First off, the Movistar were absolutely wonderful
Read MoreThis bar fight of a Tour, rumbling through France
Read MorePrésident de la République, Emmanuel Macron came to the Tour
Read MoreYou won’t ever see a better time trial than yesterday’s spectacle in Pau
Read MoreThis beautifully designed Tour de France only gets better as the days go on
Read MoreTony Martin, Kasper Asgreen and Maxime Monfort have just been stunning
Read MoreTwenty-years ago, in 1999, I was on my way to the Tour with high expectations
Read MoreI saw at this year’s Paris-Nice that Luke Rowe, back from his 2017 smashed leg, was definitely going to be on the Ineos (then Sky) Tour de France team.
Read MoreRiding positions tend to follow trends
Read MoreYesterday’s race into Saint-Étienne has to rank among the most spectacular, exciting, edge-of-your-seat races in memory
Read MoreThis 17th century French proverb, “don’t chase two rabbits at once”, because, of course, you’ll not catch either of them
Read MoreThis Tour de France is firing on all cylinders, providing great emotion and drama on each and every day
Read MoreHistorically, a defining characteristic of the Tour de France has been its balance between “Rouleurs” or rollers of big gears, and climbers
Read MoreThings began to heat up towards the end of course, as the sprinters smelled the finish line and got their horses in line to pull them
Read MoreYesterday’s stage into the heart of Champagne was a triumph for cycling and the Tour de France
Read MoreCyclo-cross seems to be replacing track racing as the preferred school of formation for the current crop of top road racers
Read MoreThe burr-under-the-saddle for the NBC team was the arrival of Chris Horner
Read MoreOne must begin of course with Chris Froome’s terrible crash.
Read MoreThe young Sercu, who was described to me as a “flamboyant” sprinter, handled the veteran Italian with ease, anticipating and countering his every move to win the world title.
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