Pogacar soars…
to a third Tour. Tadej Pogačar joined Mark Cavendish in doing what they said couldn't be done, they said it for years, they said it before the race, they said it during the race but they both did it. read the rest of this rubbish
Tag: Tour de France
Fast, furious, frenetic, the final stage of the Tour de France
was a microcosm of the previous 20. Well once it hit the Champs, after all the revelry and the final part of the final stage really got going and Pogacar was off the front. read the rest of this rubbish
It wasn’t supposed to end
like this. When Cav announced this was his last season, during the Giro, it was meant to end in glory with that record breaking 35th Tour de France stage. It almost did, but Eddy Merckx's voodoo dolls were working overtime. read the rest of this rubbish
A Tour for the ages
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
No fairytale ending for Mark Cavendish this time
but it leaves an opening for a sequel. Mark Cavendish might not have managed to break Eddy Merckx's stage wins record but it shouldn't detract from the you couldn't have written it return to the greatest race, for it's greatest sprinter. read the rest of this rubbish
The 2020 Vuelta had a lot to live up to
and it was pretty damn close to doing so. The Vuelta a Espana followed the tour de France and the Giro d'Italia in coming down to the final raced stage, with less than a minute between the top two on GC, while proving Ineos and British cycling were written off prematurely. read the rest of this rubbish
You can’t keep British cycling or Ineos
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
Well, nobody saw that Tour de France finish except
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
They couldn’t stop Sky, they can’t stop Ineos
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
No Froome… no GB victory
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