The Doc hails the dizzying insanity of sport’s most dazzling spectacle

Something occurred to me when reading Ned Boulting’s latest book – it was possible that ITV’s long-serving commentator and reporter has never watched the Tour de France on television. So, I put it to

Switzerland is rich, especially in clichés. Many are largely true. There are some I’m not so interested in – banking, precision watches, nuclear shelters and referendums. But others, I certainly am –

Naysayers silenced as crowds roar for the Tour

FAVOURITE Tour de France moment “The stage 20 time trial in 2020, on La Planche des Belles Filles [between Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar]. I’d never seen a stage 20 reversal on GC and I didn’t see t

In an era dominated by Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard, how do the underdogs of the peloton summon the courage to keep hoping and attacking?