Tour de France 2019 Stage 18: a dose of panache
Julian Alaphilippe is irrepressible. All personality and panache, he’s contending through charisma. Dropped by the main contenders on the finalContinue Reading
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Tour de France 2019 Stage 17: the autonomous province of Matteo Trentin
Matteo Trentin, as his name suggests, hails from Trentino, an autonomous province in the north of Italy. Were I theContinue Reading
Tour de France 2019 Stage 16: The lead-out train is dead (long live the lead-out train?)
There once was a set formula for winning a bunch sprint in a bike race: fill your team with beefyContinue Reading
Tour de France 2019 Stage 15: Pinot in the trenches
The crisp, crystal clarity of high altitude was replaced, on stage fifteen, with something murky. Tree-lined climbs under leaden, occasionallyContinue Reading
Tour de France 2019 Stage 14: the Alaphilippe-o-meter
The Col du Tourmalet is a whopper. A huge shoulder of Pyranean earth with a ribbon of asphalt snaking up.Continue Reading
Tour de France 2019 Stage 13: An over-excitable Frenchman
Today, for the designers of the showpiece time trial in and around Pau, it was back slaps and congratulatoryContinue Reading
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
