am looking forward to getting in the gym when I retire and doing some bicep curls, getting some shoulders to balance things out a little.”

Other athletes who can have been on the other end of Aspland’s lens include GB race walker Tom Bosworth, 2014 Commonwealth silver medallist Kelly Edwards, jockey Lizzie Kelly and Paralympians Robert Oliver and Emma Wiggs.