One Bardet at a time
Waif-like intellectual French cyclist Romain Bardet writes a column for Rouleur magazine. It is as wonderfully French as you mightContinue Reading
Tag: France
Cycling, frictionless, through lockdown
Being an Englishman, I’m liable to join the mad dogs in the midday sun. My people, see, perched on ourContinue Reading
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
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
