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
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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
Tour de France 2019 Stage 10: the van Aert of winning
Luke Rowe, road captain and beating heart of Team Ineos, has got a sixth sense. Rather like a snake assessingContinue Reading
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