From the Grand Depart in Normandy to the burning heat of the Pyrenees. From frantic sprint finishes to audacious attacks and solo victories. From tears of joy to cries of despair. From GC shake downs to rougue flamme rouges. We’ve got it all covered in our bumper edition of Final Kilometres from week one of Le Tour de France.
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Steve Cummings makes it four stage wins out of seven for Team Dimension Data with an audacious – and classic Cummings – break from the breakaway to take stage 7 of this year’s Tour de France. With the main GC contenders content to let the stage unfold any which way, the winner was always going to come from the 29-man break. That Cummings took the race by the scruff with the climb of the Col d’Aspin and 26km to go just shows how much grit and heart this rider has. Daryl Impey (Orica-BikeExchange) and Daniel Navarro (Cofidis) rounded out the top 3 on the stage.
Sunshine, solo wins and a GC battle fought all over the mountains and right up to the finish line. It is NEVER all over until the last day at the Dauphine. Meanwhile, over at the Tour de Suisse it was a case of rain, rainbows and solitary seconds.