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by road_THEORY July 18, 2019 5

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

by road_THEORY July 17, 2019 7

Mark Cavendish, the sprinter of his generation, was a selfish bugger. In his heyday, any time a Tour de FranceContinue Reading

by road_THEORY July 15, 2019 3

Luke Rowe, road captain and beating heart of Team Ineos, has got a sixth sense. Rather like a snake assessingContinue Reading

by road_THEORY July 14, 2019 0

Somewhere, today, in a parallel universe, Romain Bardet ascended to the status of a God. The script was written. ThisContinue Reading

by road_THEORY July 13, 2019 3

On this big, relentless day in the Massif Central, it started with a breakaway. Four riders; three of them beingContinue Reading

by road_THEORY July 12, 2019 2

Variety, as you’ve probably heard, is the spice of life. If it’s sunny every day how can you really, truly,Continue Reading

by road_THEORY July 11, 2019 5

Stage six, a mammoth mission through the Vosges mountains, was to be a litmus test. Not big mountains, but aContinue Reading