Tour de France 2021 Stage 20: bored-oh, in Bordeaux
Today’s time-trial, through the vineyards of Bordeaux, was a little lacking in entertainment. The spectacle suffered for two reasons. First,Continue Reading
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Tour de France 2021 Stage 19: tone deaf
This is the problem, see. In the early hours of yesterday morning fifty gendarmes searched the hotel of the BahrainContinue Reading
Tour de France 2021 Stage 18: Pog of the Pyrenees
The day began, in Pau, with a police raid. Just like old times. Hotel doors knocked on, ‘evidence’ gathered, forContinue Reading
Tour de France 2021 Stage 17: Pogacar wins on Bastille Day (and best supporting actor goes to…)
We were getting to the point of the race where it was noted that Tadej Pogacar had thus far ‘only’Continue Reading
Tour de France 2021 Stage 16: King Konrad
I’m not going to be that cushy armchair cycling fan who calls Stage 16 a day off for the mainContinue Reading
Tour de France 2021 Stage 15: sealed with a Kuss
Deep into today’s massive mountainous schlepp through the Pyrenees, the riders crested the Port d’Envalira. At two thousand four hundredContinue Reading
Tour de France 2021 Stage 14: a Mollema masterclass in the Pyrenees
I am a sucker for a downhill Pyrenean stage finish in the Tour de France. It’s my favourite genre ofContinue Reading
