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Best of the 2015 Tour de France
Everyone loves a best of. Best moment – the passing manoeuvre French TV coverage is lingering on two Frenchmen at the head of the race. The two young climbers who have laid waste to the break on the steep final climb of the Côte de la Croix Neuve watch each other closely. They have to…
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Andre Greipel makes a 3D box for his claim to be top sprinter at the 2015 Tour de France
Greipel wins! Take that, pedals! Back when I worked in an office alongside other humans, I’d often note down something I needed to do using pen and paper – like cro magnon man used to do. A day later, when I hadn’t done it and the job was now quite urgent, I’d underline the words…
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Chris Froome more than a little relieved that there wasn’t more road
The final climb of the 2015 Tour de France was really quite something. A French cyclist, Thibaut Pinot, in the lead; Chris Froome, in the yellow jersey, a few minutes back; and in between, Nairo Quintana, effectively bearing down on both of them. The Colombian was far and away the fastest-moving – but did he…
