• Sky to prove everyone right by releasing Chris Froome power data

    The rest day will be no such thing for Chris Froome. The column inch shortfall resulting from a lack of racing has in recent times been filled with reasoned debate/rabid frothing about the performances of whoever happens to be the race leader. Team Sky’s good performances have attracted much vitriol among those who don’t believe…

  • Peter Sagan finishes second to… Ruben Plaza?

    No, me neither. Ruben Plaza won a stage of the Vuelta a Espana a decade ago and he’s been Spanish national champion a couple of times, but I’d have had him down for break fodder; one of those faceless riders who makes up the numbers and ultimately gets dropped. He didn’t though. He waved goodbye…

  • Andre Greipel doesn’t get dropped

    Greipel wins! Take that pedals! If you’re wondering why I always say that, it’s because Andre Greipel is the most hard-pedalling of all the Tour riders. Other sprinters may sometimes be faster, but they don’t have to push the German’s huge and not-particularly-aerodynamic frame through the air. There’s also his gargantuan basking shark mouth, which…

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