Tag: Warren Barguil

  • Stage 18: Warren Barguil really is King of the Mountains

    The top three riders in this year’s Tour de France refused to be separated by mountains. Technically, Rigoberto Uran finished two seconds behind Romain Bardet and Chris Froome atop the Izoard, but that was just a momentary parting rather than separation in a meaningful sense. Not that they rode the stage arm-in-arm or anything. Bardet…

  • Stage 13: Warren Barguil likes it short and fast

    Short stages are often the best. Within 30km of the start it was already apparent that three-quarters of the peloton would play no meaningful role whatsoever – not so much as the fetching of a water bottle. It’s both a good day and a hard day when you easily recognise absolutely everyone involved at the…

  • Warren Barguil claims a slice of the 2013 Vuelta

    When he won the other day Warren Barguil was just some rider who I hadn’t really heard of. When he won again today, it seemed more meaningful. Now he was ‘that bloke who won the other day’. It was a cracking win too. The bit that impressed me wasn’t when he opened a lead on…