The ramblings of a Toxic mind…
and joy but mostly rain. A wet three weeks of racing in Italy, with a bit of sunny Switzerland, saw the first Grand Tour of the season won by just 14 seconds on the last day of GC racing, with steady Eddie Geraint Thomas just missing out. read the rest of this rubbish
and for the racers. What seemed like a very close race ended up with some of the biggest time gaps in the top 10 we've seen in years as two racers went head to head day in and day out but neither ended up the MVP. read the rest of this rubbish
down for long. It was only a few weeks ago after the tour de France that everyone was writing off Team Ineos and British grand tour cycling and then Tao Geoghegan Hart produced the ride of his life. read the rest of this rubbish
one man, who did weeks before. Tadej Pogačar turning a 57 second deficit to his fellow Slovenian, Primož Roglič, into a 59 second lead in the Stage 20 time trial, topped a great Tour de France. read the rest of this rubbish
what will they do next? When Sky announced the end of their support for the cycle team how many of the other teams thought this was it, their chance because Sky was gone and the Tour de France was there for everyone? read the rest of this rubbish
or so it goes. When Chris Froome crashed out of the Dauphine and then Dumoulin pulled out this was seen as the most open Tour de France for some time, even with the reigning champion leading the now Team Ineos. read the rest of this rubbish
option. Geraint Thomas was the only option for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year and rightfully won it. read the rest of this rubbish
don't know what to say.” That bad day didn't come as Geraint Thomas makes it another Brit to win the Tour de France, in a commanding performance and well deserved victory for the best rider there. read the rest of this rubbish
speechless. Geraint Thomas did at the top of Alpe d’Huez what no other Brit had done before, indeed no rider of any nationality had done while wearing the yellow jersey. read the rest of this rubbish
continues. Geraint Thomas added his name to the list of winners at the Criterium du Dauphine, making it six British victories in the last eight years. Only once has that rider not gone on to win the Tour de France. read the rest of this rubbish