Tour de France diary: Football wins and Cavendish keeps pain to himself
21 July 2018 04:15
Our correspondent experiences Tour atmosphere turning ugly and the mayor of Mende overstepping the mark with his buffetIt’s a super Sunday for French sports fans. The cobbled roads of the Hell of the North are a mere mise en bouche for the plat du jour, the World Cup final. After the race the TVs in the press room are tuned to Moscow and the Tour is forgotten. We join the autoroute and head towards the Alps among a convoy of beeping, tooting, tricolour-bearing, cars, camper vans and trucks. Related: Full Gas by Peter Cossins review – tactics and the Tour de France Continue readingread full article
