“it was the essence of cycling. ‘someone else should do it,’ is our mantra”

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?

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

The Doc weighs up the mixed blessing of cycling gadgets

Naysayers silenced as crowds roar for the Tour

The Doc’s half-arsed training’s not even fooling himself

FIGHTING ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH