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BRIANÇON, France—Four days from the finish line in Paris, Tour de France leader Chris Froome has only one job: make the race as boring as possible.
Standing between him and his fourth career Tour victory, however, is the small matter of Friday’s 111-mile stage through the high Alps and a pair of rivals trying to generate some craziness on the road.
Froome currently holds a 27-second lead over Cannondale-Drapac’s Rigoberto Uran…