Alpe d’Huez: the madness analysed!

'Chris! Does my arse look big in this?'
‘Chris! Does my arse look big in this?’

it was bedlam. seriously, that stage could not have been scripted better, apart from if Mark Cavendish had pipped Riblon at the line and Valverde had turned into a giant grapefruit.

let’s do Ventoux twice next year, please!

read my take on the giant, rolling mess that was Stage 18 right here.

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Author: Lee Rodgers

Cycling coach, race organiser, former professional cyclist and the original CrankPunk.

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