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by ragtime cyclist July 21, 2019 3

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

by ragtime cyclist July 21, 2019 1

Today, for the designers of the showpiece time trial in and around Pau, it was back slaps and congratulatoryContinue Reading

by ragtime cyclist July 18, 2019 5

I wouldn’t like to play poker against Simon Yates. An impenetrable mask across two-thirds of his face, in the shapeContinue Reading

by ragtime cyclist 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