Geraint Thomas – the secret of his success?

What a stage Geraint Thomas had – second over the Col du Tourmalet having fought back after being dropped off the back of the breakaway. Leading for much of the stage, but didn’t have quite enough to hold on till the end.  He was awarded the ”most combative” award for the day and even managed to [...]

Stage one: round-up

As suspected, we didn’t get a lot of cow action during the opening stage.  The few sightings were brief and very much in the background, with the exception of the display put on by the Agriculteurs de Vendée at the 94km mark.  Their cow was, however, sculptural.

Despite the effort these [...]