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Fabio Aru turns up
I’d predicted that the final climb on stage 11 would deliver an ‘every man for himself’ scenario. As it turned out, it was Chris Froome for himself and then everyone else together. Fabio Aru was the one man to successfully detach himself from the leaders’ group. The young Italian, who came third in the Giro,…
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Alberto Contador steals Tony Martin’s headlines
I think I’ve said this before, but the problem with being Tony Martin is that everyone expects you to win time trials, so when you do, it’s literally unremarkable. What’s newsworthy is when you lose. Tony Martin won the stage 10 time trial, so let’s move on. Over the handlebars The most dramatic moment of…
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Resting with Carlos Betancur
It occurred to me that I neglected to keep you up to speed with Carlos Betancur’s performance after stage nine – although ‘up to speed’ would appear to be entirely the wrong phrase to use. Betancur finished 26m42s down, but went soaring up the leaderboard into third-to-last position after Dominic Klemme finished 29m37s behind the…
