Pélissier ends 12-year french drought

NATIONAL CHAMPION AND 1950s RACING PIONEER

By the mid-1960s there was little that Classics supremo Rik Van Looy hadn’t achieved in cycling. The Emperor of Herentals had been in the professional ranks for more than a decade and had enjoyed a re

HE WAS A man who was going places, often several places at once. Few racing drivers jousted with jeopardy with such regularity as Willy Mairesse. He was fast and he was committed but all too often he

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TAKING A MAJOR PUNT

Cyclist: You’ve had your first season with Tudor Pro Cycling, having joined them after ten years with QuickStep. Has it given you new motivation? Julian Alaphilippe: Maybe just a new appetite because