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  • Best of the 2013 Tour de France

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    Ben: What’s your favourite Beatles album then? Alan Partridge: Tough one. I think I’d have to say The Best of The Beatles. Everyone likes a ‘best of’. Best moment – Sir Jan Bakelants The second yellow jersey of this year’s Tour tried to claim a knighthood for himself after his stage win. Personally, I think…

  • The mouse that roared away from the peloton

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    Peter Sagan wins so often, he choreographs celebrations. Having never previously won a professional race, Jan Bakelants hasn’t spent as much time rehearsing. His celebration is a near-tearful head-grasp. It’s nice. The script Today was due to be what you might describe as a ‘whittled sprint,’ where the pure sprinters are kicked out of the…