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by ragtime cyclist July 28, 2018 3

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Tour de France 2018 Stage 19: The Pyrenean drama-o-meter

It would’ve been easy to lapse into terrible cliché as the race rolled out from the holy town of Lourdes.Continue Reading

by ragtime cyclist July 26, 2018 0

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Tour de France 2018 Stage 18: Strange thoughts

A slow day on Le Tour. A lull. Tomorrow is a big day of Pyrenean punishment and legs are beingContinue Reading

by ragtime cyclist July 25, 2018 1

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Tour de France 2018 Stage 17: Casual, yet deliberate

The riders had brought their A-game of casually deliberate. Sitting astride top-tubes, wrists a-rest on bars, and impassive. Whoever had made the decision to start this stage with riders staggered in rank order had perhaps never seen a bike race. Or heard of cycling.

by ragtime cyclist July 24, 2018 9

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Tour de France 2018 Stage 16: Descending like the devil

Alaphilippe descends like the devil. Yates would’ve known the Frenchman was on his tail. Often hindsight is the post-stage blog writers best friend, but something was surely going to happen. I could feel in real time in my twitching left leg and white-knuckle grip on the settee.