Tour de France 2020 Stage 14: smells like team spirit
When I think of France I think of food. Croissants, Cassoulet, weird bits of innard and gristle with fancy namesContinue Reading
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When I think of France I think of food. Croissants, Cassoulet, weird bits of innard and gristle with fancy namesContinue Reading
The murmurs, as they often do, began on social media. It happens every year. Suggestions that this edition of theContinue Reading
The sport of pro cycling has always maintained a close relationship with banning stuff. Rules have been created, occasionally enforced,Continue Reading
It’s stage two of this year’s Tour de France, and far too early to say whether this edition might turn out to be a classic. It does, however, already include one of the pre-requisites for classic status: a single rider, suffering excessively, for no practical reason.
For spectators, the World Championship Road Race – as in Bergen, Norway, recently – is ‘expert level’ pro cycling. Normally, ifContinue Reading
When Peter Sagan burst onto the pro-cycling scene back in 2009 he was the next big thing. I was unconvinced.Continue Reading
As we all know, the Tour de France is the biggest bike race in the world. Not the best, necessarily,Continue Reading