Tour de France 2019 stage 12: Simon Yates’ poker face
I wouldn’t like to play poker against Simon Yates. An impenetrable mask across two-thirds of his face, in the shapeContinue Reading
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Tour de France 2019 Stage 11: sharing is caring for Caleb Ewan
Mark Cavendish, the sprinter of his generation, was a selfish bugger. In his heyday, any time a Tour de FranceContinue Reading
Tour de France 2019 Stage 10: the van Aert of winning
Luke Rowe, road captain and beating heart of Team Ineos, has got a sixth sense. Rather like a snake assessingContinue Reading
Tour de France 2019 Stage 9: meanwhile, somewhere in a parallel universe…
Somewhere, today, in a parallel universe, Romain Bardet ascended to the status of a God. The script was written. ThisContinue Reading
Tour de France 2019 Stage 8: De Gendt, Alaphilippe, Pinot…
On this big, relentless day in the Massif Central, it started with a breakaway. Four riders; three of them beingContinue Reading
Tour de France 2019 Stage 7: the two-hundred kilometre picnic
Variety, as you’ve probably heard, is the spice of life. If it’s sunny every day how can you really, truly,Continue Reading
Tour de France 2019 Stage 6: stay cool Pinot…stay cool France
Stage six, a mammoth mission through the Vosges mountains, was to be a litmus test. Not big mountains, but aContinue Reading
