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Tag: Green

  • Peter Sagan is a very, very vivid shade of grey

    If you’re a fairly casual cycling follower, you might struggle to understand what all the fuss is about with Peter Sagan. The key is that cycling is not a black and white sport. Sagan isn’t the best sprinter and nor is he the best stage racer. He lies somewhere between those two extremes, shining like…

  • Andre Greipel has the power

    Greipel wins. Take that, pedals! Andre Greipel is such a hefting cartoon character of a man that I can’t help but punctuate his victories with the phrase ‘Andre Greipel… wins!’ as if he’s just won a bout in Mortal Kombat. Look at him! Look at his caricature of a face! He’s so painfully German he…

  • Mark Cavendish’s lead-out man shows everyone how to break wind

    Mark Cavendish has won a stage and Andre Greipel has emitted a tetchy teutonic curse word upon crossing the line. The Tour is definitely up and running now. I was even eating a jambon et fromage baguette when it happened. Once again, we all have to grapple with the illusion of the inevitable Cavendish win.…

  • Simon Gerrans denies Peter Sagan

    If you thought the stage two finish was close, it wasn’t. The gap was a full second. The gap between Simon Gerrans and Peter Sagan on stage three was way less than that – more like 10cm. Only in snail racing is 10cm a big gap and at the time of writing there was no…

  • 2013 green jersey contenders

    Let’s keep this brief. I can see three main contenders for the green jersey which is awarded to the winner of the points classification. Mark Cavendish – Omega Pharma-Quick Step The best sprinter. He will be the favourite on every single flat stage. Andre Greipel – Lotto-Belisol The second best sprinter and one of the…

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