As expected, this Tour de France has been another showcase for three- (and soon to be four-) time race winner Tadej Pogačar. But from this fan’s perspective, the more exciting, and perhaps more important, feature of this Tour has been the emergence of four young…
So you want the glory of being a true cycling fan – quoting watts per kilo, arguing about tyre pressures, and nodding sagely about aero socks – without actually sacrificing your precious sleep for those six-hour flat stages that inevitably end in a bunch sprint…
The Tour de France isn’t just a race. It’s a living, breathing circus of passion, pain, and people doing wonderfully weird things. Yes, the riders may take center stage, but behind every stage win and every legendary climb, there’s an equally legendary crowd.
A stage that offers more than 5,000m of altitude gained and includes two HC climbs was always going to feel like a Tour de France ‘queen stage,’ and Saturday’s stage 14 did not disappoint – except perhaps the fans of Tadej Pogačar who wanted him…
