The 22 teams selected for this year’s Tour de France which runs from 1-24 July were announced on Friday.
Chris Froome brought down the curtain on his Team Sky/Ineos career on Sunday, describing it as “a love story which lasted 11 years”.
And day one of the Tour de France is supposed to be gentle.
The four-time Tour de France champion has found his winning formula in Gauteng.
Saddle up, the ultimate test of endurance is here once more.
A relieved Chris Froome embarks on the long-awaited Tour de France on Saturday but an army of detractors, an array of talented rivals and a course that doesn’t suit him stand in the way of a record-equalling fifth title.
South African-raised British cycling king is battling to save his reputation after elevated levels of asthma drug are found during victory in Spain.
Chris Froome won his fourth Tour de France after completing the final stage in XX spot on Sunday.
Ja, so we’re deffo claiming Froome as a Saffa.
As the knackered remains of the peloton drag themselves into the French capital on Sunday, they might be best off thinking not of the romance of cycling, but of the pay cheque that awaits them.
The much-fancied Australian’s 2017 race is over after a horror smash with Dan Martin on the Mont du Chat descent left him sprawled on the road in the closing kilometres of stage nine.