A sprinter’s view of the mountains as Mark Cavendish fails to make the time cut
When Mark Cavendish finished stage 11 of this year’s Tour de France, they were clearing the barriers away. Podium ceremonies had been and gone and the new yellow jersey, Geraint Thomas, was busy doing a…
Greg Van Avermaet exploits curt climbs, cobbles and crash avoidance | The 2018 Tour de France week one recap
Week one is best divided into the green story and the yellow story. Let’s deal with the green story first (because that’s the order I arbitrarily put them into in that previous sentence). The green…
Dig out your giant inhaler, clamber into your mankini and brace yourself for the first week of the Tour de France
Warm your croissants, break out the cheese, crack open a bottle of Corbieres and ask yourself what the hell kind of meal is this? The answer is: it’s not a meal; it’s the first week…
Get to know the main contenders for this year’s Tour de France
Who’s going to win this year’s Tour de France? I dunno, but here’s some people who might. I’ve taken the innovative step of categorising the contenders this year. The categories are these: Grand Tour winners…
Who will win the green jersey? A handful of points competition contenders for the 2018 Tour de France
Peter Sagan failed to win the points competition (here’s what that is) at last year’s Tour de France because he got chucked off the race. The five years before that, he won it every time….
ITV4 will show the Tour de France in 2018 (and so will Eurosport)
The good news for UK cycling fans is that ITV4 will be covering the whole of the 2018 Tour de France. They’ll have live coverage and then highlights at 7pm, same as every year. For…
Chris Froome, jack of all trades, master of three-week racing | the 2017 Tour de France final week wrap
The Final Week Wrap is an attempt to give an overview of how things panned out in the Tour de France. It focuses on the general classification – which is the overall race – rather…
Stage 21: Dylan Groenewegen denies Andre Greipel his win
I didn’t see this. I was out cycling. Based on the overhead, Groenwegen started sprinting early and held on. André Greipel came from further back and while he finished strongly, he ultimately ran out of…
Stage 20: Chris Froome makes it seem like he was going to win all along
The Tour de France is typically won on climbs and in time trials. This year the climbing was pretty much a draw and Chris Froome won the time trials. Okay, Froome didn’t actually win either…
Stage 19: Edvald Boasson Hagen makes a gap
A lesson in the value of riding behind someone else today and the challenge of preventing others from doing so. Drafting means that it is tough to make a gap and gaps need to be…
